Gaming Desktop reviews from Reddit

"I had 2 alienware so far they were amazing."

"I have an r16 aurora with similar specs and it runs cleans."

"The ones I know of have lasted years and years."

"I have never had problems with any Alienware I owned."

"I’ve purchased Alienware PCs and laptops previously along with building my own rigs."

"Also everyone here who says alienware sucks or has horrible quality have never owned an alienware."

"But for that brand of pc and for that brand of gpu it is pretty good deal for a pc."

"Actually yeah, I normally wouldn’t advise Alienware because they are overpriced but that’s a hefty enough sale I say go for it."

"For a low effort, safe bet that you can put under the tree and make your kid happy, yes this will work great for a 13 year old."

"However, that is a good PC for sure and for your kids first it will definitely do the trick."

"I picked up a pc with a ryzen 5 3600, rtx 2060, 16gb ddr4, and a nice case for $200."

"They will even build the system for you for under $200."

"One with a 7500f and rx 7600xt would work well for those titles."

"You can find much better prebuilt deals for higher spec machines."

"You may have to pay a bit more, but you will probably get far better support, reliability."

"Why not just build a decent computer with your son?"

"They have excellent pre-built PCs that are actually upgradeable at reasonable prices."

"The specs are decent for the price but that specific pc line does not have a good rep due to airflow issues."

"It's a decent price, and as others said, not very upgradable."

"Here's a recommended build for your budget that focuses on delivering the best 4K gaming experience while aiming for future-proofing up to 7–10 years."

"AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D."

"Intel cpu have failures you want amd"

"Id recommend another prebuilt with ryzen 7000 series cpu and a 4060ti or 7700 xt which can be found for the same price range."

"Not the bare minimum, but my semi-budget recommendation including the GPU."

"If you're already purchasing a GPU, go with the 5600 non G version instead."

"Get the R5 5600 for 100 more."

"Graphics card 3090 Ti, 3090, 3080 Ti, 3080."

"You might be able to find a used 4070 build in your budget if you’re lucky."

"Try to find a 4060ti build around $1000."

"The 4060 ti 16gb might be a better option BUT I don't know about the pricing in your country."

"Don't settle for a 3060 at that price range."

"This could easily get you a GTX 980, or even a 980 Ti."

"Nah. Just get him a Dell full tower with a 7th Gen Intel, upgrade the ram to at least 16 gb, upgrade the PSU, and get a GTX 1060 6gb or better GPU."

"I would personally go for a G16 Gaming Laptop directly from dell.com."

"This is probably the best deal for a high end pre-built PC right now"

"The added ram is just because 8GB doesn't cut it anymore in 2022."

"I'd suggest avoiding any prebuilts with proprietary parts."

"Specs are good, dell part quality is crap tho, and that price is high."

"Stay away from any Dell/Alienware prebuilt."

"Lenovo has their Legion PCs still on sale. If wanting to stay with a brand name that's decent."

"I’m a bit late to the party, but you can get a good gaming system from Lenovo for a very reasonable price, I picked up a Ryzen 9 7950,RTX 4070 ti, 32 GB ram for 1700, upgradable with off the shelf parts and very little bloatware that was easy to remove or disable"

"Lenovo makes a similar computer for same price or less, my friend just got it and loves it"

"If you want to buy a prebuilt pc then I would go for a different brand like Lenovo Legion t5 instead."

"Lenovo legions are really good, see if you can find one of those with similar specs for a similar price."

"I would recommend like a microcenter where you can find someone who is knowledgeable on this explain what u are looking for and have them build one."

"If you got a micro center around you go there they have awesome pre builts computers."

"If you have a microcenter near you, I would suggest looking into one of their CPU/GPU/Motherboard combos."

"You’ll probably get a better bang for your buck at microcenter"

"Go with an ASUS not a DELL wanna be gaming."

"For prebuilts I'd recommend ASUS ROG, HP or Acer."

"If you have a Costco nearby I recommend the ASUS G10DK-WH563, which has a 3600X and a 1660 Ti with a 256GB NVME SSD for $499."

"Try to snag the Walmart 3060 ASUS prebuilt at $999."

"I'd get the msi since the dell isn't able to he upgraded."

"I got an MSI gaming laptop with rtx4050 for 600."

"I bought one with a MSI RTX3060 graphics card, intel i7 chip, 32gb ram and 1tb nvme hard drive for $1400."

"Alienware, yikes... I would choose a better brand like MSI or something."

"Get nzxt pre-built."

"Look into nzxt or other prebuilt manufacturers rather than box store ones."

"If you want to get him an prebuilt pc maybe look into the nzxt player one."

"Also look at iBuyPower PC."

"[here's a good one for about the same price. ](https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-SlateMR-Computer-Desktop-GeForce/dp/B092CJD5FH/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1700378901&refinements=p_n_feature_twenty-three_browse-bin%3A7817224011&s=pc&sr=1-4&th=1&psc=1) if the screen is 1080p than 8gb should really be all you need to play anything."

"Try to find something with about the same specs from a system builder like iBuyPower, CyberPower, SkyTech, that are using off-the-shelf components instead of manufacturing their own."

"I’d suggest staying away from the oem brands like Alienware, HP brands like that."

"Go to Costco and see if they have the 900 dollar cyber power or whatever they have on sale. Has a 4060, ddr5 and i5. Would be good enough for 13 year old and they can upgrade later"

"If you have a Costco near you, there are some similar priced gaming desktops with equal or better specs."

"A bit more power and longevity with that i7."

"I would recommend looking at something like this instead."

"I would avoid hp though check this one out at [ibuypower](https://www.ibuypower.com/store/Gaming-RDY-SLMBG208)."

"You can get a 4060 and i513400f cpu setup with 600w psu 16gb ram from amazon just search skytech nebula i got mine for around $900 it’s been great so far."

"I think this 4070 pc should be enough for destiny and other games you’re playing at 1440p."

"This Skytech chronos has pretty good value at the 2000 region."

"It’s well-balanced for gaming and multitasking."

"Upside: So far it runs all the games."

"This would be pretty okay, decent storage especially if he's a little worried about opening it up to add more."

"OP, Might I suggest buying the components and building it together?"

"Looking at your budget I'd go with something like this. Very capable, more than your kid would ever need."

"May i introduce you to Gamers Nexus on YouTube. They review prebuilt pc’s. They have recommendations."

"My guy. May i introduce you to Gamers Nexus on YouTube. They review prebuilt pc’s. They have recommendations."

"ROG Strix G15 models are really good for at home laptops."

"Asus Zephyrus."

"I would highly suggest building a gaming comp with your son."

"Try getting a custom build. Around 1k-1.5k should be a great price."

"3080 is a fantastic GPU still to this day, and a 5700x3D will make it so that you'll never be CPU limited."

"Maybe if u get a used 3080, it performed pretty well for me on cyberpunk at 4K on DLSS."

"Look for Intel 12th gen i7 or i9."

"For his use cases, I'd recommend a 12400F + 6800. 3080 level performance for really cheap right now."

"This one is better for 1200 USD https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Photonman1/saved/DLxNpg"

"You're much better off with something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WJ3hvj than buying that pre-built."

"Lenovo has their Legion PCs still on sale."

"Lenovo legions are really good, see if you can find one of those with similar specs for a similar price."

"That being said, here is what I found browsing bestbuy.com (not a fan of HP but the Omens seem alright)."

"Sometimes they have some gtx 1650 prebuilts for under 500 that are pretty good in the current market."

"Best bang for the buck rtx 4070. cheapest on the market"

"If you're planning to build, go to Compute and More. I purchased about 80% of my PC through them and everything they sell online is MSRP."

"Honestly I’d pop over to Newegg for parts and watch some videos on building a PC"

"Find a Microcenter or similar store and buy the parts and build a PC with him."

"I love my r13 and it looks amazing under my desk."

"I would go to a local computer store, give them a budget and have them build a PC for you."

"You can get a good gaming system from Lenovo for a very reasonable price."

"AM4 system with a 5700x3D and a used 3080. It's more than enough."

"I have a 4070TI... The 4070TI is a noticeable step up from the 4070."

"I got this on sale on Black Friday for $900. Parts alone are worth way more than that."

"There are similarly/better specced systems for the same price."

"This is what I would buy for $300 in the US"

"I recommend looking on Jib website. They have a lot of PCs builds at different price points."

"For a prebuilt you'd be hard pressed to find better specs at that price, especially since pre-builts are heavily saturated with NVidia GPUs."

"Plenty of prebuilts get listed, Overpowered was a popular brand the past couple years."

"You can checkout star forge systems. I think they have a good one that fits your budget"

"If you have a canada computers store near this is a good option."

"I have an Alienware Aurora R4 that I bought for $4k back in 2012 and I still love it."

"My Aurora has served me well for 7 years and can still play all but the top tier games."

"Check out logicalincrements.com as a visual reference to see what tiers and games would be most budget friendly."

"Look at costco I have been seeing some great deals posted last few days."

"Here's a decent one that won't overheat and will actually last: [PC]"

"I’ve had my eye on the [Lenovo T5 tower sold at Costco], which just got reduced from 999 to 849 for the next month."

"This PC should be more than capable of playing those games."

"Starforge systems,digital storms, origin pcs, and falcon nw are better companies that should have similar priced systems."

"Starforge systems,digital storms, origin pcs, and falcon nw are better companies that should have similar priced systems."

"Starforge systems,digital storms, origin pcs, and falcon nw are better companies that should have similar priced systems."

"A reasonable Nvidia GPU to be long lasting would probably be the 4070 Super or the Ti Super"

"You can easily get rx7600 in this range, ryzen 5 5500 is perfectly fine in this budget."

"If you're going for your current build only then switch out the GPU for 6700XT at least or higher."

"Yeah OP should go for the rx 6700 if he's gonna pay that much."

"4070 is a good GPU, its just that AMD have slightly better for that price."

"Can get a PC with a 3060 for $999."

"See what you think of these options I found at Best Buy that are budget friendly."

"You should build one. You will know how to fix it and will get a lot of a better deal. Omen is overpriced and often has bad cooling."

"For reference this is just a list of desktops prebuilt from amazon, a bunch around 1k with the graphics card your son wanted."

"Stay away from Acer Nitro series."