# PC gamers...build your ultimate box

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-build-your-ultimate-box/526607>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 27, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-build-your-ultimate-box/526607 "2010-01-27T02:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-build-your-ultimate-box/526607/21 "2010-01-28T11:16:59Z")

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Good point. Add fifty bucks, get a decent UPS.

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**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gamers-build-your-ultimate-box/526607/22 "2010-01-29T15:16:00Z")

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> [@E-Sabbath](#):
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> … you spent 10k on an Alienware, you may not like what you get. Cards inserted wrongly, two cards plugged in but not set up as SLI, water cooling run backwards…
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> Their build quality has gone to hell since Dell bought 'em. Oh, and always, incompatible or out of date drivers.

Falcon-NW is going to be one of the first places I hit after winning the lottery. High quality machines, serious customer service, astronomical pricing, custom paint jobs :D. What’s not to love?

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