4 things you need to minimize lag. More memory, more graphics memory, a good internet and a fast solid state drive. Either processor will do the trick. Most games today can't take advantage of more than one core anyways. My suggestion 2gig memory on the video card and no less than 8gig (I maxed my memory 16gig) of system memory. Get a solid state drive that can not only do sara 6 (but, also do sata 3 at a respectable clip without penalty if you don't have a sata 6 port).

Even with all of that if your internet blows you will still lag...

Powerspec will get you closer to that...

I have the same processor with the above mentioned add ons and I don't lag. Unless of course my internet goes south...

If it is possible i would defiantly build your own, or have the guy from your work help you do it.
Its super easy to build your own though, everything is marked where to go and stuff so its like putting Lego's together.

If you do want to buy a ready to go one, i would go with the powerspec, it is quite a bit better and as mentioned by creeper, alienware took on Dells crappyness when they bought them.

as Don mentioned, Newegg is the way to go, I've ordered all my stuff from them and they are fast and reliable.

Shurestrike wrote:

4 things you need to minimize lag. More memory, more graphics memory, a good internet and a fast solid state drive. Either processor will do the trick. Most games today can't take advantage of more than one core anyways. My suggestion 2gig memory on the video card and no less than 8gig (I maxed my memory 16gig) of system memory. Get a solid state drive that can not only do sara 6 (but, also do sara 3 at a respectable clip without penalty if you don't have a sara 6 port). Even with all of that if your internet blows you will still lag... Powerspec will get you closer to that... I have the same processor with the above mentioned add ons and I don't lag. Unless of course my internet goes south...

The lag you will then have is latency.
But a good processor is required when you start editting and running multiple programs at once.
And you must mean SATA ofcourse?

Pimorez wrote:

Shurestrike wrote: 4 things you need to minimize lag. More memory, more graphics memory, a good internet and a fast solid state drive. Either processor will do the trick. Most games today can't take advantage of more than one core anyways. My suggestion 2gig memory on the video card and no less than 8gig (I maxed my memory 16gig) of system memory. Get a solid state drive that can not only do sara 6 (but, also do sara 3 at a respectable clip without penalty if you don't have a sara 6 port). Even with all of that if your internet blows you will still lag... Powerspec will get you closer to that... I have the same processor with the above mentioned add ons and I don't lag. Unless of course my internet goes south...   The lag you will then have is latency. But a good processor is required when you start editting and running multiple programs at once. And you must mean SATA ofcourse?

Yes of course... corrected. I agree if your going to be multi tasking a lot then a better processor will be beneficial and more memory.

My two cents...

When my computer decided it would stop working I checked out various new already-put-together systems. I researched the components they came with in my price budget. I got some great advice from my friends Shurestrike and Countchugula, and decided to build my own. I'd had a tiny bit of experience messing around inside my computer case when it went caput.

I looked at different sites and even went to a local Frye's for some parts, but after that failed due to components not working I went with Newegg and each purchase for my pc has been from them ever since. They were less expensive than the others and I haven't had any issues with any of the products. I built myself a nice desktop system that runs (most everything) with no lag at all, LC being the one and only thing I still get some lag on, but more memory should fix that up when I can afford to get it. Building my PC cost less than buying a new one already put together. Most expensive was my graphics card. I splurged a bit and went for a higher-end piece.

I had a lot of fun putting my pc together and I think I've got a pretty great system, and it's all components I chose myself which I like a lot. If you're handy that way I'd suggest choosing your own components and building it yourself.

I just want to say. The best one I ever had I had made. I got it from here http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/

cost me a little but OMG it did all I asked from it for 4 years.Then I let my kids on it LOL
If I was still in Fl. I would have another one done by them. But, that is me

I myself have an alienware pc custom made maxed everything with liquid nitrogen cooling system. So far my year and half having it its never over heated and it never broke down or had any problems. Plus it still runs like the day i took it out of the box. If u got a pretty penny to spend id recomend alienware not cause of the brand name but also because for me i never had any problems with it not even viruses lol.

With alienware:

Look at price
-$400
= actual price after talking to a phone rep

And don't buy a desktop, never buy a desktop. Make your own, doesn't take long to learn, doesn't take long to do. Only reason you'd buy a desktop is for warranty, which you don't really need on a desktop tbh since it's not really going anywhere.
If you DO buy one, get it from NCIX, though.
(http://pc.ncix.com/ncixpc_new/ncixpc.cfm?uuid=09D161B3-8BAB-4E17-B5879E8F424429DD-4690112) Basically exactly the kind of computer it sounds like you're looking for, great gaming, great video editing despite adobe not currently supporting the gtx 680 for premiere pro.

To build one what DonGio said, though.

CD/DVD/BD drive (the hands/mouth) -> Asus

RAM (the attention span) -> if you want to do any sort of significant video editing, 16gb min, 8gb is fine for most people, though

Video Card [also referred to as GPU] (the eyes) ->Depends what games you want to play on max. For last chaos maybe like integrated graphics, lol. I would say if you want the most recent, Nvidia 570 or 580 on the green team, and one of the reasons for going nvidia is that their CUDA technology will help your videos a ton. Even though these are slightly older video cards, they're no slouch, prices have dropped since 600 series has come out, and they're the only non-Quadro cards that are certified by adobe premiere pro cs6, because again, I'm assuming you're doing real video editing work. If the program you're using only supports Open GL 4.1, then either grab an nvidia 660TI or amd 7970.

CPU (the brain) ->i5 is fine for RIGHT NOW in terms of gaming, because most games don't use more than 2 cores, however again for video editing I suggest minimum i7 3770. If you plan to overclock, get the 3770K

Motherboard (the vertebrate) ->Asus z77

The tower (the body) ->Make sure it's large enough to fit all the components, or small enough to fit into the space you want. The alienware is nice in this regard because it's about the size of a console, but with like 100x better graphics.

Power Supply (the lungs) -> wattage depends on other components, but get a Corsair one.

The hard drive [HDD] or solid state drive [SSD] (the memory) ->If you're building your own, there is really no excuse nowadays not to have at least a 64gb SSD boot drive. Again for video editing though, if you plan on using adobe, I might recommend at least a 128gb version, along with minimum 2TB hard drive, depending on what type of footage you're capturing.

An operating system (the personality) ->Linux.

Sorry if you were really set on one of those two, since I didn't really give you that much advice, but I can't really recommend either one of those the moment you said video editing. If I had to pick though, I'd go with the alienware, but customize it from Dell. Also note that it does have an external power supply, and it is quite beefy.

melrodys wrote:

I just want to say. The best one I ever had I had made. I got it from here http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ cost me a little but OMG it did all I asked from it for 4 years.Then I let my kids on it LOL If I was still in Fl. I would have another one done by them. But, that is me

Nice site,but can you tell me about the Mega Special I desktop?
I'm not keen on the components that goes with the pkg.So many to choose from and what operating system would be good for this deal?

Ok guys say I don't want to do video editing at all,that was just an option for what I had in mind,but it takes alot of hardware to get into something like this so I decided to stick to strictly gaming.
AMD seems the cheaper option for my money.

http://pc.ncix.com/ncixpc/ncixpc.cfm?uuid=24244DE7-A26B-463B-8292D70EDB02511E-4690486