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TheBlindAndDeaf
I would definitely recommend the base model for any console player that wants a quick way into PC gaming.
TheBlindAndDeaf
@Gary Glitter Plus your library of games carry over to any PC.
Wary Trout
@TheBlindAndDeaf Pretty much, even your saves do. Â
 An Alienware Alpha is an excellent entry into PC gaming.  The Alpha may be obsolete in 5 years but you will still have games you can play on your new machine no matter what and they will always be there, a lot of people forget that.
 After the Alpha is worthless I’m sure a person will have enough money to build there own PC and escape consoles forever.  That’s why I think this is a better choice than a traditional console. Â
 Get people to fill up a Steam library and they won’t want to abandon the games so they will end up going to a traditional PC and never buy a console again.
 Honestly anything is better than the PS4/Xbone though, both charge for online and the PS4 charges to play older games.  Both also have extremely limited libraries and outdated hardware as well yet people buy them up like idiots. Â
 I used to be a console gamer back in the day but after switching to PC it will never happen again.
Kye
Yeh but if your PC like me you have to get the i7 model
Here Kitty
In my personal opinion.
If you plan to go Alien, chances have it, there’s a better option out there.
WaterWhipin
@weskeeey not to mention the functionality of a pc.easily upgradable. Don’t see why anyone would get an alpha
Anthony
33 FPS is unplayable? lol. Isn’t Far Cry 4 locked to 30 fps on the consoles?
Scione
@Giedrius911GÂ *expect* not exept
Banana Slug
@MineMiguel Sorry about that
Scione
@Giedrius911GÂ meh its good for youtube im using it 2 rite this now
Vicat Mauricio
That does not represent a consistent FPS. That’s just the highs, the lower PFS is what would make those games unplayable.
uhhh okay
Now this is unplayable
Esku
33 FPS is unplayable 😀
Jammy De
@The Verge Learn from this channel. It offers exactly what is needed to be said.
noodles
@Jammy De I know right, this guy helped me a lot about choosing which one to buy he earned my sub.
tw8e60
Great review, thanks! As it is, I think I will pass on this system.
Miguel Perez
I never realized how some pc gamers are completely obsessed with frame rate, jesus 30fps is locked on some console games, it looks well, and its 1080p.
Thats good enough for me since my original goal was just to mod games, especially Minecraft an Skyrim.
xBeret
what you think is unplayable i think is very playable
zhugedai 12
What an amazingly comprehensive review, I feel like I own the thing after watching this video. Good job.
mohsin syed
Damn! that stutter at beginning 😂
Connor Stafford
Good Lord, you hardcores are too much. Can someone please explain to me why 30 fps is unplayable?
GTA 5 on the next-generations is hard set at 30 fps. As long as there’s no dipping or stuttering, which there wasn’t, I don’t see what the problem is.
Joseph Grutt
+rachell winter both consoles make you pay to play online these days.
twr455
+Connor Stafford well well well i see you were a console gamer before but online games need higher fps to be good at it
2070runescape
+AirScholar. this shits not true i play cod black ops 3 running 45 to 50 fps and some other shooters and i never notice lagg
Scrobbles
M8 what I never thought I would see someone with the same name
Jono Pedersen
Bro, I’m used to like 15-20 FPS on almost every game I play, so 30 is a BIG step up!!
Rhidalgo789
Far Cry 4 is 30 FPS on the PS4 and it plays nice. Unplayable? That’s preposterous and pretentious.
Chris Rossini
+Tree Frog I personally can understand that but he never said it was fluttering around, so unless he said that 30 fps is perfectly fine.
TekReviews
+Tree Frog Some PC games have the ability to lock the FPS using some graphics tools.
Carlos Gomez
+Rhidalgo789 those are socalled gamers …plenty money nothing inside
Harry Cat Thing
60 on xbox one 😛
Ashish Kommareddy
Rhidalgo789 I think 30 FPS is playable
Jakeus 25
Unplayable hahaha
Bobee
My childhood was filled with me playing Minecraft at 6fps and I thought it was normal, but now 30fps is unplayable?
Human Being
billions of people who bought the ps4 and xbox one are all fucked, because gaming under 40 fps is fucked everything are fucked, no wonder there are so many positive comments on the ps4 and xbox one, also billions more people who watch tv are fucked as well, because tv broadcast at 24.9 fps, billions more people who watch film are fucked too because film are shown at 24 fps, everyone on this planet are fucked because of some ignorant idiotic kiddos who keeps going on about 60 fucking fps
Tonybc
+jamie 711711 meh,only nerds and asocial people care about fps
Human Being
they are ignorant and idiotic kiddos
Deadsea1993 Gaming
I’d like to know what toaster were you using to get 6 fps on a game like Minecraft ?
danyfry15
Deadsea1993 Gaming I’ve got a Lenovo all in one and gosh I get around 10 FPS with Minecraft on the lowest settings. But left for dead 2 runs fine on lowest settings.
CHINESEKID420-_-BROTHER
Is this still worth it…and don’t say build your own I don’t want to build my own.
Cesar Arellano
@***** I got it for 300 on Ebay.
Opcon Z
from where????
Opcon Z
Cesar Arellano
Anton Liljekvist
+Cesar Arellano yeah. Because that is so reliable.
AttentionJunkie
Building your own is sooo very satisfying, the only problem with building your own is your friends will get tired of you talking about it.
Slurp
30fps unplayable? gtfo xD
bassel sak
Fps games aren't quite playable in 30 fps
Alex R
i mean to be fair to him, most pc players would be rather dissapointed with 30 fps. But saying its unplayable is def over exaggerating.
Slurp
@Alex Ricci I mean i find 30fps totally playable and ive been pc gaming for 3 years xD
GSGFlash
I’m surprised he hasn’t chucked his consoles out the window yet after that “unplayable” comment 😛
michaeł Zell
Depends on the game in question. ETS2 can barely run at those numbers.
ThatGuyFromBritain
33fps is unplayable? What? :’)
Tigger TheMighty
The way I describe FPS is: anything over 60, your brain physically can’t detect. Thats, by and large, accurate. Anything from 60-50, you can “feel”, meaning you might have a sense there is some lag but you can’t point at a screen and say “there! It lagged!” Anything 50-40, you can play but you will notice it. The skips, the occasional jumping around. You can see this in his video. Anything under 40, you know. Everyone knows you have lag at those frame rates. Thats when it intrudes on your game play, thats when you “miss” things, and thats why most folks are not happy gamers under 40 FPS.
BioLizard Venom
THAT IS FREKIN TRUUUU DOEEEE
Human Being
then billions of people who bought the ps4 and xbox one are all fucked, because gaming under 40 fps is fucked everything are fucked, no wonder there are so many positive comments on the ps4 and xbox one, also billions more people who watch tv are fucked as well, because tv broadcast at 24.9 fps, billions more people who watch film are fucked too because film are shown at 24 fps, everyone on this planet are fucked because of some ignorant idiotic kiddos who keeps going on about 60 fucking fps, why don’t you shut the hell up, and get your facts right clown?
Tigger TheMighty
@jamie 711711 sorry. anything OVER 40, you notice. since no one before you had been quote as upset, i didn’t edit the original post. i can now, if it offends.
Raccoon Man
ThatGuyFromBritain Being smart made him stupid.
ArchAngel121996
29 fps
still very playable
Josh Cota
33 fps is not playable? PC gamers are spoiled babies
MRCREASEYOGURL
Josh Cota lowkey mad cuz you don’t got one
Killerbnizz
hdman1122 I got an alpha and upgrading from a laptop playing ArmA at 15 fps is beautiful
Luis Trejo
Nah uh. I got a AMD 1.3ghz with 3gb ram apu deskop. Console quality here.