Need help choosing computer company.

[PaulieG]

one more note, I'm not trying to cut down zek or anything, he's a good guy, but I'm only saying that namebrand PC's are good

Whatever you are smokin'...I want some

 

[PaulieG]

Biggest problem with prebuilt systems from Dell is limit upgrading and they usually lock the bios...at least an old Dell I had was locked.

 

[zekrahminator]

just curious im pretty sur \e u know wat ur doin but wat is the amperage on the 12v rail on that 380 watt psu, also im not sure wat rail the cpu uses but i htk intel cpus also use the 12v rail so im wondering if 380 is even enough for a quad core, and that graphic card, i figure u know wat ur doin but just curious

Two 17A 12V+ rails on an Antec power supply with 80% efficiency ought to run an 8800GT and a Q6600 just fine .

 

[zekrahminator]

One more thing, it helps when reviewers claim they can run an even more power-hungry system on this power supply .

Other Thoughts: This psu easily powers a C2D/C2Q + 8800GTX. Don't get caught up in the "high wattage" game. Quality is where it counts the most.

The review itself, you can find here, about halfway down the page. It was written on September 15th by a guy who goes by the name "EliteKiller" on Newegg.

 

[-2kill-]

Official price quote:

$1150 as asked for, with Vista Home Premium, pre-installed and configured with Open Office as the office suite and Avast 14-month subscription as Anti-Virus. Shipped to your front door.

$1350 as above, with 20" widescreen monitor.

$1480 as above, with 20" widescreen monitor and Microsoft Office 2007 (Powerpoint, Word, Excel, and OneNote).

Here's how it breaks down...

• $40 Case.
• $28 DVD Burner.
• $65 WD 250GB SATA2 HDD
• $300 ASUS NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
• $60 380W Antec Power Supply (high efficiency and silent).
• $12 Keyboard
• $20 Wireless Mouse.
• $55 2GB DDR2 800 RAM (2x1GB Dual Channel Kit).
• $95 Gigabyte P35 Motherboard
• $280 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
• $105 Windows Vista Home Premium x86

$13 shipping (I found A LOT of free shipping deals) brings the total to $1073, shipping from my house is roughly $60 (computers are heavy), and it's not unreasonable to ask a $17 labor charge. I would of course give you a small refund if shipping was less than $60.

Hahaha when you think about what a computer shop would charge to build a computer that price is madness. When I bought all my parts a couple of months ago they offered to build it for me for the small fee of $140 :shadedshu

 

[zekrahminator]

Well, when I came up with that labor charge, I thought two things:

1- This guys parents, if they won't let him have a learning experience and build the computer himself, it's going to be awful tough convincing them to let someone on the other side of America do it for them. I need to keep prices competitive, or else they'll just go "IBuyPower is X-amount-of-dollars cheaper, I'll go with them".

2- Keeping my overall estimates at a nice round number makes me look more professional .

 

[das müffin mann]

Hell no! The best thing you did was sell it!

agree 100%

 

[a_ump]

if u can't somehow order off zek, then its up to u really, all of those companys make solid systems so which ever has the best specs for the lowest price is wat i would go with, i've heard bad things about compaq here and there but that's from my friends at school and i thk their computers r just old

 

[Laurijan]

PC-Shops usually doesn´t take much money for putting together a PC with your chosen components. Every PC-Shop I know lets you chose the parts you want and then can put the rig together for you - that simple

 

[AsRock]

What's so bad about HP, Dell, Compaq, etc?

I'm on a HP Pavilion designed in 2003.

/off topic

LOL.. Question is whats right with them..

 

[das müffin mann]

LOL.. Question is whats right with them..

lol

 

[CDdude55]

You won't build it yourself? Why? It's very easy, and there's a great guide on how to on this forum: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15268

I hope I've swayed your opinion. Prebuilt computers are so overpriced, espically on the high-end units.

Same here, Building your computer would be better and cheaper. I was also going to go with ibuypower but i just decided to build it myself since i have good computer knowlege and its fun to do. But its your pick. So i say go with ibuypoer or CyberPC becuase they offer more of a picking for gamers then dell or HP's expensive craps.