In the Market for a new Computer... check this out:

[Sum1]

Hey all,

My 3-4 year old duo core is finally going tits up (slowly, and painfully). Boot times are getting longer, the time it works is getting shorter, newer programs like Starcraft II sometimes load, but mostly just hang and freeze... so I'm in the market for a new computer. I'm not as tech savvy as some folks who can just buy a shitload of great components, throw them all together, and make it work... I have the basics, but if you asked me to flash my bios I'd look at you with a deer-in-the-headlights look and then google it on my good comp.

Here's what I'm thinking about picking up from cyperpowerpc.com... Let me know what you guys think. I'm essentially buying it as a gaming computer (I box 3-4 toons at a time on my current comp... hopefully I'd be able to expand that to 6 or so with something like this... full settings in EQ).

It's also priced at $2418.00 as it is below.

Thanks for the input.

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Case: * AZZA Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans [-17]
Internal USB Extension Module: None
Neon Light Upgrade: None
Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fans
Noise Reduction Technology: None
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33 GHz 12M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 [+474]
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) [+19]
Cooling Fan: CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool Capable, Extreme Overclcking Performance + Extreme Slient at 18dBA) [+63]
Motherboard: * (3-Way SLI Support) GigaByte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Ultra Durable™3 Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Dolby Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2 x SATA-III RAID, IEEE1394a, 4 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI
Motherboard Expansion Card: None
Memory: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [+18] (Corsair or Major Brand)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+171] (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA [+5])
Freebies: Mafia II Full Game Download Coupon with purchase of NVIDIA GTX460 video card or above
Video Card 2: None
Video Card 3: None
Dedicated PHYSX Card: None
Multiple Video Card Settings: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
Power Supply Upgrade: * 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
Hard Drive: 30 GB Kingston 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Single Hard Drive)
Data Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: None
External Hard Drive (USB3.0/2.0/eSATA): None
USB Flash Drive: None
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: None
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
3D Vision Glasses: None
LCD Monitor: None
2nd Monitor: None
3rd Monitor: None
Speakers: None
Network: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
Network Surge Protector: None
Mega Notebook/Netbook/Server Bundle: None
Keyboard: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
Mouse: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
Gaming Gear: None
Extra Thermal Display: None
Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card: None
External Wireless Network Card: None
Wireless 802.11 B/G/N Access Point: None
Bluetooth: None
Flash Media Reader/Writer: None
Video Camera: None
Headset: None
Printer: None
Cable: None
Power Protection: None
Surge Protector: None
IEEE1394 Card: None
USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Floppy: None
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner: None
Office Suite: None
Games: None
Ultra Care Option: None
Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Rush Service: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS

 

[zdozbou]

Looks nice, but I'd think twice about buying from cyberpowerpc. Their customer support SUCKS ASS. Seriously, last machine I ordered from them had problems out of the box, I called their "support" numerous times, was always put on hold for an hour just to be told they couldn't help me and would have a tech call me back shortly...which never happened. Dozens of unreturned emails as well. I'll never order from them again.

Edit: I guess I should mention this was 3ish years ago. I'll never give them another chance again after this, though. I've built my own since then, and will continue to.

 

[Sum1]

Ah, I've bought 2 comps so far from them and never had any issues. Do you have a suggestion of somewhere else to buy from for someone who doesn't really feel like trying to build their own higher end system?

 

[Brano11]

Not to bad, but tbh i built a machine like that only costed me 1800 bucks from newegg when i built it myself. Also put a solid state in mine and still came out cheaper then that.

Would easily box, but I think there are cheaper options.

 

[zdozbou]

Ah, I've bought 2 comps so far from them and never had any issues. Do you have a suggestion of somewhere else to buy from for someone who doesn't really feel like trying to build their own higher end system?

Unfortunately I do not. That was the only place I had ordered custom built PC's from (ordered two from them, first one I never needed to contact customer support).

 

[Smarty]

Putting a comp together is nothing, i'd save the money and just ask around here when all the parts come in for help putting it together.

 

[Sum1]

So besides price and my apprehension at my first system build, is there anything about the components you'd change or that don't make sense? For example ... I thought maybe a diff mb would be better since I don't intend on sli'ing 3 vid cards and having 3 slots seemed overkill. I also want to give myself room to upgrade into 8 or 12 gig ram at one point or another

 

[Darkon]

the one thing I would chance is the Motherboard. I prefer either Asus or Intel Mobos. most any Mobo that will take an I7 CPU will support 16Gb of Ram

 

[Smarty]

Bleh i7, amd wtf

 

[VyralPandemic]

New Egg Deals

Specs below from this link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227156R

iBUYPOWER Gamer Supreme 975i Core i7 Extreme 975(3.33GHz) 12GB DDR3 2TB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
$2300 - I love NewEgg and deal with them as much as I can. this is an open box so:
(+) it is immediately available
(-) Return Policies

This item is covered by Newegg.com's Open Box Refund Only Return Policy.

* Return for refund within: 30 days
* Return for replacement within: non-replaceable

General Spec

Brand
    iBUYPOWER

Model
    Gamer Supreme 975i

Type
    Gaming

Processor
    Intel Core i7 Extreme 975(3.33GHz)

Memory
    12GB DDR3 1333

Hard Drive
    2 x 1TB SATAII

Optical Drive 1
    Blu-Ray High Definition DVDRW Combo Drive

Optical Drive 2
    22X DL DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphics
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB Video Card

Audio
    Realtek High Definition Audio, 8-channel audio

Ethernet
    Gigabit LAN

Power Supply
    1000W

Keyboard
    iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard

Mouse
    iBUYPOWER USB Mouse

Operating System
    Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Software Included
    Free MS Windows 7 Upgrade

Special Features
    Coolermaster HAF Gaming Tower+ Red Lighting

Motherboard

Chipset
    Intel X58

CPU

CPU Type
    Core i7 Extreme

Installed Qty
    1

CPU Speed
    975(3.33GHz)

L2 Cache Per CPU
    4 x 256KB

L3 Cache Per CPU
    8MB

CPU Socket Type
    LGA 1366

Graphics

GPU/VPU Type
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Graphics Interface
    PCI Express 2.0 x16

Memory

Memory Capacity
    12GB DDR3

Memory Speed
    DDR3 1333

Memory Spec
    2GB x 6

Memory Slot (Total)
    6

Memory Slot (Available)
    0

Maximum Memory Supported
    24GB

Hard Drive

HDD Capacity
    2TB

HDD Interface
    SATA II

HDD Spec
    2 x 1TB

Optical Drive

Optical Drive Type
    BD Combo

Optical Drive Spec
    Blu-Ray High Definition DVDRW Combo Drive

Optical Drive 2

Optical Drive 2 Type
    DVD±RW

Optical Drive 2 Spec
    22X DL DVD+/-RW Drive

Audio

Audio Chipset
    Integrated

Audio Channels
    8 channels

Communications

LAN Chipset
    Integrated

LAN Speed
    10/100/1000Mbps

Front Panel Ports

Front USB
    4

Front IEEE 1394
    1 x IEEE 1394 (based on motherboard availability)

Front eSATA
    1 x e-SATA (based on motherboard availability)

Front Audio Ports
    2

Card Reader
    12-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer

Back Panel Ports

PS/2
    2

Video Ports
    2 DVI, 1 HDMI

Rear USB
    6

Rear IEEE 1394
    1

eSATA
    1

RJ45
    1 port

Rear Audio Ports
    6 ports

S/P DIF
    1 x Optical S/PDIF Out

Expansion

External Bays
    6 x external 5.25" drive bays
    1 x external 3.5" drive bay

Internal Bays
    5 x internal 3.5" drive bays

Physical Spec

Dimensions
    22.7" x 21.5" x 9.0"

Weight
    54 lbs.

 

[VyralPandemic]

Vista??? how'd I miss that?

OK I just realized that it said Vista Ultimate. That's like gold plating a pile of dog crap. I have Vista U at home and it works well enough because my machine can handle it, but would prefre Win 7 or even XP. I would reinstall XP with license from my old machine just been too lazy.
Still a nice machine for the $$

 

[rob]

For $2400 you can build 8 computers that can quad box EQ1 and have money left over to make one a bit more powerful to run SC2.

 

[dasher]

I have purchase 4 PCs from Cyberpower over the past few years. I Have have good luck with everything so far. I like the convenience of not having to build my PC. I have built a lot of machines in the past. I got sick of running into compatability issues etc. The PC you have quoted seems a bit over priced to me. You may want to look at some of the other models they offer. Dont go for the 3 way graphic mobo unless you intend to use it. I would also not get the extreme edition of the CPU. You are adding a lot of cost for very little performance increase.

 

[supertimmy]

i posted this same question before, but i'll throw it out again since there is so much attention to this thread:

what are the specs required to box six to eight toons on a single computer? old models. no effects. minimum settings.

of course, still want system to be very responsive. reasonable zone times. no vid lag on whatever is the active window.

 

[Smarty]

any decent dual core, 8 gigs of ram, decent vid card, and your ready forsix toons easy

 

[postman23]

I 6 box with AMD Athlon II X2 Dual-Core , 8 gigs ram and a geforce 9800gt. No lag whatsoever with new models but no other graphics. Once I start turning anything else on it starts to lag a little so I suppose there's a starting point ...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines-ET1331G-07w/14314622 is what I started with .. yea pos but was cheap.

 

[Dealings]

walked in to comp usa

walked out under 600 bucks later

i have botted as many as 10 toons (lagged but loaded as many as 12

gateway sys 8 gigs ram vista 64 intel 2 quad core 2.5 ghz cpu, radeon HD 4350

off the shelf (had keyboard mouse monitor so that didnt play into cost)

paying 1 grand for a gaming capable system is retarded paying 2 is worse and wtf 2k+

check out fry's and check out tiger direct (now comp usa)

 

[mjtizzle21]

I 6-11 box constantly with no problems and i run the following on win 7 64bit.

I built this machine roughly 1-2 years ago. So prices are a lot higher than normal w/ the exception of ram. For some damn reason ram prices seem higher than they used to be.

Anyway.... WTB DDR2 4gig sticks btw!!


Hard Drive -
HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive -
$59.99

CASE -
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case -
$74.99

CD/DVD -
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM -
$26.99

RAM -
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
$117.98($58.99 ea)

Video Card -
SAPPHIRE 100258-1GL Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card -
$139.99

MOBO -
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
$109.99

Processor-
AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor HDX920XCGIBOXI
$189.00

PSU
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply
$59.99

 

[Sum1]

i posted this same question before, but i'll throw it out again since there is so much attention to this thread:

Sorry, I guess I missed the part where throwing out your own only slightly related questions that are ambiguous at best is cool if you use a thread that's getting some action.


...

Anyway. I guess my point was... I'm not building a system just to box... I can do that on my crappy duo core 4 gig machine. I want to grow out of this and into a system that will keep me good for another 3-4 years like this one has. Now that I'm home from work I'll be looking through some of the links provided and checking out other places (tiger direct?) and maybe newegg ... as for the vista thing, as much as I'd hate to format an otherwise brand new computer, I do have a full version of windows 7 home premium sitting here that will be unused once i trash this comp.

 

[Sum1]

I'm looking at this on iBUYPOWER (through newegg... and honestly... this ibuypower site looks strangely like cyperpowerpc)...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227298

Is roughly the same price as the cyberpowerpc comp I customized... only major differences I see is the one I customized through cyberpower had a better vid card, but 1/2 as much ram. Apples to oranges, I think. The more that I think about it, the more I might go with the extra ram and not worry too much about a slightly better vid card. I never really watch HD movies or do anything super ridiculous (movie editing, etc), so the RAM for boxing and running lots of stuff at once might be a better option.

Anyone have any experience buying these systems from iBUYPOWER? Are they already built, or does everything come in a pile in a box and I'm expected to throw it together?