HELP: new Computer

[agonyecstacy]

word up
nearing the end of this jacked up deployment and before i get back i plan to get a new PC; and leave the older one for the kiddo's

I have normally went through ibuypower to get my PC/Laptop

Question i have is
other than building it myself.. which is out of the question .. is there another site that offers bad ass gaming rigs?

or is anyone up to the challenge of building one? i wanna rock out 1500-2k on a new PC

wanna be as legit of a gaming rig as possible


Laters
Agony

[nyke]

I really would try building one yourself it is very easy and you would get a better system overall.

Cyberpowerpc.com
ibuypowerpc.com
http://www.pugetsystems.com/

i personally recommend pugetsystems after my co-worker got one. Very nicely assembled.

[Sycotic]

im still a big ibuypower fan too. My wife has had a laptop from them running for over 4 years, and she is a complete dimwit when it comes to computers, so it has NOT been taken care of. Was a great buy on our part. I know cyberpower is another reputiable brand... I know several more, let me look at my PC gamers and check some reviews, ill repost. Falcon is a top top top top line... i think they are grossly overpriced though.

[Mushok]

newegg.com

Get a good set-up from someone (I can figure something out for ya) and make it yourself. It is honestly the easiest thing in the world to do. Put things in, screw them in. Plug in a couple power cords ( to the correct slots ) and your done. I am sure there are websites out there that have step-by-step directions for ya.

[nyke]

newegg gets beat out by microcenter all the time as long as you match the prices when they have sales. Otherwise newegg is great. I do recommend building your own computer, hell have all the parts shipped to me, il assemble it and ship it to you lol.

[Tivia]

newegg gets beat out by microcenter all the time as long as you match the prices when they have sales. Otherwise newegg is great. I do recommend building your own computer, hell have all the parts shipped to me, il assemble it and ship it to you lol.

Gotta make sure to calculate sales tax and such for microcenter as well.

I find on some smaller things that my local MC beats newegg pretty regularly. However for my larger purchases, usually newegg is the way to go. As mentioned though, gotta check sales and see who has the best price.

[nyke]

newegg calculates tax for me :( 2 times a year microcenter has 20% off your overall computer purchase in addition to those items already being on sale, if you can find one thats doing that its the cheapest around but there stuff goes FAST. Benefit of newegg is you can get just about anything in 3 business days.

[agonyecstacy]

thanks for the help guys.. i still think i will end up getting a rig that is set up.. i did a few things on my last computer like upgrading the vid card and power supply.. and eventually the motherboard but still its more hassel than i want LOL; plus 3 lil shithead that run around the house that love to destroy stuff... and my man cave is my garage.. so yea.. premade = best option

i have looked at ibuypower again; looks solid
but on the otherhand that puget systems seems like they got their shit going on so thats where i am sitting as of now.

[nyke]

Have you seen my build thread and the care I put into it all? Puget is the same way.

[Sycotic]

www.digitalstormonline.com had one of the highest rated system builds in any PC gamer (it cost 4grand). Got a 91 of 100 though, The benchmarks were gross. (black ops Enix, is the towers name that was reviewed)

www.maingear.com is a brand claiming to be "top end" No reveiws available.


just a few more i ran into. May check those guys out before making up your mind. The only thing i can speak from personal experience is ibuypower. On a personal level, id give my ibuypower experience a 8 out of 10. Quite good.

[agonyecstacy]

I want to spend 1500-2000 on my new rig.
what should be my main focus on the guts... mind you i have no intrest in anything other than gaming for this bamf

what i mean is.. should i go for a older vid. card but get two of em and diff. shit like that.
id just hate to spend too much cash on one item when i could get better performance going for an older model of certain things

16GB Patriot® Division2 G2 DDR3-1600 Enhanced Latency (4x4GB)

8GB Patriot® Division2 G2 DDR3-1600 Enhanced Latency (2x4GB)

16GB (4x4GB) Crucial DDR3-1333

8GB (4x2GB) Crucial DDR3-1333

for the price im looking would it be better for like 1600 8gb or 1333 16gb; this is where i get lost in the sauce

[nyke]

Memory isn't the biggest factor as long as you have 6 or more gigs. Get the highest end gpu you can afford. If you go SLI or Xfire know that not all games support it. For a having rig my order of performance would be GPU, CPU, HDD(SSD), Memory.

[agonyecstacy]

which would be better HDD raid 0 or one ssd?

[agonyecstacy]

2011 Paladin F 1 x Case ( NZXT Phantom Full Tower Gaming Case - Black )
1 x Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light - Blue )
1 x Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7 950 Processor (4x 3.06GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
1 x Processor Cooling ( Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1366] - [Free Upgrade] Standard 120mm Fan )
1 x Memory ( 6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 - Corsair XMS3 Dominator w/DHX technology )
1 x Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2GB - EVGA Superclocked - Single Card )
1 x Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R w/ 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16 )
1 x Power Supply ( 1000 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-1000HX )
1 x Primary Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Dual 1TB Drives (2TB Capacity) - RAID 0 High Performance )

opinions

[nyke]

That set-up will handle all games currently out to day except for a couple at maximum settings (Crysis, Anno)

The only real upgrade would be an SSD but otherwise that is a higher performing computer for sure.

[Sycotic]

Ive experienced both single cards and SLI builds. I hands down preferred a larger SINGLE CARD. Basically going back to what nyke said. Not all games support SLI. Ill take that a step further and say, HARDLY any games support SLI fully. If you like a variety of games and want to get consistent performance, a single card is the way to go. I consider dual cards for benchmarking, really.

(i run crysis on max atm, but what is this "anno"? Nyke? curious now. If its that graphic intense, i would like to run it.)

[Kewpa]

Sexy system, why not just throw in a SSD and another 570 if that upgrade bone is itching?

[nyke]

Ive experienced both single cards and SLI builds. I hands down preferred a larger SINGLE CARD. Basically going back to what nyke said. Not all games support SLI. Ill take that a step further and say, HARDLY any games support SLI fully. If you like a variety of games and want to get consistent performance, a single card is the way to go. I consider dual cards for benchmarking, really.

(i run crysis on max atm, but what is this "anno"? Nyke? curious now. If its that graphic intense, i would like to run it.)
A fancy gphx sim game.

[agonyecstacy]

CAS: * CoolerMaster 690 II Advanced Mid-Tower Gaming Case (Black Color)

CASUPGRADE: 12in Liquid Neon Thunder Pattern Light [+15] (Blue Color)

CD: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [-
47] (BLACK COLOR)

CD2: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+24] (BLACK COLOR)

CPU: AMD Phenom™II X6 1100T Six-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Blue Color)

FAN: Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler (Designed for Over-Clocker King)(CLP0575) [+38]

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)

HDD: * 128 GB ADATA S501 V2 SATA III 6.0G/s Gaming MLC Solid State Disk [+186] (Single Hard Drive)

HDD2: 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+59] (Single Hard Drive)

MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module [+54] (Kingston HyperX)

MONITOR: * 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 Sceptre E246W-1080P (23.6" Viewable)(Black Color) LED Backlight, Built-in Speaker, DVI, HDMI Input [+248]

MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Core Unlocker, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III RAID, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe x4, 1 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI
MULTIVIEW: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors

NETWORK: * Killer™ 2100 - Gigabit Maximum Network Performance Online Gaming Network Interface Card [+89]

NOISEREDUCE1: Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels [+29]

OS: * Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)

POWERSUPPLY: * 1,000 Watts - Raidmax RX-1000AE 80 Plus Gold Power Supply [+44]

SOUND: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+48]

SPEAKERS: Logitech Z313 2.1 DT speaker [+48]

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+153] (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)



Final Product Ordered today thanks for the insight and the help
Agony