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Discussion in 'Silicon (v)Alley' started by SaikoSkulio, Feb 3, 2011.

  1. Are these Specs worth $2550? I built it on iBuyPower.com... It seems like a nice computer to me.

    Gamer Mage D295
    1 x Case ( Thermaltake Armor A90 Gaming Case - Black )
    1 x Case Lighting ( Sleeved LED Case Lighting - Blue )
    1 x iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction ( Advanced - iBUYPOWER Harmony SRS Sound Reduction System )
    0 x iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion ( None )
    1 x Processor ( [== Six Core ==] AMD Phenomâ„¢ II X6 1090T Black Edition Six-Core CPU - Free Upgrade to Phenom II x6 1100T CPU )
    1 x Processor Cooling ( Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System (AMD) - Standard 120mm Fan )
    1 x Memory ( 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand )
    1 x Video Card ( AMD Radeon HD 6850 - 1GB - CrossFire Mode (Dual Cards) )
    1 x Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA )
    1 x Free Stuff ( [Free Game Download] - Darksiders - Free with Purchase of AMD Phenom II X6 CPU )
    1 x Motherboard ( [CrossFire] ASUS M4A87TD EVO -- AMD 870 w/ 2x PCI-E 2.0 x16 )
    1 x Motherboard USB / SATA Interface ( Motherboard default USB / SATA Interface )
    1 x Power Supply ( 1000 Watt -- Extreme Gaming Series )
    1 x Primary Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive )
    0 x Data Hard Drive ( None )
    1 x Optical Drive ( [10X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black )
    0 x 2nd Optical Drive ( None )
    1 x Flash Media Reader / Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer - Silver )
    0 x Meter Display ( None )
    1 x Sound Card ( Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio )
    1 x Network Card ( [$89 - $10 Instant off = $79] Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card )
    1 x Operating System ( None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only )
    1 x Keyboard ( Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard - Black )
    1 x Mouse ( Razer Mamba 5600dpi Wired/Wireless 7-button Gaming Mouse )
    1 x Mouse ( Zowie G-TF Gaming Mouse Pad w/ Low Friction and Higher Precision - Designed for Professional )
    1 x Monitor ( 24" LED 1920x1080 -- Sceptre E246W-1080P (23.6" Viewable) )
    0 x 2nd Monitor ( None )
    1 x Monitor Cable ( 15 ft. DVI to HDMI Cable (Resolution up to 1080P) )
    1 x Speaker System ( Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround 3D Sound Speakers + Subwoofer - Black )
    1 x External Hard Drives [USB 3.0/2.0/eSATA] ( 3.5" External 1 TB Hard Drive - USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 )
    1 x Wireless Network Adapter ( Zonet ZEW2545 802.11n 130Mbps Wireless USB Adapter )
    1 x Extras ( Network LAN Surge Protector - Assures Integrity and Stability of Data Communications + Strengthens System Immunity against Electrostatic Discharges )
    1 x Headset ( Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset )
    1 x Video Camera ( Connectland 1.3MP USB Interface WebCam )
    1 x Advanced Build Options ( iBUYPOWER Specialized Advanced Packaging System - Protect your investment during transportation! )
    1 x Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
    1 x Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - Deferred Delivery (Ship Out in 15 Business Days) - 5% OFF on systems over $999 (Coupon Code: defer) )
     
  2. I could build a better system with less superfluous components for about half that price, and the best part is, you'll probably actually end up using more than half the components installed in it. The setup above, you'd probably only end up getting less than half utilization out of your parts... probably have no idea what a secondary LAN card is good for, or what you'd ever use a full 2tb of storage for. BD-RW drive would probably never see a BD-R disc, RAM would go un-utilized, CPU cores left idle, and you'd probably never even unbox that headset. Plus you don't even have an OS installed, and chances are you'd get suckered into installing a pirated copy of Windows 7 "Ultimate" which is just excess bloatware and language packs versus Professional... and Pro is just giving you remote desktop and domain join capabilities. I'm an IT pro and I still use Win7 Home Premium on my laptop. A legitimate copy.

    Fact is, if you HAVE TO ASK, it means you have no idea what these parts you're looking at are capable of. So chances are you won't make use of them even if you do get it.

    Word of advice: grab a pre-built HP or Dell system. Add a video card. Your wallet will thank you at about less than half the price of your system above, you'll get a legal copy of Windows (which is much more important now than it was with WinXP, btw), you'll get a warranty, and you'll get pretty much EXACTLY the same specs system you'd be building above. Seriously. Get an OEM boxed system.

    Or at the very least, burn your excess cash at a computer manufacturer that doesn't have the words "I BUY" in their name. :p
     
  3. lol apple. Sexy design, melts in your lap. Yay for Apple sacrificing thermal integrity for sleek design. Nice design, too bad it only lasts a year before the lack of cooling kills the mobo... :p

    (and yes I realize it was probably sarcasm)
     
  4. First, thanks for the comment. I understand that I picked\choose some questionable items. To settle this, my father owns a copy of "Ultimate" that he has already said I could use. Second, the Second lan card. I have heard good reports on it. It dedicates bandwidth to games while playing, and while not entirely useful, I just threw it on there. Third, I plan on making Clan montages for a number of games, and I know for a fact that it takes up quite a bit of space. Currently I have two 70 gig twin raptors and and an 80 gig drive. I don't have enough room. I have many games I have gotten over the years, and the newer ones take up alot of space. The external 1tb hard drive is for movies, music, documents, anything really. Fourth, you are right, thanks, I would never even buy a blue ray disc, and honestly, I don't need it, I have a Ps3 for blueray movies. With the ram, you are right, I honestly would have to get my father to help me with that. The particular cpu I choose, was simply a recommendation from my father. The headset would be the FIRST thing I unbox so I can go on Teamspeak with my current computer and tell my friends. I'd rather just build my computer. I don't care for Dell or HP or any other "pre-bulit system".

    I looked at Falcon, it looks nice, but I built one with almost the same stuff (cpu and sound card and screen, and all that good stuff, OS) and it came out to around $2,625.
    Not exactly my cup of tea, seeing as how I didn't even get to pick the mouse\keyboard\pad\headset, I really wanted. I have only ever heard good things about Razor... And hot damn does that stuff look nice.
     
  5. Ahh, well in that case go for it... I'd say avoid the overhead of having someone (iBuy) build it for you, why not just raid Newegg and build it from parts there? So much more rewarding than unboxing something, IMO :)
    (last desktop I helped a friend build, we combined Newegg's best price+shipping options, with Amazon's best prices + free Prime shipping, ended up saving about $50 by combining sources, on a ~$400 build)

    Blu-Ray is absolutely a necessity these days, but not a burner... I've got a BD-ROM+DVD-RW drive in my laptop and it was the first thing I upgraded when I bought my PC. It's just that writing capability almost doubles the price of the drive and isn't really necessary when external drives are a better storage option.
     
  6. if you dont mind trying it, take your list you have of each item...go to newegg (or wherever) and build it in the shopping cart, see how much you can save


    ahhh.....just noticed liquid cooling, that might be a little bit more tricky to DIY....but isnt expensive (under 150 for a decent setup with CPU and VGA heatsinks)

    1090 black edition(generally 230, is 199 on newegg) is a great 6-core processor, if you dont need 6 cores, you can save 40 bucks by going with the 965 X4 black edition(160)

    oh, and in case you dont know, AMD's new Bulldozer CPUs are hitting the street this year (first revamp of the X64 processors from the K10)
     
  7. #8 FalconFour, Feb 4, 2011
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    Even liquid cooling is pretty easy at Newegg... there are a few DIY sealed systems that eliminate much of the old hassle of reservoirs and hose routing/cutting/connections. For example: Newegg.com - CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC) (almost identical to the Asetek 550LC) or Newegg.com - XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP All-in-one liquid cooling system :)

    But really, air cooling with heat pipes (which is actually phase-change cooling, arguably more efficient than water cooling) is just as good as liquid cooling in my experience... laptops have relied on it for countless years and they're MUCH more thermally demanding than an overclocked desktop. Might want to give a good heatpipe cooler a chance first!
     
  8. :), Ok. I have made a few changes. It came out a little more expensive, around $2700. Honestly, I have put together computers, but I'm just way to prone to overlooking stuff. So I did some calculations, using the 6 month Bill Me Later thing, I have figured out a more affordable way to get it. 6 months coverts roughly into 26 weeks. Which means if I divide 2700 by 26, I get $106 rounded. $106 a week is quite expensive, true, but its worth it.
    Thanks for the help guys. /thread (I think this is how I close it.)
     
  9. word man, enjoy it! im still on an old dual core athlon 64 X2 3800...so im a bit jealous :p ill catch up soon, waitin for bulldozer!!!
     

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