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| Yung_Gandhi | Jul 21 2011, 03:08 PM Post #26 |
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I'm saving up for really expensive computer build ($3000) in Q1 2012 when LGA 2011 Extreme Edition processors are released. I'm going to be buying the desktop from CyberPower PC as they have cheaper prices than if I were to buy the parts individually and build great systems. |
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| BoBbobert | Jul 21 2011, 05:33 PM Post #27 |
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Self built computers are just soo much better. |
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| SikSlayer | Sep 26 2011, 10:47 PM Post #28 |
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Built mine in 2008: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3R 4GB DDR2 800 RAM 1 500GB SATA II HDD 1 1TB USB 2.0 WD My Book HDD 1 2TB USB 3.0 WD My Book HDD 10GB RAID-5 Array LG SATA II DVDRW Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Shark's Win 7 Codec Pack MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC /w HDMI output Westinghouse 37" 1080P LCD HDTV Gonna update when Ivy Bridge comes out and get 16GB of RAM and an SSD. |
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| appletsauce | Sep 27 2011, 05:17 AM Post #29 |
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I was ready to build my new one, but then I compared prices on Cyberpower PC with the cost of parts on New Egg, and decided it would be better to go with Cyberpower PC since it would be a few hundred dollars cheaper. I get no satisfaction from building my own. I simply want a computer that's strong, upgradable, and works. |
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| MN12BIRD | Sep 27 2011, 10:54 PM Post #30 |
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Build my own of course. Have been since the late 90's and haven't regretted it yet. But of course it really comes down to what you want and what you'll use it for. The biggest problem with buying a PC off the shelf with the intentions of upgrading in the near future is the Power Supply, followed by the motherboard. You put a big video card in a "lower end" off the shelf PC (you know, your typical Dell or HP) there's a good chance you'll regret it. Maybe not right away but maybe a year down the road when your motherboard or video card is toast because you pushed the stock PSU too far, it starts to clip, power output is now dirty with too much ripple and that's hard on all the capacitors in your system esp on high VRM circuits on the video card and motherboard that draw a lot of power. If you're lucky your video card may just under perform due to lack of power, maybe your games will randomly crash or maybe you'll just kill the Power Supply itself. But you will shorten the lifespan of the video card and motherboard when you push that stock Power Supply too hard. Bigger video cards require bigger power supplies. Simple as that! If you buy an off the shelf PC and the first thing you do is upgrade the PSU and video card that's fine. But that probably costs you more in the long run too. Now I haven't even got to the motherboard yet because if you continue upgrading that off the shelf PC you'll eventually learn the hard way the motherboard sucks. It might not support newer/bigger CPU's down the road. It won't have the kind of BIOS upgrades or VRM overhead to handle bigger CPU's down the road that a 3rd party motherboard bought separately "could" have. Even if it does how will you know? Dell or HP aren't going to tell you what CPUs that thing can handle in the future! You could buy a bigger CPU down the road only to find out it doesn't work in your motherboard. I've seen this happen many times. Remember just because a CPU fits in a motherboard doesn't mean the motherboard supports it. Good aftermarket motherboards will have up to date CPU support lists showing exactly what CPUs will work and what ones won't on your motherboard. My motherboard for example is like 3 years old yet when AMD's 6 core CPU's came out a year ago Gigabyte had BIOS updates to support them almost right away. I can almost bet you any DELL or HP that was 2 years old at the time the 6 cores came out wouldn't handle them. If You end up changing the motherboard to support a CPU upgrade than once again it's going to cost you more in the long run. So if you have intentions of upgrading the PC in the near future. That cheap off the shelf PC isn't the best option for you. Don't buy a PC off the shelf if you intend on doing moderate to heavy upgrades on it right away or in the near future. That's not always cheaper at the end of the day. Buy an off the shelf PC if you're content with the way it is or only plan on doing small upgrades. The stock PSU in an off the shelf Dell or HP for example should be able to handle a low end video card but it's not going to handle a mid range to high end gaming video card. Edited by MN12BIRD, Sep 27 2011, 11:13 PM.
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| hooflung128 | Oct 10 2011, 07:43 PM Post #31 |
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I've been building my PC's since my old Cyrix 486DX 40 on a Socket 3 back in 1994. 8mb of Ram playing Doom via OS/2 for Windows. |
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| VideoGamerUK | Oct 11 2011, 04:36 AM Post #32 |
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I bought my first PC back in 1990 after attending a video game trade show and seeing the game Wing Commander. Up to that point in time I had been an avid gamer on the Commodore Amiga, but this game just blew me away (at the time). I wanted the full Wing Commander experience, so had to buy and fit a dedicated graphics card and sound card. Lol – I also remember the problems I had getting the additional Speech pack to fit on my hard-drive; they were small and expensive in the old days. Since then it has been self build all the way. I tend to keep my PC gaming rig as mid-level as possible. I tend not to like all the over-the-top fancy lighting and shadow effects in games, this thankfully means I don’t upgrade as often as some of my friends. |
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