Couldn't find it but this isn't a bad place to start.I bought a nice setup for 758.00 from them. I'm pleased.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_1000/
newegg and tiger direct always run specials for 400 to 600 dollor dual core bear bone PCs. just go onto there sites and become a member.they will send you specials all the time.Most of the parts offered on the bare bones are not something you would want to use even in a budget build. Mostly the PSU's (most important part in a build) included may have 80+ certs but the power is not a reliable, consistent and constant level. This is especially true if it is of single rail design. NewEgg tends to use Rosewill (Their house brand) and G.Skill (memory you can find no where but NewEgg in the US, but still not a house brand, yet) memory often in these specials. I bought G.Skill 2000MHz because of price and to use as an option on my builds. I now have a nice fan and 3 DD3 2000MHz paper weights. They were RMA'd 5 times inside of a year because of not being able to come even close to the rated speed, each time replaced with "new" and still would not run at posted specs or went bad at no longer then 4 months (one RMA took 2 1/2 months for an RMA number). I can not speak about their lower MHz memory but if the fast stuff is a representation, I would not trust it.
http://www.newegg.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/
I would be extremely wary of anything from Tiger Direct or similar discount house.
You get what you pay for!
When your talking about your main AH desktop, you really don't want to skimp more than necessary.
You can still build a LOT of system for 6-800$ with good components if your a careful shopper and you take the time to really do the research.
Most of my parts have come from mwave or newegg but yes I have bought from tiger direct.
But let me put it this way.
Dec of 07 I bought 2 systems from newegg, went with a mwave case with 500 watt power supply mwave brand. Paid 60$ for the cases.
June of 08 a close friend of mine built 2 systems, most of the parts from tiger direct, including 2 cases & 500 watt power supplys. He paid just a bit less for his cases with 500 watt power supplys than I did. I think in the mid 50's for case and power supply.
Fast forward 3 years, both of my systems are still running on the original mwave power supplys.
Both of his have failed. One of them when it failed may have screwed up other parts.
You get what you pay for. When you pay for the cheapest stuff you can find that is exactly what you get.
There is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. Sometimes its better to spend just a few dollars more and get a part that will last years longer.
Tiger has its place, its just not a place I choose to go unless I truly have no other choice.
Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth 55i LGA 1156, Intel P55 chipset | $147 | http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P7P55D-1156-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B002ZVAXPE |
Processor | Intel Core i3-550 3.2 GHz, Dual-Core, 4 MB L3 Cache | $125 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115065&Tpk=Intel%20Core%20i3-550 |
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus | $30 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&Tpk=Cooler%20Master%20Hyper%20212%20Plus |
Memory | GeIL Black Dragon 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1333 Dual-Channel Desktop Memory Kit | $95 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144447&cm_re=GeIL_Black_Dragon-_-20-144-447-_-Product |
Graphics | 1 GB ATI card | $140 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125309 |
Hard Drives | WD caviar blue 250 GB SATA 7200 RPM | $45 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161 |
Optical | ASUS DVD-RW | $20 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 |
Case | NZXT Gamma | $40 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061&Tpk=NZXT%20Gamma |
Fans | 2 x APEVIA CF12S-BK 120 mm | $8 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835228010&Tpk=APEVIA%20CF12S-BK%20120%20mm |
Power | Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650 W ATX12V, EPS12V, 80 PLUS Certified | $90 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=Corsair%20CMPSU-650TX%20650%20W |
OS | Windows 7 Home Premium OEM | $100 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754&cm_re=windows_7_OEM-_-32-116-754-_-Product |
| Subtotal | $840 |
Dec of 07 I bought 2 systems from newegg, went with a mwave case with 500 watt power supply mwave brand. Paid 60$ for the cases.
June of 08 a close friend of mine built 2 systems, most of the parts from tiger direct, including 2 cases & 500 watt power supplys. He paid just a bit less for his cases with 500 watt power supplys than I did. I think in the mid 50's for case and power supply.
Fast forward 3 years, both of my systems are still running on the original mwave power supplys.
Both of his have failed. One of them when it failed may have screwed up other parts.
Tiger has its place, its just not a place I choose to go unless I truly have no other choice.
Hi Guys,You have a SATA 3 enabled Motherboard and using a SATA II hard disk. If your planning on building yourself, send me a PM with your total budget and I will send you a parts list that will all compliment each other.
I'm looking to build a pc for AH. This will be the first PC I've built in 10+ years, so I could really use some help evaluating the different options.
My goals for running AH:
- 1920 x 1080 (will run on tv)
- 4x FSAA
- good visibility/distance in game
- 50 FPS minimum average (with say 10 planes in area, forward view)
I don't intend to use it for anything other than AH at this point, because I have limited time for gaming, and don't know of any other games out right now that would be more fun.
I made a tentative list, based on this thread, and upon a this Tom's Hardware guide:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-core-i3-overclock-system-builder,2809.html
I was going to ask folks to take a look and see if they see anything stupid. In particular, I don't know if I need that (relatively) expensive memory, in this setup. I don't know squat about video cards, other than what I've kind of picked up reading in here the last couple days. Well that's what I was going to ask, but not Sandy Bridge CPUs were announced, it seems like I should probably hold off, and retool everything for a sandybridge i5? On the other hand, I've got some serious withdrawal going on here...
For budget, I was trying to keep it under $800, which seemed pretty reasonable for a good pc for AH. I have to get win7 and some controller hardware as well, and it all adds up rather quickly... I would go over a bit to get a better processor if that was the best thing to do, or I'd get a cheaper processor and a better video card if that made sense.
Here's what I came up with:
Motherboard
Asus Sabertooth 55i
LGA 1156, Intel P55 chipset
$147
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P7P55D-1156-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B002ZVAXPE
Processor
Intel Core i3-550
3.2 GHz, Dual-Core, 4 MB L3 Cache
$125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115065&Tpk=Intel%20Core%20i3-550
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
$30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&Tpk=Cooler%20Master%20Hyper%20212%20Plus
Memory
GeIL Black Dragon 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3-1333
Dual-Channel Desktop Memory Kit
$95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144447&cm_re=GeIL_Black_Dragon-_-20-144-447-_-Product
Graphics
1 GB ATI card
$140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125309
Hard Drives
WD caviar blue 250 GB SATA 7200 RPM
$45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161
Optical
ASUS DVD-RW
$20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Case
NZXT Gamma
$40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061&Tpk=NZXT%20Gamma
Fans
2 x APEVIA CF12S-BK 120 mm
$8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835228010&Tpk=APEVIA%20CF12S-BK%20120%20mm
Power
Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650 W
ATX12V, EPS12V, 80 PLUS Certified
$90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=Corsair%20CMPSU-650TX%20650%20W
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium OEM
$100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754&cm_re=windows_7_OEM-_-32-116-754-_-Product
Subtotal
$840
You have a SATA 3 enabled Motherboard and using a SATA II hard disk. If your planning on building yourself, send me a PM with your total budget and I will send you a parts list that will all compliment each other.
TD
A regular hdd doesn't come close to saturating sata2 bandwith so that is not a problem. If you disagree, show benchmarks. Oh and btw, no straw man arguments like burst data rate, that 8-64mb cache data is 99% cases already on OS fs cache anyway ;)
A regular hdd doesn't come close to saturating sata2 bandwith so that is not a problem. If you disagree, show benchmarks. Oh and btw, no straw man arguments like burst data rate, that 8-64mb cache data is 99% cases already on OS fs cache anyway ;)Why don't you buy my computer building and support business from me since you surely have the greater knowledge. :) This way you can do the builds I do for the guys here making about 8 bucs an hour after its all said and done as a service to the players.
Why don't you buy my computer building and support business from me since you surely have the greater knowledge. :) This way you can do the builds I do for the guys here making about 8 bucs an hour after its all said and done as a service to the players.
TD
would it be wrong to not get the sata2 hdd?
semp