Author Topic: I give up. Buying a prebuilt System. (Read 1048 times)

SkyWolf · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2005, 03:38:41 PM »

I just got this for $1650.00 I thought it was reasonable. Especially since I don't have to frustrate the crap outta myself putting it together.

PROCESSOR AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ operates at 2.2GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 512KB Cache
SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black
MAIN BOARD MSI K8N Neo4-F NFORCE 4 Athlon 64 2000MHz FSB DDR400 16X PCIE w/RAID
MEMORY 1024MB PC-3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 X 512 MB Modules)
HARD DRIVE 1 80GB S-ATA 150 7200RPM Hard Drive
HARD DRIVE 2 80GB S-ATA 150 7200RPM Hard Drive
RAID SETTING RAID 1 Mirrored Drives - For Security Purposes (SATA Drives Only)
VIDEO nVidia GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 w/PCI Express, DVI and TV Out
CD/DVD/RW 1 Internal DVD+CD Rewritable Combo Drive 16X52X32X52
CD/DVD/RW 2 None.
RECORDING SOFTWARE None or Bundled CDRW Software w/CDRW Purchase Only
SOUND Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Retail Edition
MODEM None.
NETWORK CARD Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000) PCI Network Card
FLOPPY DRIVE 1.44MB 3 1/2 Floppy Disk Drive
CASE Full Tower Screwless AMD/Intel Certified 500W ATX Case w/TyphoonTM Cooling System
CASE MOD "See Through" Side Window bearing Vicious Logo and Red Cold-Cathod Lighting
CASE COOLING Level 2 TyphoonTM Cooling system w/Additional 8CM Front Case Fan
KEYBOARD Internet Multimedia Keyboard
MOUSE Optical Mouse with Hardware Scrolling Button PS/2
SPEAKERS None.
PORTS 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game/Midi and 6 USB ports
MONITOR None.
OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
SERVICE Standard 3 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty

SkyWolf · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2005, 03:40:00 PM »

Actually it was $1615.00 I have a cold and I'm full of Sudafed.

Woof

JB73 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2005, 04:00:23 PM »

where did you end up buying?

SkyWolf · « **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2005, 04:54:27 PM »

Vicious PC.

JB73 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2005, 05:31:15 PM »

well that system should be able to run most anythig for at least 2.5-3.5 years

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #35 on:** March 26, 2005, 07:36:02 AM »

Many online hardware stores offer an assembly service for about $40.

Meaning you can choose the setup freely and they charge $40 and shipping for a prebuilt system. All you have to do is to install the OS (or buy that too installed.)

Raid explained

For $1600 that was a good deal. With european prices I just calculated that a similar setup with no installation would be around $1900. Hardware is 10-20% cheaper in US.

SkyWolf · « **Reply #36 on:** March 26, 2005, 08:55:33 AM »

Siaf,
Thanks for the RAID link. I'm now officially smarter.

Woof

RookieCAF · « **Reply #37 on:** March 29, 2005, 04:30:16 PM »

56th FG in Air Warrior????

SkyWolf · « **Reply #38 on:** March 29, 2005, 04:56:36 PM »

Me? Yeah...about a million years ago. WolfPack! You?

Woof

RookieCAF · « **Reply #39 on:** March 29, 2005, 05:44:08 PM »

Used to enjoy chasing you around in your P47, Thats all

Me? Cactus Air Force. Then and Now.

Reschke · « **Reply #40 on:** April 01, 2005, 03:26:21 PM »

The most comaparable pricing to what I can pay with my business license discount that I have seen on here and in any place when shopping around for a new system was the Cyberpower site. I have never used one of their systems but its ridiculous what some of the companies charge you for building you a system. I do think that many especially companies like Hypersonic, Alienware, Falcon, etc... are over priced. They have some cool options and probably pay their website people a ton of money but its not worth it for the systems. Expecially when you can do the work yourself faster and cheaper than what they charge. Or for that matter get someone from this board to build you one just as cheap and put a few dollars in their pockets.