Is this a good price to pay for this stuff?

[titanic3]

Minor hijack: How is OCZ as a PSU brand? I found a 700W for $80 with 4.5/5 stars reviews.

[Skuzzy]

I would not use OCZ.  When OCZ bought PC Power & Cooling, I was hoping it was done to better enhance their own power supply line.  Instead, it turned out to be only to get the name and milk it for everything they could before people realized they were going to dumb down the entire line of PC P&C.

Right now, the best quality power supplies available are made by Seasonic.  Sometimes you can get a better price from Seasonic for the same supply you would pay more for from Corsair or Thermaltake.

[james]

Sorry to take so long to reply back. I didn't put the why's and what's about the computer I listed. I was looking at Cyberpower to upgrade the current PC to a better set up. I haven't bought a new computer in about 6 years. I play more than just Aces High. i also play A10, P-51, World of Planes, Fallout New Vegas, and will be picking up Blackshark 2 soon.  It's an HP from best buy with an AMD quad core 2.6ghz with 8 GB of ram and an Nvidia 9600GT and a 950W power supply. It has the following stuff plugged into it:

Warthog throttle and stick       Logitech Keyboard G19               7.1 Surround sound  Iphone
  2 Mice                                      2 External Hd's                         Track Ir
Buttkicker set up                       Leo bodnar controller              Saitek pedals

This pc is going to the movie watching pc now. I want to get something that will take me into the next 6 years. The budget i'm looking to spend is roughly 1500 at the most. I'm considering going to a 32" screen in the future. Figured i'd ask around is all fellas. Thanks for the replies.

 

[MaSonZ]

James, it appears you got no clear cut answer, some say yes do it, others say do a DIY, and there habe been a couple mentions of www.tdcomputersystems.com. it appears right now its a matter of getting whats spec'd by cyberpower, TilDeath or yourself based off your preference from what I've read.

[james]

Yeah someone even said it was fantasy. See I didn't realize Cyberpower was like Alienware because I hadn't used them. I'll keep looking around, thanks fellas. Oh and watercooling? I'm a little paranoid of that too. I know i would have to change that to air. What happens if you catch a leak? I don't want to find that out the hard way. 

[MaSonZ]

you catch a leak, the largest problem you face is frying whatever the leak gets too...if not the whole system. The issue with getting the watercooling, is you would have to buy ALL new coolers for the CPU and any other syrfaces cooled by it. I personally would do a DIY or contact TilDeath, but thats me. I enjoy supporting a small business or the satisfaction of doing things myself.

[gyrene81]

cyberpower isn't exactly like alienware. since alienware was picked up by dell, the parts used aren't the same as they used to be. at this point cyberpower at least offers choices of brand name components that you can choose from and pay extra for, with the exception of the mechanical hard drives and video cards. if you look at the first page, there are price lists to compare part for part with what you could do yourself buying from newegg. and yes the part numbers were matched.

with that said, tildeath can build you a killer system that will cost you more than cyberpower or doityourself but it can be worth it if you want a quality system and have the money to spend.