Best custom pc builders?

Hi ddgnclg

Here's my personal opinion on Puget Systems, based on one of my friend's experiences with them. These guys are the best in the business.

My friend has been going to their website for over a year now, and building machines that could cost 10K elsewhere.

Here's the background on one of the machines my friend wanted to build: He wanted to use the PC for video editing. Puget systems recommended an upgrade to the CPU based on the possibility of video editing in the future, and suggested a trade off in hard disk configuration to make it cost about the same (actually slightly less.)

Throughout the building process, my friend emailed Puget and their response was very fast. Those guys also modified the standard system testing to include the VIVO of the graphics card.

And there was this 2:00 AM email my friend sent - which was answered in less than 15 minutes! I guess your mileage may vary

My friend was overjoyed when the system arrived in a very sturdy package that protected it perfectly.

So far, the new system has not had any issues with the build or hardware.

My friend could have built the system himself (or asked me) but the standard one year of full warranty INCLUDING SHIPPING was worth the slight amount I could have saved.

All of the accessories from the RETAIL version of the components (not the OEM) were shipped in a box clearly labled "What's all this stuff?"

I've heard a lot of good feedback on Puget from other friends in the US as well. Keep up this level of service and quality, and they will be getting more and more customers.

Thanks

I just priced systems from Falcon NW, Pudget, and Alienware, and you are not going to get what you want at $2550.

Build your own and you might be able to pull it off. Lets see:
It comes to around $2636 but this includes 20.1" Widescren LCD.

CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
Model #: ND-3550A BK OEM
Item #: N82E16827152058

$37.99 $37.99


ATX Computer Cases
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Antec Performance I P180 Silver 0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability through the majority of chassis, 1.0mm cold rolled steel around the 4x HDD area ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: P180
Item #: N82E16811129154

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate

$124.99 $124.99


Internal Hard Drives
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD2500KS
Item #: N82E16822144701

$93.00 $93.00


Monitors - LCD
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Model #: FP202W
Item #: N82E16824014105

$399.95 $399.95


AMD-compatible Motherboards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: LP UT nF4 SLI-DR
Item #: N82E16813136157

$168.00 $168.00


Video Cards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
2 eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 256-P2-N553-AX
Item #: N82E16814130283

$15.00 Mail-in Rebate

$189.00 $378.00


Sound Cards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
Model #: 70SB046000007
Item #: N82E16829102188

$121.99 $121.99


Power Supplies
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: TPII-550
Item #: N82E16817103931

$89.99 $89.99


Keyboards
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Logitech Media Elite 967559-0403 Black USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - Retail
Model #: 967559-0403
Item #: N82E16823126178

$5.00 Mail-in Rebate

$26.98 $26.98


Mouse
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Logitech G5 Laser 931376-0403 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Laser Mouse - Retail
Model #: 931376-0403
Item #: N82E16826104191

$51.89 -$5.00 Instant
$46.89


CPU Thermal Paste / Grease
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Model #: ARCTIC SILVER 5

$5.99 $5.99


Memory - System
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt - Retail
Model #: Twinx2048-3200c2pt
Item #: N82E16820145575

$50.00 Mail-in Rebate

$192.00 $192.00


Processors
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 San Diego 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADAFX57BNBOX - Retail
Model #: ADAFX57BNBOX
Item #: N82E16819103558


$811.00 $811.00

Operating Systems
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price
1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2 - OEM
Model #: E85-04026
Item #: N82E16837102062


$139.95 $139.95
Subtotal: $2,636.72

Shipping: $81.14

Total: $2,717.86

Anybody ever heard anything on Vigorgaming? I have tested alot of these companys by asking questions and seeing the wait time by email and phone..

Vigorgaming has responded very quick on both the phone and email and they have a very high resseller rating...

I should have stated that i already have a mouse and keyboard, plus my NEC 1770GX moniter i just need the box with the goodies in it LOL...

I have my eye set on atleast one 7900GTX and upgrading to another later..

get the non sli asus mobo, a8e-n or something, 93 dollars plus a 7900 gtx, 2 gigs of corsair xms or ocz gold / platinum, and whatever processor you prefer be it single or dual, probably dual in this budget, so you could get a 4400+ or something higher.

Vigor Gaming and ABS are also very good. My friend got a PC from ABS... oh what was it... Christmas 2001... PIII 1.0 GHz, 256 mb Ram, GeForce 2 TNT gpu... and it still works (slightly slower than when he got it), and he hasn't really had any problems with it.

Yeah i really like ABS...

I build the best systems for ME! If something breaks I send the part back RMA or under Warranty. It's ALL on me. I safe a bundle and get EXACTLY what I want.

Build you own, it's the best PC you can buy!

I love Digital Storm - they build a wonderful PC!

I have gotten two machines from Talon Knight Enterprises now. They saved me quite a bit of money on both. And I had no problems with them. They answered all my questions again and again. Will definitely being buying from them again.