I have been following these boards for the last few months and definitely consider myself to be a newbie to modding computers, but not new to using them.
I have built a wish list on newegg for a top notch box, it runs me 3803.89. My other option is to buy a cyberpower pc box for 4120 and it is already OC’d to 3.66 from the stock 3.0 (QX6850).
The systems are identical with the exception of cooling, I would use an extreme 120 if building it myself, the cyberpower pc comes with a Vigor Monsoon2 lite which has performed well according to Tom’s but does make a bit of noise.
I guess my question is why not go with a system builder considering it is only $300 more and already OC’d? Not to mention that it comes with a warranty.
I realize that cyperpower’s rep isn’t the best when it comes to technical issues but since I plan on tweaking it myself a bit why not let them do the dirty work?
To me $300 is not worth the time to assemble the rig, tweaking I can do if/when needed. Please no comments about how one can OC a 2.4 quad core to whatever. To me the difference in processor costs is not a big deal, whats $700 when one is spending so much on other components anyway.
Anything I am missing?
QX6850 oc’d to 3.66
Coolermaster830
Striker extreme
2 gig XMS2
2 EVGA Superclocked 8800 GTX
2 150g Raptors, raid 0
1 500g HD
1 Lightscribe CD/DVD
Vista 64 Ultimate
1000w PSU
Vigor Monsoon2
Upgraded cables/wiring
I have built a wish list on newegg for a top notch box, it runs me 3803.89. My other option is to buy a cyberpower pc box for 4120 and it is already OC’d to 3.66 from the stock 3.0 (QX6850).
The systems are identical with the exception of cooling, I would use an extreme 120 if building it myself, the cyberpower pc comes with a Vigor Monsoon2 lite which has performed well according to Tom’s but does make a bit of noise.
I guess my question is why not go with a system builder considering it is only $300 more and already OC’d? Not to mention that it comes with a warranty.
I realize that cyperpower’s rep isn’t the best when it comes to technical issues but since I plan on tweaking it myself a bit why not let them do the dirty work?
To me $300 is not worth the time to assemble the rig, tweaking I can do if/when needed. Please no comments about how one can OC a 2.4 quad core to whatever. To me the difference in processor costs is not a big deal, whats $700 when one is spending so much on other components anyway.
Anything I am missing?
QX6850 oc’d to 3.66
Coolermaster830
Striker extreme
2 gig XMS2
2 EVGA Superclocked 8800 GTX
2 150g Raptors, raid 0
1 500g HD
1 Lightscribe CD/DVD
Vista 64 Ultimate
1000w PSU
Vigor Monsoon2
Upgraded cables/wiring