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Alright guys, basically what I am asking is if I should buy from Cyberpower even when they offer almost the same computer for the same price or cheaper!

Case:
Corsair Obsidian 800D

Power Supply:
Thermaltake TR2 RX-850 PSU (Don't know much about this PSU, 850 watt)

CPU:
i7-920

Motherboard:
Asus p6t Deluxe

Ram:
6 gig DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Dominator

Video Card:
ATI 5870

Hard Drive:
1.5 TB 7200 rpm 32mb cache

DVD Drive:
LG 22x DVDrw

CPU Cooler:
Asetek Liquid CPU cooler (don't know anything about this)


Total:
$1,796 + $354 for 2 SSD OCZ Vertex Turbo

New Total:
$2,150


Price off newegg (will note if I had to change something because they didn't sell it)
$2,258
What is different:
Powersupply: Same PSU but Thermaltake tr2 1000w instead of 850 (don't sell that particular one)

CPU Cooler: Don't sell this Asetek one, so I added the Corsair h50 instead ($80)

Storage Hard drive: Used Seagate Barracuda 1.5tb (same size,rpm,cache,etc but I don't know the brand they use in cyberpowerPC)


As you can see, not much is different between what I priced out on Newegg and what cyberpower offers. Newegg probably has a couple Combo deals going on with these, so it would be fair to take an extra $50 off. Cyberpower has free shipping and newegg is prob around $10-15 so not a big deal.


Anyways, what do you guys think? Is it worth it to take the risk of buying from cyberpower? Will they give me the parts I order? Or do they try to scam and don't ACTUALLY give you the p6t deluxe, etc. If something comes broken, can I trust them to fix it for me?

Thanks a lot.



If anybody thinks I could build a better gaming computer for ~$2,000 budget I would appreciate the input.

Here is what I don't need:
Operating System, Mouse, Monitor, Keyboard, Speakers, basically just need the case and what goes in it

Here is what I prefer/probably cant be convinced not to get:
A 5870 vid card, i7 CPU


Message edited by dreamagain on 10-18-2009 at 03:03:07 AM
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I would still buy from newegg. Also, I would change a number of the above components in order to make a more balanced system. Finally, fill this form out, and it will be easier to help you out:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ild-advice

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jbakerlent wrote :

I would still buy from newegg. Also, I would change a number of the above components in order to make a more balanced system. Finally, fill this form out, and it will be easier to help you out:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ild-advice




Alright, I edited it up a bit, i'll edit it and put links in for all the stuff.

If you have any better suggestions for parts I would appreciate it.

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Here's what I would recommend:

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202

ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131386

OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227381

HD 5870/5850 (Both are sold out on newegg atm)

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185


Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic + Mesh ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811112239

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835103065

LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106289

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Thanks i'll check it out, is it not worth it to get RAID, or SSD, or the Raptors?

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If you don't mind the extra cost, these provide excellent performance:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820167016

 

Edit: the F3 is the fastest 7200 RPM HDD, but is easily beaten by the Intel SSDs. And the SSDs destroy the Velociraptors.

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jbakerlent wrote :

If you don't mind the extra cost, these provide excellent performance:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820167016

Edit: the F3 is the fastest 7200 RPM HDD, but is easily beaten by the Intel SSDs. And the SSDs destroy the Velociraptors.




Yea those r a little too much, though I was eyeballing these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227468

(OCZ Vertex Turbo) Only 30gig, but 2 of them for raid for windows and maybe a game or two.

Do you think it is worth it?

Thank you.

edit* didnt know that about the f3, thanks. i'll def. get one of those for my storage


Message edited by dreamagain on 10-18-2009 at 03:34:37 AM
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Those are nice as well, wouldn't necessary go for raid, but if you can afford, it go for it.

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jbakerlent wrote :

Those are nice as well, wouldn't necessary go for raid, but if you can afford, it go for it.




Hmm, well if you were buying one right now, and you could choose between the 2 OCZ in raid, or the 1 intel to maintain your OS and maybe your "essential" programs, which one would you pick?

Thanks again, appreciate it.

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2 OCZs in RAID, but I would start with just one and see how it suits you.

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