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February 09, 2010, 09:47 AM
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Evilyne 80 Human Warlock Garona US PvE Guild: The Sesame Street Gang Profile: Blizzard Armory |
Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
Has anyone dealt with Cyberpower PC? They have a BBB rating of B+ and rateresellers.com gives them 8 out of 10. They seem to be a quality company but before I drop $1400.00 I would like to get some feed back. Here is the build sheet : BLUETOOTH:None CD:LG 22X DVD±/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive CD2:Lite-On IHOS 104 4X Blu-Ray Player CASE:*Apevia X-Cruiser 2 Mid-Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window & MultiMeter Display CS_FAN:Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case CPU:Intel® CoreT i7-860 2.80 GHz 8M L2 Cache LGA1156 CARE1:Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System FLOPPY:None FAN:Asetek LCLC 120 Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) FA_HDD:Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (1 x System) FLASHMEDIA:INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer HDD:Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD HDD2: None IEEE_CARD:None KEYBOARD:Xtreme Gear Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard MOUSE:XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse MODEM:None MULTIVIEW:Xtreme Performance in SLI/CrossFireX Gaming Mode Supports Single Monitor MONITOR:*24' LCD - Asus VH242H Wide Screen TFT Active Matrix LCD Display MOTHERBOARD:[CrossFireX/SLI] EVGA P55 TR Intel P55V Chipset DDR3 Socket 1156 mATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB2.0, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, & 2 PCIe X1 MEMORY:4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network OVERCLOCK:No Overclocking OS:Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium POWERSUPPLY:700 Watts Power Supplies (XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply) WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO SPEAKERS:600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers USB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports USBHD:None USBX:None VIDEO:NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB 16X PCI Express VIDEO2:None VIDEO3:None VC_PHYSX:None WNC:PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card PRICE:(+1392) |
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February 09, 2010, 09:59 AM
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Heathennyc 80 Human Warlock skywall US PvE Guild: Silence I Kill You Profile: WoW Rankings Talent Spec: 0/18/53 |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
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here's what stands out to me in the above stats: *memory: i think that motherboard has 4 memory slots so you have some room for expansion...and the memory they're giving you looks nice and fast. *HD, nice hard drive, but geeks would have 2 of them and either raid them or put the virtual drive and apps on the 2nd (least that's how it used to be done). *power supply: looks good *video card. not bad (i have this one coming to me in the mail actually), geeks would have 2 of them. you could skimp on some of the other excess and get a bigger card (or two of them) though. *motherboard. not up on them, but it looks like it has what you need *cpu. not up on them either
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February 09, 2010, 11:22 AM
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shdwboxn 80 Orc Warlock black dragonflight US PvP Guild: wicked mojo Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/54/17 |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
I bought a 17" laptop from cyberpower a few months ago. it was the best hardware i could find for the price (~$850) -Intel(R) CoreT 2 Duo Mobile P9700 Dual-Core Processor @ 2.80GHz 1066FSB 6MB L2 Cache -GeForce GT130M -4gb ddr3 pc3-8500 its worked well thus far, though I only use it as a second screen (connected via synergy) and a travel rig. the only "complaint" I have is all of the laptop functions arent separate buttons (eg. volume, wlan on/off toggle , brightness are all fn+F keys) so if I ever put win7 on it, I might run into issues. oh and it came with a "free travel case" but the case is too small for the notebook lol 
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February 09, 2010, 11:29 AM
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Myrton 80 Gnome Warlock Auchindoun Euro PvP Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58 |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
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February 09, 2010, 12:00 PM
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Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
I just bought a brand new Alien Ware Laptop. If you are willing to make the payment in. That is the way to go.
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February 09, 2010, 12:36 PM
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Cormanthor 80 Human Warlock Gnomeregan US PvE Guild: Knights who say Ni Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: Various |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
This post brought to you by: Newegg.com - CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2026 Phenom II X4 945(3.0GHz) 4GB DDR2 500GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - Desktop PCs I bought one to replace my old minion when I could no longer summon it from the twisting nether. I have no real complaints about it. My only 'gripe' is the door on the front blocks the USB and headphone ports, requiring me to leave it open and ugly for raiding. It's a very solid machine and runs W7 well. I really enjoy the internal case design (toolless drive bays, plenty of airflow space).
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February 09, 2010, 01:20 PM
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Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
The Rig that I am on, and that I play WoW with, I bought from Cyberpower, about 3 years ago. They have great service all around. I even called with questions about the custom rig I made, and The guy on the other end and went through it with me, and told me what I could upgrade/downgrade to get the best performance for my money. My main advise if you are dealing with them though is to watch out if you have to do A full system restore. They overclock it for you in the shop (if you ask) but If you do a full system restore, you are gona loose all that. I don't know how tech savvy you are, but It was a pain to make my CPU the way it was when they sent it to me. Also, Keep your emails they send you, FOR A LONG TIME. They are willing to help you with any questions you have, but you have to remember your order number, and your customer number, They are Good People. Now The only thing left to do on this rig is get two new graphics cards, and Upgrade to Vista, (which I am dreading) but I want to use all 8 gigs of ram that I have, as well as get the most out of My duel channel SLI... |
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February 09, 2010, 01:56 PM
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Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
One thing to note is that triple channel > dual with the i7 setup. If you get more ram (and you should if you get this setup) get the same amount/speed and preferably the exact same ram for only the third slot. I honestly don't understand why they put 4 memory slots on most of th i7 boards when it's been long known they are optimized with 3. Intel Core i7 Memory Analysis – Can Dual Channel Cut it? Introduction :: TweakTown |
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February 09, 2010, 02:08 PM
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Artris 80 Human Warlock antonidas |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
You could go one of two routes, each one has its pros and cons. Without knowing your current settup anyway: 1 : Upgrade your exsisting PC's case with new internals..Even if you're not a do-it-yourselfer, it's easy. It could save you money, or at least let you get better componets. Motherboard, Cpu, Ram, and a video card would be what to upgrade.. MAYBE your powersupply if it's not more than 600ish Watts. You could essentially get a faster CPU, better video card, or two even. and double the ram even than a prebuild tower. 2: Buy the pre built and upgrade/downgrade to suit your needs. With that build list, there are a few things I would change. 1: More and faster ram. It's a DDR3 Motherboard, find out the highest MHz ram it supports and aim for at least 8Gb ram.With Windows 7, and the iCore, you will notice a difference. Which leads to .... 2: go AMD. Maybe. You might be able to get a faster clock speed for less than the iCore Cpu's. That would also change the motherboard, but, it might yield better performace for the price. You might be able to call/email them and tweak the brands like Nvidia-->ATI, or Intel--->AMD to match whatever your budget. With that said, They are great people to deal with.. I myself have not delt with them personally, but have numerous friends that have. They never said one bad thing about them 
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February 09, 2010, 02:28 PM
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Miliuli 64 Blood Elf Warlock Ravenholdt US RP PvP Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/52/3 |
Re: Buying a new rig, looking for opinions/suggestions please.
I use a local shop pc-infinity.com and I configured a system somewhat close to your specs and came up with $1489.84 motherboard: ECS H55H-M Processor: Intel Core i7 Processor i7-860 Processor fan: Zalman CNPS10X Quite case: APEVIA X-Infinity Metal Case Case Fan: ARCTIC COOLING Arctic Fan 8 8 power supply: Antec CP-850 850W Memory: STT DDR2-800 4GB memory heatspreader: Please include install memory as...: dual channel hard drive: 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB 2nd hard drive: not selected hard drive cooler: not selected optical drive: not selected 2nd optical drive: not selected floppy drive: not selected video card: GeForce GTX 280 1GB 2nd video card: not selected tv tuner card: not selected sound card: onboard modem: not selected wireless card: not selected firewire card: not selected networking: onboard media reader: 21-1 media card reader keyboard mouse: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 Joystick: not selected speakers: not selected monitors: KDS 22" Wide LCD w/ Speakers operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ms office: not selected AntiVirus: not selected PC Camera: not selected Microphone: not selected neon light: not selected Warranty: 3 YEAR PARTS & LABOR Assemble: Please assemble Comment:
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