Mother F***ker...

[Professor S]

My PC died last night. The power supply and CPU fan are busted, and worst part is my CPU got COOKED when the fan went. So now I am in need of a new PC and I need one NOW (I also use it for work).

Are there any suggestions for store bought PC's, like HP, etc.? I hate that I'm basically forced to do this but I have to and its driving me up a wall, but I need to still make a good decision. Any help would be appreciated.

[Null]

why not order the one you were thinking of getting anyway?



and what do you NEED it for? you can get a pretty cheep one that should do what you need for work (and home if its not gaming)

[Professor S]

I thought about getting a cheap one for just work, but because I'm planning on getting a new gaming rig anyway, it seems like a couple hundred that I could better use in buying my more high end PC.

After reading reviews on cnet and comparing warrantees and service contracts, I'm leaning towards blowing my credit wad at the PC wanted all along from cyberpower (GREAT warrantee and service for the price). I figure once I go into debt, I might as well get what I want and spend a little more. I just didn't want to have to charge it, thats all, but all my liquidity is tied up in my engagement ring at the moment. Horrible timing.

Well, time to bite the bullet, vend over and take a $2,000 credit card charge in the pooper... but at least I'll have an SLI Monster rig

[Yoda9864]

Go get that powerhouse! But don't get a stupid oversized case. Everytime I see one of those at a LAN party I want to punch the person using it!

i.e.- Something like this huge red one http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/cfgam2.asp?v=d

[Professor S]

Yeah, I never liked the Vento to begin with, but do like a large case because they have better air flow. Besides, I don't go to LAN parties. I'm a homebody.

Well, here is the build I was thinking of...

$1839.00
(before all applicable rebates)

CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N-SLI nForce 570 SLI Chipset LGA775 Supports Core 2 Duo CPU FSB1066 DDR2 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &5.1Audio
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader)
VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA Geforce 7950 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
HARD DRIVE: 300GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Optical Drive: Sony DWQ-120A 16x Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: SONY 16X DVD-ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

MS Windows Pro w/ SP2
MS Works Suite
Professional Cabling and Rounded HD and Drive cables
Hot Rush Delivery (Ready Next Business day
Free Shipping

My thinking is the following:
- I can always SLI later since I have the MB for it.
- The Core Duo CPUs from 6600 to the Extreme 6800 are pretty much identical construction. The difference is in cock speed, and I can always have it overclocked later if I want to, and its still a beast now.
- I went with the upgraded HD solely bacause it had double the cache of the 250gb.

Is there anything else I should be aware of?

Now Cyberpower and ibuypower both have almost the exact same price for each system, plus the same Hot Rush price ($109) and warrantee and customer support. So who has the better rep? Which name brand should I trust?

[Null]

Originally Posted by Yoda9864

i.e.- Something like this huge red one http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/cfgam2.asp?v=d

and thats an actual size comparison between the joystick and the case!

[Neo]

Dell.

Once you go dell, you never go....sell?