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should i buy this 1500$ i dont want to build my own
post #2 of 7
8/21/12 at 2:42am
That isn't worth $1500, not by a long shot, buy a custom system and get it assembled by the store if you must, don't buy prebuilt, you'll end up paying much more than you should.
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| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
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post #3 of 7
8/21/12 at 2:44am
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It doesn't look like a bad pre-built, but you could certainly achieve comparable results for a bit less if you did it yourself.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 3930K (C2) @ 4.3GHz, HT on, 1.308v | GA-X79S-UP5 (F4v) | Radeon 7950, 1053/1650, 1.163v GPU, 1.65v mem, ... | Radeon 7950, 1080/1675, 1.081v GPU, 1.65v mem, ... |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 32GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2,... | Kingston V+100 96GB | 4x WD Scorpio Black 500GB RAID 10 | 3x Hitachi 7k1000.C 1TB RAID 0 |
| Cooling | OS | Keyboard | Power |
| Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 + 2x NF-P14 + PK-1 (TIM) | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise | Flico Majestouch Tenkeyless (MX Brown) | Antec True Power New 750w |
| Case | Mouse | Audio | |
| Fractal Design Define R4 + 6 Cougar CF-V14HB | CM Storm Spawn (firmware 61) | Realtek ALC898 | |
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| i7 970 3012B113 @ 4GHz, 1.264v, HT On | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 2.0 | Radeon 6870 1GB | Radeon 5750 @ 918/300 (cryptography coprocessor) |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 6x4GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3 @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2, 1.4v | 1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C, 2x250GB Seagate 7200.10s | Prolimatech Genesis | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
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| ASUS 22" | Acer 22" | Enermax Modu82+ 625w | Antec P182 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8150 @ 4.52GHz (210x21.5), 1.45v load | GA-970A-UD3 rev 1.0 (F8a BIOS) | Radeon 6950 @ 945/1425, 1.2v | 4x8GiB G.Skill Ares @ 1680, 9-10-9-28-T2, 1.5v |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung F3 1TB | 2x Samsung F3 500GB RAID 0 | Lapped TRUE + Panflo FBA12G12H1BX | Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 |
| Monitor | Power | Case | |
| Dell S2740L (27", 1920x1080, 7ms, IPS) | Corsair TX650w | Cooler Master HAF 932 | |
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3930K (C2) @ 4.3GHz, HT on, 1.308v | GA-X79S-UP5 (F4v) | Radeon 7950, 1053/1650, 1.163v GPU, 1.65v mem, ... | Radeon 7950, 1080/1675, 1.081v GPU, 1.65v mem, ... |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive |
| 32GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3D/US @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2,... | Kingston V+100 96GB | 4x WD Scorpio Black 500GB RAID 10 | 3x Hitachi 7k1000.C 1TB RAID 0 |
| Cooling | OS | Keyboard | Power |
| Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 + 2x NF-P14 + PK-1 (TIM) | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise | Flico Majestouch Tenkeyless (MX Brown) | Antec True Power New 750w |
| Case | Mouse | Audio | |
| Fractal Design Define R4 + 6 Cougar CF-V14HB | CM Storm Spawn (firmware 61) | Realtek ALC898 | |
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
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| i7 970 3012B113 @ 4GHz, 1.264v, HT On | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 2.0 | Radeon 6870 1GB | Radeon 5750 @ 918/300 (cryptography coprocessor) |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 6x4GiB Samsung MV-3V4G3 @ 1600, 8-8-8-24-T2, 1.4v | 1TB Hitachi 7K1000.C, 2x250GB Seagate 7200.10s | Prolimatech Genesis | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
| Monitor | Monitor | Power | Case |
| ASUS 22" | Acer 22" | Enermax Modu82+ 625w | Antec P182 |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD FX-8150 @ 4.52GHz (210x21.5), 1.45v load | GA-970A-UD3 rev 1.0 (F8a BIOS) | Radeon 6950 @ 945/1425, 1.2v | 4x8GiB G.Skill Ares @ 1680, 9-10-9-28-T2, 1.5v |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| Samsung F3 1TB | 2x Samsung F3 500GB RAID 0 | Lapped TRUE + Panflo FBA12G12H1BX | Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 |
| Monitor | Power | Case | |
| Dell S2740L (27", 1920x1080, 7ms, IPS) | Corsair TX650w | Cooler Master HAF 932 | |
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post #4 of 7
8/21/12 at 2:52am
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Actually Ncix has surprisingly good deals for prebuilts, the only problem I see with it is that you can't completely customize it for your needs, yeah you can slightly upgrade or downgrade some parts, but personally, I wouldn't buy a case that expensive on this budget, and they don't have any cheaper options.
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| i5 3570k @4.4ghz | Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 | MSI 7870 Hawk | Corsair Vengence 2x4GB 1600/CL9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 120GB Samsung 840 | 1TB WD Blue, 1 TB WD Green | Hyper 212+ | Windows 7 Professional 64 bit |
| Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| 144hz 1080p 24" ASUS VG248QE | Half broken 19" Samsung Syncmaster 940BW | Microsoft Sidewinder X4 | OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W |
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| NZXT M59 | Razer DeathAdder | QPAD | Audio Technica AD700 |
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| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 120GB Samsung 840 | 1TB WD Blue, 1 TB WD Green | Hyper 212+ | Windows 7 Professional 64 bit |
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post #6 of 7
8/21/12 at 3:20am
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If you need more ram and don't need as much HDD space, yes...Originally Posted by kezRÂ 
is it better if i pick parts (save about 300) and get a better cooler, 16gb ram but less HDD space for around 1200? same parts but not pre assembled by NCIX and is there pc like better optimized or something?
is it better if i pick parts (save about 300) and get a better cooler, 16gb ram but less HDD space for around 1200? same parts but not pre assembled by NCIX and is there pc like better optimized or something?
No their PCs aren't optimized, they just put it together, install the OS, and stress test it(I think they stress test it)
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My rig
(17 items) |
My laptop-Acer aspire 5517
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i5 3570k @4.4ghz | Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 | MSI 7870 Hawk | Corsair Vengence 2x4GB 1600/CL9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 120GB Samsung 840 | 1TB WD Blue, 1 TB WD Green | Hyper 212+ | Windows 7 Professional 64 bit |
| Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| 144hz 1080p 24" ASUS VG248QE | Half broken 19" Samsung Syncmaster 940BW | Microsoft Sidewinder X4 | OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| NZXT M59 | Razer DeathAdder | QPAD | Audio Technica AD700 |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Turion TL-60 x2 2Ghz | Acer Aspire 5517 | Radeon HD 3200 | 4GB DDR2 800 Mhz |
| Hard Drive | OS | ||
| 64GB Kingston SSD | Windows 7 | ||
| View all | |||
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My rig
(17 items) |
My laptop-Acer aspire 5517
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i5 3570k @4.4ghz | Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 | MSI 7870 Hawk | Corsair Vengence 2x4GB 1600/CL9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 120GB Samsung 840 | 1TB WD Blue, 1 TB WD Green | Hyper 212+ | Windows 7 Professional 64 bit |
| Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| 144hz 1080p 24" ASUS VG248QE | Half broken 19" Samsung Syncmaster 940BW | Microsoft Sidewinder X4 | OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| NZXT M59 | Razer DeathAdder | QPAD | Audio Technica AD700 |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Turion TL-60 x2 2Ghz | Acer Aspire 5517 | Radeon HD 3200 | 4GB DDR2 800 Mhz |
| Hard Drive | OS | ||
| 64GB Kingston SSD | Windows 7 | ||
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post #7 of 7
8/21/12 at 9:31am
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I know you said you don't want to build it, but that's a pretty basic system, and if you have worked with Lego's chances are you know how to do
it. You can buy those parts individually for less money, and actually get a case that looks good on top of that! Spend that profit on something bigger and better!
it. You can buy those parts individually for less money, and actually get a case that looks good on top of that! Spend that profit on something bigger and better!
HEXBOX
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| i7 2600k @ 4.4 | Z68X-UD7-B3 | EVGA GTX 680 | 8GB G.SKILL Turbulence II @ 2132 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| OCZ Vertex 3 | Crucial M4 | LG GH24LS70 | Corsair H100 Push/Pull w/2 NF-P12 |
| OS | Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit | Acer S232HLA Black 23" 2ms | Acer HN274H Black 27" 2ms | DAS Keyboard Model S Professional Silent Keyboard |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad |
| Corsair AX1200 | Corsair 800D | Razer Naga Molten Edition | Razer Goliathus (Largest) |
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| Logitech LS21 | |||
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| i7 2600k @ 4.4 | Z68X-UD7-B3 | EVGA GTX 680 | 8GB G.SKILL Turbulence II @ 2132 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| OCZ Vertex 3 | Crucial M4 | LG GH24LS70 | Corsair H100 Push/Pull w/2 NF-P12 |
| OS | Monitor | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit | Acer S232HLA Black 23" 2ms | Acer HN274H Black 27" 2ms | DAS Keyboard Model S Professional Silent Keyboard |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad |
| Corsair AX1200 | Corsair 800D | Razer Naga Molten Edition | Razer Goliathus (Largest) |
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| Logitech LS21 | |||
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