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Is this rig worth it?

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#1 ·
Intel® Core™2 Duo desktop processor E6300; Intel® Viiv™ technology; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 250GB hard drive; 2GB PC4200 DDR2 memory; Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005; 9-in-1 digital media manager; PNY Verto GeForce 7900 GS 256MB PCI Express Graphics Card = $1,000. This would bust out all of my games like nothing, AND I could run Vista steady on it later, but I want to know, can I do better?
 
#3 ·
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Originally Posted by J o h n R o g e r s View Post
Hmm.. That's a very good system. If you built one yourself, I reckon you could upgrade that 7900GS to a GT, and possibly get an E6400, although the 6300's are alright


That's a great system for $1000. Go for it.
Well it is $700 at Bestbuy for all but the Video card, I added that for $200, then the extra $100 is for Tax and maybe a Saitek Eclipse keyboard.
 
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Originally Posted by SlowFriend View Post
I am gonna be using it. Also, If I build it myself I don't get that free One-year warranty, which has saved me in the past.
If you want to spend more money, I need to sell my computer in my specs. I will sell everything if you want everything. I have it OCed to 3.2 right now and I am hoping to get at least 3.4 or 3.6. It has a Saitek keyboard and Hanns-G 19" Widescreen LCD, ect.

The only thing I would suggest for a soon upgrade would be the video card. I can play Half-Life 2 and CS:S with full graphics with no problems and I can try FEAR if you want. You can take anything you want out of it, because I can sell that stuff on the side.

It has the 10th Anniversary edition Crucial DDR2 667, P5B Deluxe with WiFi, E6300 L629 (week 29, the second best for OCing on the E6300, week 25 being the best), the Tuniq Tower 120, 2 DVD burners with Lightscribe, etc.

I am telling you this would be a lot better for the money then the store bought computer and I'm sure a lot of people on here can tell you that too. I have 3.0Ghz completely Prime stable for almost 10 hours with no errors or warnings. I would have ran it longer, I just had to do stuff on my computer. If you need any pics, just let me know.

EDIT: I will ship it with my Windows XP Pro too, because I won't need it anymore.

I have to go to work right now, but if you are interested, just PM me and I will get back to you a little after 9:00 EST.
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by SlowFriend View Post
I am gonna be using it. Also, If I build it myself I don't get that free One-year warranty, which has saved me in the past.
Most companies have a warranty on their products. Also with what I suggested you get a free upgrade to windows vista. And he its not a Gateway...
 
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Originally Posted by todd258 View Post
If you want to spend more money, I need to sell my computer in my specs. I will sell everything if you want everything. I have it OCed to 3.2 right now and I am hoping to get at least 3.4 or 3.6. It has a Saitek keyboard and Hanns-G 19" Widescreen LCD, ect.

The only thing I would suggest for a soon upgrade would be the video card. I can play Half-Life 2 and CS:S with full graphics with no problems and I can try FEAR if you want. You can take anything you want out of it, because I can sell that stuff on the side.

It has the 10th Anniversary edition Crucial DDR2 667, P5B Deluxe with WiFi, E6300 L629 (week 29, the second best for OCing on the E6300, week 25 being the best), the Tuniq Tower 120, 2 DVD burners with Lightscribe, etc.

I am telling you this would be a lot better for the money then the store bought computer and I'm sure a lot of people on here can tell you that too. I have 3.0Ghz completely Prime stable for almost 10 hours with no errors or warnings. I would have ran it longer, I just had to do stuff on my computer. If you need any pics, just let me know.

EDIT: I will ship it with my Windows XP Pro too, because I won't need it anymore.

I have to go to work right now, but if you are interested, just PM me and I will get back to you a little after 9:00 EST.
Your welcome.
 
#20 ·
Really, if you're just using this PC for gaming, the 7800GS is going to limit its performance way before a E6300 running at stock speeds runs out of steam. Tom's Hardware did a overclock versus $$ article and the the CPU power of a E6300 1.86GHz versus a E6400 at 3.3GHz barely made a difference in gaming performance. GPUs are the limiting factor, so if you don't need to overclock, that system sounds like a pretty good deal.
 
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Originally Posted by SlowFriend
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I really think I am just going to get it at Best Buy. It's a great store. Also, I am getting a gift card for a large amount there this Christmas. Hopefully this amount will exceed $500. If it is $500, that's only $500 more for me to spend. For the rig in my sig, that's awesome!!!

No comment on the bold part


In your situation, I'd do the following: Spend the Best Buy certificate on a really good monitor, and then build the rig yourself. You'll be annoyed to no end with a pre-build, non-overclockable rig. And regarding warranty, that's all nonsense. All parts come with warranty, either 3 year, 5 year, or lifetime.
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Chozart
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No comment on the bold part


In your situation, I'd do the following: Spend the Best Buy certificate on a really good monitor, and then build the rig yourself. You'll be annoyed to no end with a pre-build, non-overclockable rig. And regarding warranty, that's all nonsense. All parts come with warranty, either 3 year, 5 year, or lifetime.

Yeah, but I can't screw up, and fry it while building. PLUS, I don't have much money...at all, this will be a month and a half's salary without the gift card.
 
#24 ·
Better go ahead and buy a new power supply to. The Gheyway psu wont hold up to a 7900GS for to long. You really are better of buying the pieces and building it yourself. Its not that hard at all. And if you fry somthing.. BIG DEAL!! THATS THE BEAUTY OF THE RMA!!!. Most memory makers have lifetime warrentys, mobo's 3 to 5 years , my video card has a 3 year warrenty on it. If you fry somthing you send it back and say it was faulty.
 
#25 ·
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Originally Posted by burnstudios View Post
Better go ahead and buy a new power supply to. The Gheyway psu wont hold up to a 7900GS for to long. You really are better of buying the pieces and building it yourself. Its not that hard at all. And if you fry somthing.. BIG DEAL!! THATS THE BEAUTY OF THE RMA!!!. Most memory makers have lifetime warrentys, mobo's 3 to 5 years , my video card has a 3 year warrenty on it. If you fry somthing you send it back and say it was faulty.
1. I am looking for mainly convenience, and buying a PC from the store is EASY!!!
2. I have to wait and buy the GPU and New PSU later anyway, I can't afford them now...Sadly.
3. I have to buy Christmas presents.
4. Before Christmas I am going to have only about $450-$500
5. HOPEFULLY by January 1, I will be up to $1,000
 
#26 ·
well honestly if you must but if you could hold off to jan. to get it and order the stuff and do it your self its much better in the end, i built my first comp with no prior experience-basically i decided if i wanted to learn then i should build it form the ground up unfortinatly i didnt have this site to help me out and i was super uber noob instead of just uber noob and i still put together a pc with minimal fuss (had to ask the comp store guys a few questions) but all in all it went right together and it was a very fun learning experience (been addicted ever since lol)

i think that for the price youd be better off doing it yourself and as far as future proofing as much as possible atleast you can upgrade your own build far easier then soemthing prebuilt and thus make it last longer

just my opinion, and the warranties are better per part then a pre built system
 
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