New computer purchase

prophet001 · 10-31-2006, 04:49 PM

Hi,
I am new to the forum and I have a question about a new system purchase. I have never built my own computer and for that reason I am kind of worried about me trying to "work through" the assembly of 5k dollars worth of hardware. Anyway, I was wanting to get a machine that is around 5500 or less. I'm not sure who to go with and everything seems to be very opinionated. I just shipped back a gateway fx510xt that I thought would be a good pick but which came with massive failures, was repaired and sent back out with even more failures. In light of that I am a little worried about who I should buy from. I have considered Dell, ABS, and Velocity Micro. I am looking for a machine that has the following: x6800 intel c2d, 4g ram, 975x mobo, 2 raid 0 hdd, air cooled, x1950 xfire card, x1950 xtx slave card, x-fi sound card, ~750W PSU, good support, reliability, performance. Falcon-NW is an obvious choice but they go a little too far. Anyway, if anyone can give any help or advice I would greatly appreciate it. Should I build my own? I am really leaning away from this being a noob and all. Thank you again for your advice.

Preston

GodTom47 · 10-31-2006, 04:59 PM

$5,500 can buy A LOT, and it can even buy more if you build it yourself. What do you want to do on this RIG?

Check out www.newegg.com thats one of the cheapest sites for in the US for comp parts.

prophet001 · 10-31-2006, 05:03 PM

hey thanks for the reply.

i want to draw triangles

really fast. also i want it to be stable (no water cooling) and have longevity (you don't buy this kind of system that often) i know that i can get more bang for my buck by building it by myself but i would not be in a good place if i smoked the chip or one of the cards in the process. having never done a build b4 i don't know if i should build this myself or not. add to that the raid 0 setup and the xfire setup as well and i'm on shaky ground. i'm sure i could figure it out but i'm more worried about busting something than anything else.

Preston

g4m3rof1337 · 10-31-2006, 05:32 PM

lol drawing triangles
well iam gonna build my first computer over this month and iam bit nervous on building it but ive been told its easy.

but you can get alot better stuff if u build verse buying one

but depending on what to do withit maybe buying is a consideration

Happy Halloween

bundar · 10-31-2006, 06:05 PM

I bought a system a couple months back from
www.avadirect.com

The sales guy I talked to, I can't remember his name, was cool and helped me with everything. Hope that helps

prophet001 · 10-31-2006, 06:20 PM

thank you for the reply.

i've never used ava direct... i just built a system on their site though and wow... how can they be so cheap? anyway, anyone have any thoughts on buying a system from ava direct?

Jet · 10-31-2006, 06:28 PM

If at all possible, you want to build the computer yourself.

EDIT: This is $4718, without monitors or XP.

-Intel Core 2 Duo X6800
-ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
-Corsair Dominator 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 1067 (Two of these packages)
-Zalman CNPS9500 AT
-PC Power & Cooling Turbocool 1kW (Crossfire Certified)
-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
-Sapphire Raedon X1950 Crossfire Card
-Sapphire Raedon X1950XTX
-Western Digital Raptor 10k Hard drive (SATAII, 16MB cache) (two of these in RAID 0
-Seagate Barracuda 750GB (SATAII, 16MB cache) (Two of these, not in RAID.
-Antec P180B Case

Again, I did not include Monitors, Optical Drives, or an OS. That's up to you.

jp198780 · 10-31-2006, 06:35 PM

yeahh, and if you build it, you can probrably throw something together that crushes that system..

what do you need 4G RAM 4?!

prophet001 · 10-31-2006, 07:07 PM

man jet that is a nice looking system you assembled.
i don't know if i can build something like that though. as a matter of fact i'm very worried that i can't. i've done small things like replace heat sinks on gpus and fdisk /format , but i've never even come close to building my own system. anyway, if there are resources for it i guess i could b/c that is a really really nice system you show there. also what is the success rate of system building? how many times do you boot up and it goes w/o any problems. how many times do you boot up and it does nothing? if it boots up and does nothing then i am seriously out of gas and i have a 5k dollar paper weight

Jet · 10-31-2006, 09:47 PM

If it boots up and does nothing, then you find what the problem is and fix it! Manufacturers have warranties, you know. The vast majority of first time builders do fine, as long as they don't think they know everything.

If you are really concerned, you can get an Antistatic wristband, so you won't fry your components. Other than that, as long as you don't go around throwing your nice new parts at the wall, you will be fine

10-31-2006, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
prophet001 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	New computer purchase Hi, I am new to the forum and I have a question about a new system purchase. I have never built my own computer and for that reason I am kind of worried about me trying to "work through" the assembly of 5k dollars worth of hardware. Anyway, I was wanting to get a machine that is around 5500 or less. I'm not sure who to go with and everything seems to be very opinionated. I just shipped back a gateway fx510xt that I thought would be a good pick but which came with massive failures, was repaired and sent back out with even more failures. In light of that I am a little worried about who I should buy from. I have considered Dell, ABS, and Velocity Micro. I am looking for a machine that has the following: x6800 intel c2d, 4g ram, 975x mobo, 2 raid 0 hdd, air cooled, x1950 xfire card, x1950 xtx slave card, x-fi sound card, ~750W PSU, good support, reliability, performance. Falcon-NW is an obvious choice but they go a little too far. Anyway, if anyone can give any help or advice I would greatly appreciate it. Should I build my own? I am really leaning away from this being a noob and all. Thank you again for your advice. Preston

10-31-2006, 05:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
g4m3rof1337 Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 7,873	lol drawing triangles well iam gonna build my first computer over this month and iam bit nervous on building it but ive been told its easy. but you can get alot better stuff if u build verse buying one but depending on what to do withit maybe buying is a consideration Happy Halloween __________________ Desktop/Laptop nForce 750i SLI FTW E8400 @ 4.05GHz Water Cooled/ T8100 @ 2.10GHz Two XFX 512MB 8800GT's with Accelero S1's / Two 512MB 8600GT's RaidMax 700Watt OCZ 4GB/ 2GB WD 500GB,200GB,80GB/ 320GB Sceptre 20.1'' or 32'' Sharp Aquos HD LCD/ 17'' Widescreen G15, MX518, N52TE/ 4 Harmon/Kardon Speakers w/ Sub. CM Stacker 810

10-31-2006, 06:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	If at all possible, you want to build the computer yourself. EDIT: This is $4718, without monitors or XP. -Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 -ASUS P5W DH Deluxe -Corsair Dominator 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 1067 (Two of these packages) -Zalman CNPS9500 AT -PC Power & Cooling Turbocool 1kW (Crossfire Certified) -Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS -Sapphire Raedon X1950 Crossfire Card -Sapphire Raedon X1950XTX -Western Digital Raptor 10k Hard drive (SATAII, 16MB cache) (two of these in RAID 0 -Seagate Barracuda 750GB (SATAII, 16MB cache) (Two of these, not in RAID. -Antec P180B Case Again, I did not include Monitors, Optical Drives, or an OS. That's up to you. __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/ Last edited by Jet; 10-31-2006 at 06:53 PM.

10-31-2006, 06:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	yeahh, and if you build it, you can probrably throw something together that crushes that system.. what do you need 4G RAM 4?! __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

10-31-2006, 09:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	If it boots up and does nothing, then you find what the problem is and fix it! Manufacturers have warranties, you know. The vast majority of first time builders do fine, as long as they don't think they know everything. If you are really concerned, you can get an Antistatic wristband, so you won't fry your components. Other than that, as long as you don't go around throwing your nice new parts at the wall, you will be fine __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

10-31-2006, 04:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
GodTom47 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 19 Posts: 103	$5,500 can buy A LOT, and it can even buy more if you build it yourself. What do you want to do on this RIG? Check out www.newegg.com thats one of the cheapest sites for in the US for comp parts.

10-31-2006, 05:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
prophet001 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	hey thanks for the reply. i want to draw triangles really fast. also i want it to be stable (no water cooling) and have longevity (you don't buy this kind of system that often) i know that i can get more bang for my buck by building it by myself but i would not be in a good place if i smoked the chip or one of the cards in the process. having never done a build b4 i don't know if i should build this myself or not. add to that the raid 0 setup and the xfire setup as well and i'm on shaky ground. i'm sure i could figure it out but i'm more worried about busting something than anything else. Preston

10-31-2006, 06:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
bundar Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 50	I bought a system a couple months back from www.avadirect.com The sales guy I talked to, I can't remember his name, was cool and helped me with everything. Hope that helps

10-31-2006, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
prophet001 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	thank you for the reply. i've never used ava direct... i just built a system on their site though and wow... how can they be so cheap? anyway, anyone have any thoughts on buying a system from ava direct?

10-31-2006, 07:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
prophet001 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	man jet that is a nice looking system you assembled. i don't know if i can build something like that though. as a matter of fact i'm very worried that i can't. i've done small things like replace heat sinks on gpus and fdisk /format , but i've never even come close to building my own system. anyway, if there are resources for it i guess i could b/c that is a really really nice system you show there. also what is the success rate of system building? how many times do you boot up and it goes w/o any problems. how many times do you boot up and it does nothing? if it boots up and does nothing then i am seriously out of gas and i have a 5k dollar paper weight

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