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BagOfDeadCats

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This build is around $1600 from DigitalStorm. I'm willing to pay a little extra for it to be professionally assembled, but I just want to compare this price to building my own. I didn't want to spend 1600, was looking to spend 1400 max btw.

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - SilverStone Raven 2
Processor: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X58 (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Recommended)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Standard Factory Heat-sink and Fan (Not Recommended for CPU Overclocking)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Boost Processor: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my processor
Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: FREE: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
 
Have you tried newegg or even tigersdirect.com?

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163154&Tpk=SilverStone%20Raven%202

Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211&Tpk=Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz

Of course here is a Mobo/Processor/Ram/SSHDD combo for 718 or so
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.548105

Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&cm_re=750W-_-17-139-006-_-Product

HDD 1st one is 1tb and the secon is 2tb if you want to spend 10$ or so extra
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514

CD Drive ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Videocard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...nvidia_geforce_gtx_470-_-14-121-400-_-Product


And OS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Windows_7_Professional-_-32-116-759-_-Product
 
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No deal, they don't tell you the PSU model, or even the brand, which usually indicates that they're using a crappy model. A bad PSU will often either kill your system very quickly when it dies, or kill it slowly due to bad voltage regulation.

edit: It also looks like they've got sub-standard hard drives as well. For a mechanical drive, you pretty much want Caviar Black or Spinpoint F3, though Seagate's 7200.12's aren't far behind. I doubt that's what they've got, though.

edit2: They don't tell you what RAM you're getting either...
 
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Do not buy. They have unbranded RAM, dodgy PSU and possibly motherboard, the 2 most important things in a computer.

Definitely build it yourself
 
 
You got no RAM... 6GB triple channel kit is what you need. Look at anything 1600mhz with CAS9/CAS8 timings
 
BagOfDeadCats said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145295

should I go with that instead?
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Personally I would go with the ripjaw series (I have heard allot of good expierences with it) and if you can afford it I would go with 6 but then again you can always wait till you have some more spending cash to buy 6 GB if that is the case I would go with the 4GB (2x2GB) and then maybe buy 2 more (2x2GB) as a just in case. I have read that most people dont even use 4GB of ram on the newest games and programs and such, but I kinda plan for the future.

My P4 right now will run Fallout New Vegas on medium settings with a little lag (3.0GHz) and I am running 2GB of ram ( I just got it today, and on medium setting I am happy because I can play it), so IMO that is a personal decision about how much ram. Now on the brand of ram ( or anything really on computer parts) people can help you with because that is based on personal expierence.

Games and programs are getting bigger and more complex so In my build I am going for the best I can get so in 10 years I can still play the newest games even on minimal Graphic settings.

Building a computer really has to deal with what you are going to be using it for. Like I have mentioned My P4 will play some of the newest games with little lag on medium to low settings, and I am happy with that, but I have wanted to build a computer forever so my GF went and got me some parts and I recently bought a case for it but that is the only reason that I am upgrading.
 
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He meant if you buy the 3 sticks of ram you can run triple channel in your mobo basically you mobo has 6 ram slots, put a stick of ram in every other slot ie: the black colored slots, or the tanish off color looking slots. It will run triple channel then. where as if you put them all side by side, it will run dual channel. or if you just put one stick in it will run single channel.

So there are 6 slots. It goes, (for this example I am going to use white instead of tan) Black, White, Black, White, Black, White. The black, and white slot closest to the cpu is channel one I believe the the second pair is channel 2 and so on. So if you put 1 stick of ram in every black slot, as said above, it would run triple channel. If you put 1 or 2 sticks in the first channel and 1 or 2 in the 2nd channel it would be running dual channel. If you put 1 or 2 sticks in the first channel it would run single channel.

If that is what you are asking what about I hope it helps :D

Your system looks good to me :)
 
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Don't trust newegg reviews they mean nothing.

You install the 3 RAM sticks into 3 of the slots that are the same colour (for example, the board might have 3 blue slots and 3 white slots, so you install the sticks into the white or blue ones, usually whichever colour slot is closest to the CPU)
 
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