Please critique this desktop!

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bornon5

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For reasons I've previously mentioned, I don't want to put together a desktop from Newegg this time. This is from Cyberpowerpc.com for $930 (including shipping). Cyberpower has great overall reviews from resellerratings.com (8 out of 10), so I think it's trustworthy. Also, I looked up a similar parts list on Newegg, and I'd only save $60 or so, so I'm pretty happy with this price. What do you all think? Any suggestions or advice?

Thank you!


CASE: Xion 791 Mid-Tower 420Watts Case with 8 Open Bays

CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 CPU @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit

MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard (I don't know much about motherboards. Is this good?)

MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA) (It seems the 8600 GTS is as good as I can get from Nvidia without going up to the 8800. Is this true?)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Optical Drive: 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
 
This seems like a good system, but the PSU is too weak... get some Corsair 520HX instead... As for the GPU, it should be decent for light gaming... if you are into gaming, go for 8800 instead.

BTW, not so sure 8/10 is such a great thing, think of it, 2 out 10 customers were not satisfied... Newegg has 9.88/10 and you were not satisfied... Now, I have never ordered from Newegg, but I'm just saying that maybe you should read some negative reviews about that store to be sure what was negative for others won't be for u.
 
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It looks good. I have that motherboard right now. Its good for the money...

Go for a 8800gts 320mb version. Its not that much more expensive than the 8600
 
for the hard driver try to get seagate 7200.10 with PDR. though their defective rate is really high. if you happen to get one that works its really fast and doesnt run hot at all.
 
Definitely get an better PSU. That case PSU wont even start the rig :D Even so, does the case PSU even have an 6pin?

Could you get links?
 
second line of questioning

EDIT: Here's the main page for this customizable computer: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/SP3.asp?v=d

1. Actually, the price I had included this PSU: "NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply" but it didn't list for some reason. Is 500W enough, or do I need to go higher?

2. Is there a big difference between Corsair RAM and Mushkin RAM? Mushkin is more expensive. Worth it?

3. Before the 8800 came out, wasn't the 8600 GTS the best? Or is it actually a crappy card or something? According to its detailed specs, it seems to run faster than any non-8800 card, and has more pixel pipelines.

4. Just want to make sure - is the motherboard definitely the most cost-effective?
 
Alright to answer above questions, When you buy cheap ram you get cheap ram. Mushkin will be better. 8800 was out b4 the 8600 series. They are actually not even faster than a 7900 or they are probably comparable.

The mobo is the best cost to performance board
 
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