Star Craft 2 usable pc???

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coltwow

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Looking to buy a new desktop pc but don't know or have the patience to build it. I once picked out all the parts at tccomputers.com and paid like $75 to have them assemble and install windows. I don't know a place that does that anymore so I am stuck just looking at websites and trying to customize in order to have a pc worth gaming without the big price tag. I have looked at newegg, dell, and HP. Only need the pc have a good monitor and accessories.

Newegg - I am not a big fan of their desktops. Seems many were damaged during shipping and some have weird policies on returns.

Dell - like the website and customizing features. Alienware a bit out of my price range.

HP - was able to customize but they use AMD processors. I am not familiar with their chips but had good experience about 8 years ago. Found the following pc for $779. Please advise if this is any good.

Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor AMD Athlon(TM) X4 635 quad-core processor [2.9GHz, 2MB L2, up to 4000MHz bus]
Memory 6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
Hard drive 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
Graphics card 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 [dual-link DVI, HDMI, DP, VGA adapter] edit
Primary optical drive LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
Networking Integrated Ethernet port, No wireless LAN
Front Productivity Ports 15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner
Sound Card Integrated sound
Speakers No speakers
Keyboard and Mouse HP USB keyboard and optical mouse
Office software Microsoft Office Starter 2010
Security software Norton Internet Security(TM) 2010 - 15 month

Is this a great deal? Any items need upgraded? Could you link a better option?

I really appreiciate any and all help. Take care and enjoy the weekend!
 
HP PSU's would scare me. I saw an HP desktop advertised the other day and when I zoomed in on the pic, the PSU was a 400w "HiPro" brand. I'd rather learn how to wire up the parts than go through HP, Dell, or whoever.
 
What about ordering from cyberpowerpc.com

They state "major brands" when I customize the hardware. It seems like a nice price for their gaming pc's.

You pick the actual motherboard and RAM is "Corsair or Major Brands"

Same with graphics card = "Major Brand Powered by ATI"
 
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there's another site called ibuypowerpc.com which i had good experience on...maybe check that out as well
 
joh said:
hmm, my hp came with a lite-on and did pretty good for what it was.
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Yeah, of course HP does well by a lot of people. I saw that pic though on the same day that I think I read Bomberboy taking a shot at HP PSU's and I was like "No Wonder". Still, would anybody here recomend building a tower around a 400W HiPro PSU? Maybe they're better than I realize, as a noob, but I'd rather build my own and know that it'll have a PC P&C, Antec or a Corsair.
 
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