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livetolift
02-26-2013, 10:49 PM
Hi guys thought i would share this before purchasing it


CAS: Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Adjustable HDD Cage (Black Color)
CASUPGRADE: None
CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive [+41] (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Six-Core 3.20 GHz 12MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified) [+300]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FA_HDD: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+21] (1 x System)
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Enermax Enlobal Silent High Performance 120MM Fan [+15])
FLASHMEDIA: None
FREEBIE_VC: None
FREEBIE_VC2: None
GLASSES: None
HDD: 500GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache WD5000HHTZ [+70] (Single Drive)
HDD2: 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 525MB/s Read & 500MB/s Write [+116] (Single Drive)
IEEE_CARD: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory [+159] (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) ASUS P9X79 LE Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ Remote GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+135] (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) [+19]
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+354] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
costing me around $2500 and i am just gonna be 5 boxing.

Gurblash
02-27-2013, 12:55 AM
Which gaming computer website are you buying this from?

HPAVC
02-27-2013, 01:34 AM
I would play around with http://pcpartpicker.com/ and see how that fairs a bit (it also makes since BBCODE links if nothing else for posting in forums)

RSM72
02-27-2013, 03:45 AM
Overkill for what you intend to do and dust is a serious problem with the HAF since it got no filters on the case fans.

livetolift
02-27-2013, 02:36 PM
Which gaming computer website are you buying this from?


www.cyberpowerpc.com

livetolift
02-27-2013, 02:37 PM
I would play around with http://pcpartpicker.com/ and see how that fairs a bit (it also makes since BBCODE links if nothing else for posting in forums)

Its a little bit more on pcpatpicker.com

Chivalrous
02-27-2013, 03:52 PM
Just make sure the case fits your radiator! Mine didn't had to order a dif one. :)

luxlunae
02-27-2013, 05:35 PM
OH GOD DO NOT USE CYBERPOWERPC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a really atrocious experience with them two and a half years ago where they didn't QC anything and the thing bluescreened when it got to me and they refused to just send me a new one, they wanted me to return it for a 6 week "repair" (when it was broken out of the box). They were really awful on the phone trying to deal with it and basically ignored me until I made a very angry post about them on gaming reddit.

More to follow

edit:

Ok so the entire reason that I wanted to order a premade computer is that my last me-built machine had a very long slow death with lots of troubleshooting over months and months, a headache I did not want to have to go through so I ordered one made by cyberpowerpc.

The thing arrived and it would not turn on and they would neither replace nor just let me return it. They wanted me to have them repair it, a process which other comments told me takes 4-6 weeks.

Because I was pressed for time, although I looked into contesting the charge with my credit card company (which I would have won), they said I'd need to ship it back at my own cost and I'd be out that money regardless and that it would probably take several months to get the cash back.

I ended up doing exactly what I didn't want to do, troubleshooting the bluescreens until they went from every few hours to every couple of weeks (turned out to be some memory channel issues with the motherboard) and I lived with it that way until my SO replaced my computer for me last november (with specs he designed at Origin PC).

The origin PC has been awesome.

With cyberpower you get what you pay for or less. I'd recommend doing just about anything other than buying from them. Don't trust the number of stars given in their "reviews" on their own website, if you read long enough you'll find review sthat say things like "And so I'm giving them two stars because of X" and then see that their review is 4 stars.

luxlunae
02-27-2013, 05:44 PM
If you are curious these were the specs of the rig I'm using now, I added my own larger SSD later:





Case: Silverstone FT03




Case Exterior: NO PAINT




The ORIGIN Difference: Truly Custom PC's. Want a component that is not on our site? Call or email us and we will include it in your system.




Case Fans: Standard Case Fans




Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V-Gene




System Cooling: ORIGIN FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems




Processors: Intel Core i5 3550 Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz TurboBoost), 6MB Cache




Power Supply: 750 Watt Corsair TX750M




Graphic Cards: Single 1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7750




Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (2x8GB)




Operating System: Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition




mSATA Drive: 80GB Intel 310 Series - Solid State mSATA Drive




mSATA Option: mSATA OS Drive




Hard Drive One: 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 16MB Cache




Optical Drive: 8X Slot Load CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability




Audio: On Board Audio




Networking: Onboard Network Port




ORIGIN Maximum Protection Shipping Process: ORIGIN Wooden Crate Armor




Warranty: 1 Year Part Replacement and 45 Day Free Shipping Warranty with Lifetime Labor/24-7 Support




ORIGIN Recovery: 16GB ORIGIN Recovery USB Drive




Evolve Part Upgrade Service: No Part Upgrade Service




Free ORIGIN T-shirt: ORIGIN PC T-Shirt Large




Web Browser: Google Chrome

This has been great for everything I've thrown at it (although I don't do more than five box) and although I'm not certain on the price I think its less than the 2500 you were talking about throwing away at cyberpower.