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New Computer Help
Ok I'm looking for a pc maker that you KNOW out of the box will work with Vista 64 installed, and by work I mean no BSOD, no crashes, etc. I don't have a price range, but obviously paying 4k or more for a computer is a little ridiculous. I'm looking for a quad core cpu, 8GB premium ram, nvidia gx2 card, and the rest is filler (maybe an SSD since I 5box on one computer.) Any suggestions? I'm looking for people who own or know someone who owns a vista 64 computer with a good reliability. Thanks for help peoples!
edit: CyberpowerPC is out, brother has it and his crashes. Alienware seems to be out too, cant find where they offer 8GB ram. FalconNW is out based on price alone, lol.
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Ok guess I will start with some computer builds and maybe someone can provide critique.
Computer 1(from CyberpowerPC, sigh):
PS is 950W
$3232.00
(before all applicable rebates)
CASE: New!! NZXT Khaos Black Full Tower 420W Case w/ Side Panel Mesh
CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) EVGA nForce 790i SLI Mainboard FSB1333 DDR3 PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0, & 7.1Audio
MEMORY: (Req.DDR3 MainBoard) 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Memory Module OCZ-Gold
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
VIDEO CARD 3: NONE
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (300GB (150GBx2) Gaming Western Digital Raptor 10, 000RPM SATA150 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc BR-5100S 2X Blu-Ray Player (Black Color)
Optical Drive 2: (Special Price) LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Computer 2(from FalconNW):
FragBox $3004
PS is 750
8GB ddr2 800mhz RAM
Q9550 quad core 2.83Ghz cpu
ATI HD4870x2 gpu
250gb WD 7200 RPM drive
now I plan to add RAID 0 150gb velociraptors and an OCZ 30GB SSD drive to this if I take it and that would add 180X2 and 185. bringing total to 3549. I realize this isnt as fast as the CyberpowerPC, but I'm hoping the tech support and build of FalconNW makes it worth the price.
Any thoughts?
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If you want someone to build the computer for you, check www.ibuypower.com to compare price as well. Always shop around.
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Ya, I'm familiar with them, however they seem a direct ripoff of cyberpowerpc's website (layout is eerily similar). However I don't know who came first, so maybe Cyber is ripoff of them. Anyways they both run about the same price. I'm in a conundrum in that I can either choose the cheap builder(cyberpower) or the expensive customized builder(falconnw). I would hope that the extra money spent at Falcon meant a more polished product, but I could easily be wrong.
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Another suggestion that I forgot, is the Infamous systems. I know he was planning on building specific rigs for multiboxers that were lower in price, don't know what the high end ones cost.
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I'll check that out, thanks!