Would you buy or no

[suicidesspyder]

Well i was searching thru ebay thinking of buying two more computers then ran into this one and was like omfg.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SALE-Extreme-Gam...3%3A1|294%3A50

Would you actually pay the 9k for this computer or no. If i had the money i probebly would and hook it to two 32 inch tvs. I seem like it would be very good to handle 5 + accounts anyone else have ne ideas or is it way to overpriced for the computer.

[spannah]

Nope, if I had the money I would rather get Dell Studio XPS x 5, @ $1,499 each for a total of $7,495. And these come with 24 inch LCDs ...

[redaces95]

hell noo! I have just brought 5 cheap computer through hp there are $349 a piece and upgraded the videocard with the geforce 9500 $69.99 each at newegg so the total setup cost me about 450 and it runs wow great. 40-60 fps. it dosent take much to run wow.

[-silencer-]

LOL wow... the funny part is that this machine is nearly IDENTICAL to the box I'm in the process of building.. i7 965, asus rampage 2 exteme, 12GB, multiple raid arrays, two videocards, g15/g9 combo, etc.. except I'm using 2x 300GB velociraptors in RAID 0 with an SSD, X-Fi Elite, and 3x 24" + 1 22" LCDs, along with watercooling it in a custom case. I just ordered almost everything yesterday, so perhaps I'll start up a thread on my build with details on the process and results for those who are interested..

And my machine isn't costing me close to $9k.

[Bovidae]

That's a pretty case, but no.

The components are significantly less than $9k, and the builder isn't even offering a warranty; he's passing along manufacturers warranties (which might not even exist if he used OEM parts) I'd expect 24x7x5 year onsite warranty w/BJ for that price.

[Herc130]

Was bored, priced up everything they have listed on newegg. Found the exact brand and model for all of it except the CF bridge (didn't bother) and the addonics hdd tray ($50 at most). Came out to $6196 in just parts, so you are paying someone about $2500 to put a computer together. This is assuming this is just some joe blow like the rest of us buying all the parts at retail....which I would bet it is. And a big hell no I would not buy. You would need to build this same computer and sell it for less then what I could price all the parts together and build on my own before I even consider buying pre-made comps. Trying to sell it $2500 over what the combined parts sell for retail is silly and only the very very uninformed would buy this.

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Trying to sell it $2500 over what the combined parts sell for retail is silly and only the very very uninformed would buy this.

Welcome to Dell XPS.

[Ellusionist]

If I had the money, I'd buy it. I don't know if I'd attract to it like a bug light, but the specs are decent. And if I had the money, I wouldn't care.

But in all honestly, I wouldn't buy a computer on eBay in the first place. Unless it was a refurb/off-lease that I just wanted to use as a cheap fileserver/webserver or something. But then we're getting to my last piece of information:

Being that I'm not a supermodel or celebrity, there's no way I'd pay that much for a system like that. If I were one of the two (supermodel or celebrity), I probably wouldn't need the eBay refurb, either. 8o

[RobinGBrown]

Regardless of wether it's a good price or not that box will devalue about 50% in the first three months - so you're blowing about $4K to get a top spec box for up to 3 months.

You'd have to be pretty rich and pretty dumb to go for that

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Regardless of wether it's a good price or not that box will devalue about 50% in the first three months - so you're blowing about $4K to get a top spec box for up to 3 months.

You'd have to be pretty rich and pretty dumb to go for that

So, Intel is coming out with a chip faster than an i7 965E in 3 months? Please share us your infinite wisdom, oh wise one. The QX9770 was top-dog for over a year, and I'd bet the i7 965 will hold at least the same amount of time. You don't have to be pretty dumb to do the math on saving time in your life by getting things done quicker, nor do the math on cost-vs-time benefits. If it takes me 140 hours to compile a terrain database on a Q6600/8GB machine, and it only takes me 48 hours on an i7 965/12GB machine, I get a HELL of a lot more work done, which means I make more money. The $5k price of an excellent system easily pays for itself in a month. Hold your generalizations for the kiddies who think the world revolves around gaming.

For your own argument without regard to non-gaming use, the price of this box won't devalue by more than 10-15% in the next 3 months since i7 965, 12GB memory, etc will STILL be the best available. A couple new videocards will be out soon, but that's a minor difference in price when you're talking about the overall cost of a high performance system.