Apparently still need help with finding a place to buy a comp

[Shodokan]

Case ( CoolerMaster HAF 922 Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black )Processor ( [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 945 Quad-Core CPU )
Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P -- AMD 770 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 – 896MB - Single Card )
Case Lighting ( None )
Power Supply ( 700 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready )
Processor Cooling ( XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120mm CPU Cooling Fan System - H.D.T. (Heat-pipe direct touch) technology )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA )
Primary Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive )
Data Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive )
2nd Optical Drive ( None )
Optical Drive ( 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard - Black )
Mouse ( iBUYPOWER Internet Mouse - Black )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) - 64-Bit )
Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - [RUSH !!!], Ship Out in 3 Business Days )
Advanced Build Options ( iBUYPOWER Specialized Advanced Packaging System - Protect your investment during transportation! )
Advanced Build Options ( Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound - The best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks )
Advanced Build Options ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower - Achieve exceptional airflow in your chassis )
Video Camera ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Headset ( None )
Printer ( None )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer - Black )
MP3/MP4 Player ( None )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction ( None )
iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion ( None )
Netbook / Notebook Bundle ( None )

Shipped is 1250

Not bad for the money... considering i get an OS.

Option to pay in 6 months = my dad in heaven.

[yaki]

I'm guessing you bought from iBUYPOWER...I hope you weren't expecting competent tech support, or for your computer not to be put together by untrained poo-flinging monkeys from returned parts.

http://consumer.hardocp.com/article....wsaGNvbnN1bWVy

[Shodokan]

I'm guessing you bought from iBUYPOWER...I hope you weren't expecting competent tech support, or for your computer not to be put together by untrained poo-flinging monkeys from returned parts.

http://consumer.hardocp.com/article....wsaGNvbnN1bWVy

I still need to press GO. But i got the go ahead from pops...just need to grab his CC info.

Also that link doesn't work.

[yaki]

Works for me. This goes to the first page though, which might work better.

http://consumer.hardocp.com/article....t=MTA4NywxLCw=

Short version: it got 2/10 for being complete screwups and in general doing what I said above.

"we don’t recommend iBUYPOWER and consider them an example of one of the worst integrators we’ve dealt with"

[Shodokan]

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/iBUYPOWER

I went through about 9 pages... mostly good reviews.

[yaki]

Suggests one of several things:

1) They've improved from a flaming ball of crap to become a respectable business
2) The data is off
3) They're paying someone to make the data be off

I'm sort of looking around at what other options are available...of the huge list of doom above, which parts do you actually care about? Or any at all, as long as you get the 5 box / 1 PC list of quad core + lots of RAM + relatively robust video card?

Ratings or no ratings, I would have been going "uh, what??" about the time I saw that "or major brand" on the memory. Also "700 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready" is an invitation for them to ship you a steaming pile of crap with wires attached. You really want to know what you're getting in terms of who made your memory and power supply.

[Shodokan]

Suggests one of several things:

1) They've improved from a flaming ball of crap to become a respectable business
2) The data is off
3) They're paying someone to make the data be off

I'm sort of looking around at what other options are available...of the huge list of doom above, which parts do you actually care about? Or any at all, as long as you get the 5 box / 1 PC list of quad core + lots of RAM + relatively robust video card?

Ratings or no ratings, I would have been going "uh, what??" about the time I saw that "or major brand" on the memory. Also "700 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready" is an invitation for them to ship you a steaming pile of crap with wires attached. You really want to know what you're getting in terms of who made your memory and power supply.

I need something that can 5box REALLY well, for under 1500

I was going to go with a good dell untill i realized that it was going to be extremely poorly ventilated.

[Bovidae]

3) They're paying someone to make the data be off

My aunt is a mole, she has highly active memberships and forum accounts on almost every retail/discount/tech/review site on the net. What looks like non-partial personal experience from an active forum member might actually be a paid endorsement.

My $0.02 L2buildityourself. It will be a valuable skill you can teach yourself.

[Sajuuk]

My $0.02 L2buildityourself. It will be a valuable skill you can teach yourself.

Seriously, save some money, learn something. It is not hard to drop in a CPU, then put in a bit of thermal interface material. If you want to use the stock heatsink, you just put it on since it has some thermal paste on there already.

[Shodokan]

Seriously, save some money, learn something. It is not hard to drop in a CPU, then put in a bit of thermal interface material. If you want to use the stock heatsink, you just put it on since it has some thermal paste on there already.

I'd need a payment plan and my dad wants to do it over 12 months (something not offered by newegg)

So i'm apparently getting a nice Alienware.

i7 920 2.8gz (i believe)
12 gb ddr3 ram 1600
some stupid high quality graphics card from radeon (on their chart was higher than GTX 275)
640 gb RAID hdds (2x 320)
Internal water cooling system


Overall i'm very happy because i know this beast will not have any problems running what i want and should last me like 4 years. Dad will be paying about 110 a month or so for it.

Yes i know dells are "meh" but for the financing he needs to get me a new computer at the moment...it's necessary. Also comes with WoW pre-installed and updated So all i need to do is x-fer it to the other drive. I'll be getting it the day after x-mas.