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aWhiiteeKiid Newbie

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I plan on buying a new computer sometime soon. I do have a list of potential parts to build my own computer, but I don't really know how to build it. I've watched the videos that newegg uploaded on youtube, but i'm still afraid to build it myself.

Is CyberPower a reliable retailer? I've heard things about faulty parts but i'm usually lucky with those kind of things, but i'm still kind of worried about it.

Opinions and recommendations are welcome ;)

JuanTwoThree Newbie

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I plan on buying a new computer sometime soon. I do have a list of potential parts to build my own computer, but I don't really know how to build it. I've watched the videos that newegg uploaded on youtube, but i'm still afraid to build it myself.

Is CyberPower a reliable retailer? I've heard things about faulty parts but i'm usually lucky with those kind of things, but i'm still kind of worried about it.

Opinions and recommendations are welcome ;)

I got my custom computer at cyberpower :D Everything was fine when i got it.

awesomeo_5000 Newbie

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Building a computer is actually one of the simplest things related to computing I find. The only hurdle is making sure you order everything and making sure what you're buying is compatible. When it comes to putting it all together the sockets all tend to look different to each other, yet the same as what you're meant to plug it into.

When you spend £500 on a prebuilt machine, you don't know what parts or what condition the parts you're receiving are in. Dell are known (or at least were known) to reuse old parts in commercial computers. But, you don't have to worry about building it or what to do if it stops working in two days.

On the other hand, sourcing your own components will allow you to ensure you're only putting in quality, new hardware. As long as you order everything right, and make sure you install things properly you'll get more bang for your buck and potentially a longer lasting machine.

If you wanted to try the custom route, feel free to post your parts and we'll all have a look over them. There are a ton of youtube videos, just go round searching 'how to install: (Ram/Motherboard/GPU/CPU/Heatsink/PSU/HD/CD/ETC)

One of the best sites for both parts and reliable, well constructed pcs is www.overclockers.co.uk. They do customisable PCs, prebuilt rigs, or sets of components (motherboard, CPU and ram).

I'm in the market for a new hard drive, and might go for this cheap SSD.

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aWhiiteeKiid Newbie

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Juan -

You've had no problems at all? What PC did you order? Around what price range?

Awesomeo-

Would that website ship to the US?

My parts:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106001&Tpk

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023

I assume the tower and whatnot wouldn't matter.

JuanTwoThree Newbie

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Juan -

You've had no problems at all? What PC did you order? Around what price range?

I spent $1,405.76 and the Monitor was $157, I thought this wouldn't work but i looked up CyberPower coupons on google and i got a $64 off. :D

CAS: Thermaltake Commander Mid-Tower Gaming Case

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2550K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX560Ti 448 Core CLASSIFIED ULTRA EDITION

POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - Raidmax RX-850AE 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

MOTHERBOARD: Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston HyperX)

MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 Asus VS247H-P LCD

CASUPGRADE: 12in Liquid Neon Thunder Pattern Light

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

GRAND TOTAL $1,341.76

Everything was in perfect condtion and I had no problems.

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Toxik Newbie

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Building a computer is actually one of the simplest things related to computing I find. The only hurdle is making sure you order everything and making sure what you're buying is compatible. When it comes to putting it all together the sockets all tend to look different to each other, yet the same as what you're meant to plug it into.

When you spend £500 on a prebuilt machine, you don't know what parts or what condition the parts you're receiving are in. Dell are known (or at least were known) to reuse old parts in commercial computers. But, you don't have to worry about building it or what to do if it stops working in two days.

On the other hand, sourcing your own components will allow you to ensure you're only putting in quality, new hardware. As long as you order everything right, and make sure you install things properly you'll get more bang for your buck and potentially a longer lasting machine.

If you wanted to try the custom route, feel free to post your parts and we'll all have a look over them. There are a ton of youtube videos, just go round searching 'how to install: (Ram/Motherboard/GPU/CPU/Heatsink/PSU/HD/CD/ETC)

One of the best sites for both parts and reliable, well constructed pcs is www.overclockers.co.uk. They do customisable PCs, prebuilt rigs, or sets of components (motherboard, CPU and ram).

I'm in the market for a new hard drive, and might go for this cheap SSD.

If I was you I would get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI

mogadonskoda Newbie

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Juan -

You've had no problems at all? What PC did you order? Around what price range?

Awesomeo-

Would that website ship to the US?

My parts:

http://www.newegg.co...16819106001

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820233180

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822152185

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130625

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128519

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817153023

I assume the tower and whatnot wouldn't matter.

I don't think that PSU is going to deliever enough power for those components.

Reap3r Newbie

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get this PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093

Remember, PSU can fuck your whole PC up and gone are all the parts.

Not to mention, your processor won't perform well because of the unstable voltages, so a better PSU may boost performance a bit and can easily be used for 7 years if you bought the right one.

The PSU i linked is from Seasonic, a A+ PSU Manufacturer.

Never be cheap on the PSU.

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Reap3r Newbie

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Also why do you need 8GB of ram and don't forget a copy of windows.

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Took it with no shame from DayZ Thread

Also 8GB is good for the future, Im hitting the 4GB wall now with regular games, as BF3 and minecraft with technic pack. So 8GB is good I guess.

A better HDD(64MB instead of 32MB.):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

Better Motherboard(lower price)(good brand)(Has two PCI Express Slots with 16x and 8x then 16x and 4x):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637

Videocard(good brand and totally wins from other one you suggested, also equal to a GTX560):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

PSU ofc:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093

Not corsair memory, but this one is a good brand too and performs the same:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Case didn't matter you say? Might improve airflow but ohwel:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227

That was everything I guess, if you could tell me your budget I can add more better things to it, but if that's all...

optional:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.958097

A better CPU and also a aftermarket cooler. bad cooling might shorten your CPU life.

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aWhiiteeKiid Newbie

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Okay, I checked my bank account from me working and I had $285. And since i've been bugging my father for a while for a new PC he said that he'd pay for half of it.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 3.30 GHz 3M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 [-84]

HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-19] (Single Hard Drive)

MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory [-20] (Corsair or Major Brand)

MOTHERBOARD: Biostar H61MH Intel H61 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ Onboard Video, HDMI, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 2.0, SATA-II, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [b3 Stepping] [-33]

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+80] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)

I plan on pirating Windows 7 so I can save about $100 :P

&& These were the best parts I could get for that price. I'm pretty happy with them

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Dr.Minky Newbie

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My computer was built from scratch for £550 - including monitor and windows professional and the keyboard and stuff

8GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 1600Mhz RAM

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz (quad core)

Sapphire HD Radeon 6870

CoolerMaster 120mm Sickleflow Fan x4

and then the other standard crap

8GB is good if you want to run lots of programs at once, or wanna host a server or something. I sometimes host minecraft servers and I tend to leave things like photoshop and tf2 idling and stuff open 90% of the time, so I like having the extra ram - most people only really need 4GB though

Dr. Pannenkoek Newbie

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Yeah I got 8GB sort of just in case but after using some shaders and high res texture packs in Minecraft it does help, but generally I'd only say to get them if you are running a lot of applications :>

Plus you can do that and also do other stuff in the meantime as mentioned above

Quad_Tube Collaborator

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Okay, I checked my bank account from me working and I had $285. And since i've been bugging my father for a while for a new PC he said that he'd pay for half of it.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2120 3.30 GHz 3M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 [-84]

HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-19] (Single Hard Drive)

MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory [-20] (Corsair or Major Brand)

MOTHERBOARD: Biostar H61MH Intel H61 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ Onboard Video, HDMI, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 2.0, SATA-II, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [b3 Stepping] [-33]

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+80] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)

I plan on [edit:sorting] Windows 7 so I can save about $100 :P

&& These were the best parts I could get for that price. I'm pretty happy with them

Some nice parts there for the money.

Can you just confirm a couple of things:

. The overall budget

. The intended use, e.g..

  • general productivity

  • heavy multi-tasking

  • light or heavy gaming (which titles?)

  • software development

  • server tasks

  • video trans-coding

Thanks.

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