im looking at a system but havent really heard anything about this manufacture anyone have any tips about them? here is the system im looking at is it worth the money? http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=245372
Video card sucks, Id say no i wouldnt, they dont seem legit or if they are legit they dont seem any good. id just build one instead or go to bestbuy and buy one or something thats good.
thanks for your input... after looking around i tend to agree with what yo said about the powerspec. a buddy of mine has had 3 of them in the past year worse thing he ever bought he said.. you name it it has gone wrong with it..
Processor is ok, not great RAM is fine, hard drive is fine, DVD drive is fine Graphics card is a bit behind todays standards and may not play some newer games well. My opinion is that for $1000 you could build a system that would cream that pre made one, as is the case with most pre made computers. I built mine for $1006 (not including DVD drive and hard drives as i already had those from my old Dell, system) But the specs were: case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811233006 motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051 Graphics: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150182 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194004 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146526 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004 I have the processor overclocked to 2.5GHz per core (5.0 total) and it will pretty much do anything i can throw at it. double the RAM of the system you linked, better graphics card, High Def 8 chanel audio on board, i am sure a much stronger power supply, a faster CPU and a pretty cool and easy to use case. I am also sure the motherboard would have a lot more open slots for even more upgrades, like you can use crossfire graphics cards and hook 2 together! and it has 5 open SATA slots for hard drives or DVD drives that are SATA. A hard drive(IDE) would be about $80 and a DVD drive(IDE) about $50 And as a first time builder i can tell you that it was not nearly as hard to build as i though it would be.
thanks steimy alot of good info there. thats another reason i keep putting it off.. not sure if i can do it.. dont want to waist that money and screw something up and be out with nothing
i had the same thing running through my mind. But the manuals are pretty clear about 90% of the things. The rest you can just get some help with if needed but it really is fairly strait forward. The thing that took me the longest was the mess of wires that goes from the front of the case to the motherboard. Things like power lights, front fan, usb slots, headphone jacks and so on. there just seemed to be 50 wires and then they all went onto a long strip of pins, each with small markings on the motherboard then when looked up in the manual will tell you what should go there, and all wires were marked too. it is just that they are all tiny and there are what seamed to be so many. The processor & fan you have to pay attention to when installing. but like everything else the directions that come with it will walk you right through it. If it makes you feel any better, them most i had done before this build was install memory and drives (hard drives and DVD drives) other than that i had zero experience in PC building. I am sure that if you decide to go that way you can find someone who can sit on MSN while you build it that you can ask questions to, real time help. i know people who have built good gaming computers for about $600 too in case you do not want to go with quite the setup i have. Mine is still only about mid range but i plan to upgrade the processor, add the 2GB of RAM that i have space for, add a SATA DVD burner and a few more SATA hard drive, possibly even get another graphics card like mine with crossfire and hook the two of them together.
