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  I went here when I was looking, very pleased. http://www.originpc.com/index_us.asp : Volatus32x
  • And less $$$ with better options, IMO... : Volatus32x
• They have been around for a pretty long time so they must be doing something right. On another note thou... : Wombat Woo
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  You could have MWave assemble and install the OS on your computer for a hundred bucks, get to pick out ev... : shortbuscaptain
  • it was $80 when i had mine built by mwave. highly recommended : electroly
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  Well, I pulled the trigger... Chassis - ICON - Standard Brushed Aluminum Side Panel - Standard Solid ... : spectr3
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    any comments? : spectr3
    • $3K...ouch. I'm sure it's fast. : Nixx2004
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      that is a pretty high price : Goncyn
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        he's bought more expensive things by accident before : Spezzer
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          not to be a dick, but the parts cost ~$2k http://www.shackpics.com/files/spectr3_xwuawjt20x80dhkz2uyj.pn... : Goncyn
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            I'm sure you can bring it down close to $1750 if you shopped at other places than newegg. They aren't the... : Sailor of Fortune
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              you only really need an i7-930, 6GB, and a GTX 460, which cuts the price considerably : Goncyn
              • there's also sites that have free shipping to offset the costs too on the same stuff. Amazon has been com... : Sailor of Fortune
              • i7-875k, 4gb and gigabyte p44a ud4. even better value for money and easily just as fast : moshman
              • I'd probably point him at an i7-875K, 8GB and a GTX480 for maximum maximumfastness. or maybe a pair : Toraz Chryx
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            http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8959586 : Spezzer
            • hahaha I was wondering if it was that accidentally. : Sailor of Fortune
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              yeah, I got the reference, just needed somewhere to put my price list post... :P : Goncyn
              • and you chose to respond to my joke post? ok well you ARE a dick! : Spezzer
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      3k and only a 470? : sigpro
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        His budget is being devoured by the CPU, RAM, and SSD. He can get a much better price and comparable perf... : Serpico74
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          fine, fine. i bumped the CPU down to the 930, RAM to 6 GB and bumped the GPU up to the GTX480. : spectr3
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            i'm keeping the SSD though for my boot drive. : spectr3
            • Sounds great. I have an SSD myself. Much better allocation of funds IMHO. : Serpico74
            • Still a lot of money to blow on a PC, but now at least it's a somewhat optimized 3k instead of having was... : ramshot
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      yes, you just threw away ~1000 bucks : moshman
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        ah well, i've thrown away more before... the grand prize goes to the time i flushed 60k down the toilet s... : spectr3
        • exactly how much money do you have to burn? Because I would like some of that, you know, TO FEED MY FAMIL... : Milleh
        • Did you invest in the Freedom Ship as well? : Sailor of Fortune
    • Incredibly overpriced. : Milleh
  • LOL 3k : iwonthelottery
  • I'd have gone with a GTX 460 and a Noctua NH-U12P for the CPU (it's silent and a good performer for an on... : azuvatar
  • Should have gone for SLI 480's and an 470 as dedicated PhysX : Sailor of Fortune
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    You overspent on the CPU. You can get near the same performance for much less.
    470 is overpriced.
    What model SSD? You're going to regret 64gb
    Rest is fine.

    Sep 02, 2010 10:18pm PDT
    You overspent on the CPU. You can get near the same performance for much less. 470 is overpriced. Wh... : abrasion
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    $3000, what? No no no, first off, downgrade that CPU, the i7 960 is just way too expensive. 12GB is RA... : Serpico74
    • Note that there are huge diminishing returns with the configuration you have right now. What I suggested ... : Serpico74
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      Actually if he's on an X58, he wants 6gb, 4gb isn't wise. If he goes to a 1156 / 1155 though, he want... : abrasion
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        Oh, right, 6GB, my bad : Serpico74
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          BTW, my personal recommendation would be a P55 with something like an i7 870 and 4GB of RAM, but that's j... : Serpico74
          • Same only 8gb if it's less than 80$ more. : abrasion
  • Yiiiiiiiiiiiikes 3k : bolneze
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    Holy crap 3k. I would advise returning that and following some of the other shackers' advice and save ... : TheVietSpecial
    • Oh yes, a grand can get you an amazing 27" IPS, or save some and get a 24" IPS. : Serpico74
  • A fool and his money... : Jumperus
  • Oh, also liquid cooling is overkill unless you want to do insane overclocking. The concept is very sou... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Well looks like i did it again... but keep in mind that these guys are supposed to overclock it as much a... : spectr3
    • Doesn't matter, your price:performance ratio with the CPU and RAM you have is horrible no matter how hard... : Serpico74
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      That's not the point, you'll get 90% of the performance for 1/3 less money............. you chose poorly ... : abrasion
      • and with a little bit of effort on OC, over 100% the performance potentially. Even more if one is more de... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Why would you ever just go and order something like that without doing a bit of research beforehand? 30 m... : Milleh
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        Yeah - it blows my mind every.single.time a regular shacker comes here and posts 'hey guys look what I ju... : abrasion
        • Indeed, my family has a bad habit of doing that as well HAY LOOK I JUST BOUGHT THIS AWESOME LAPTOP FROM T... : Milleh
        • I have fucking clients that pull that shit, they buy some piece of crap and then expect me to sort it whe... : Toraz Chryx
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    Holy fuck that's overpriced! 1k down the toilet right there. 3k with onboard sound?! Wow...just wow. : jodiuh
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      I hope he's got a second hard drive kicking around. WIth a 64GB SSD, you're only going to be able to have... : BlackCat9
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        Wait, there's no mass storage either? This has got to be the worst pc buying choice I've ever seen on the... : jodiuh
        • gimme an hour with Newegg and I could have a complete BEAST of a thing specced up for $3K seriously ... : Toraz Chryx
  • Apple tax : BlackCat9
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    Everyone else has already given you shit... so I haven't felt the need to... however. FUCKING LOL DUDE... : Toraz Chryx
    • secondary lol, I just went and had a poke around the FNW configurator... they won't let you spec a GTX480... : Toraz Chryx
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    Here's a quick goof around with newegg and where it landed me for similar money https://spreadsheets.g... : Toraz Chryx
    • Haha, that's an asesome pc right there...yum! : jodiuh
• I have a cpt_gloval northwest custom PC. : cpt_gloval
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  Cancel that order man. 12GB of ram? By the time anything comes near to consuming that for gaming, the pro... : reelbk
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    it's not just for gaming, i like to have a lot of apps running at the same time and even sometimes 2 game... : spectr3
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      lol : DrFlammable
      • So hardcore I play TWO GAMES AT ONCE : Merconium
    • the'yre trolling her, and then the'yre going to troll me OOHHH MYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD... : Milleh
    • I have accidentally left a VM open and a game down the bottom - I think I had SC2 beta minimised and was ... : abrasion
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  Here's what you should have gotten - http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/19159/6 : airrob
  • And it'd be cheaper than that now. Microcenter has the 930 for $200. : jodiuh
• Get rid of the water, air is cheaper, easier to maintain, and fine unless you NEED that extra 300 mhz. : jodiuh