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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
  • 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
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      Doesn't matter, your price:performance ratio with the CPU and RAM you have is horrible no matter how hard they OC it. The $600 CPU you picked is marginally better than a CPU that costs half as much, makes no sense. Cancel and downgrade both.

      Sep 03, 2010 12:25am PDT
      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