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Looking to buy a new PC, any advice with Ibuypower.com?
Pretty much sums it up. Anyone bought from them? recomend maybe another good site. thanks!
Oh and if you wanna recomend a comp that'd be nice to.
price range 1k-2k
(Note NOT intrested in Dell of HP)
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My only recommendation would be to built it yourself. You'll get a better computer, a better price, and it's a good learning experience. If you're interested I could help you put together a parts list from newegg.com
If you don't want to build, ibuypower.com has always had a good reputation as a boutieque system builder. Prices are fair and quality is good.
I have had to fix a lot of Ibuypower machines because either something was bad on delivery or something wasn't connected properly.
Personally I would stay away from them.
Can you find a local shop that would custom build for you?
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My only recommendation would be to built it yourself. You'll get a better computer, a better price, and it's a good learning experience. If you're interested I could help you put together a parts list from newegg.com
If you don't want to build, ibuypower.com has always had a good reputation as a boutieque system builder. Prices are fair and quality is good.
Yeah, I would build one myself but honestly I don't trust myself :S
That and i have a friend who's built about 3 diffrent comps, and he knows WAY more about comps then i do. and they don't seem to last that long/always have problems.
I dunno, how much money do you think i could save? like 150-300? or more. anyways thanks for hte info!
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I can but they'll charge me on average about 20% more then ibuypower.... (I live in a small town)
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Buy the best large tower you can afford and build it yourself, make sure you get copy of windows or vista full version to install. Its not real hard to build one and alot cheaper.
MAGA
I reject that advice.
if you have the knowhow..fine..
but a 1k-2k system you let the guy in the shop build...warranty is way more important the talking to friends how you build it and blew up the memory cource you put it in the wrong way...already wonderd why it fitted so hard...
No.. buy a Rig thats made by a RL shop company themself, best to be a bigger computer specialist shop, has a service system and can make rigs on command .
You need to be able to bring it in and talk to someone about the problem.
Homebuild systems have no warranty at all.
oh you build it yourself..cool. err i mean... sorry but you probaly connected it worg..no warranty sir..
hu? you say you connected it correctly..fine..prove it..
building one is not hard and common sense goes along way.
MAGA
Building is eeeaaaaasy. There's nothing to be afraid of, but if you are afraid of it, then you should probably pass.
And my own two cents on your budget... You'll get the best bang for your buck spending $1000-1200, rather than $2000. You'll have more room later for upgrades at better prices. Spending 2k is just excessive.
Yea..shureeee
Realy guys..im shure you all know how and have build fine machines... but 90% (even more) do not have the feeling,knowlidge to build a good system.
I see it so ofthen.. I work in a shop..I am the tech dude that analyses problems whit systems, shopbuild and homebuild.
90% of the shop build problems are deu hardware fabricator error or mismatch components.
90% of the homebuild systems problems are deu customer errors and exploding parts
a 500,- system.. fine go save some bucks cheapcakes.. but you want to be 100% shure that your new 2000,- system is fine and whitin full coverage warranty.
My advice is to check Craigslist. Depending on where you live, particular if you live in or near a college town, there may be EECS students selling custom built PCs. If there isn't one currently available, contact the seller and ask them to build one for you. You know that they have some studies and expertise, and a friendship would be damaged if you get a faulty product. Of course, I'd recommend checking up on their previous work before spending money. Since as some people have mentioned already that self-built PCs do not have warranty, I'd ask and see if you can have some type of support (for say 6mo-1yr) if something should not work properly.
Good luck
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You do not need to know much to build a PC, just make sure your grounded "via wrist strap or the metal frame of your PC desk", never force a part into place and alway put parts on the static free bags. "The parts come in these bags. But if your scared and want a great system with total support go here http://www.alienware.com/
They have the best support that I have seen and build the best PC's EVER! Also you can go in an customize everything inside the box. So its all the choices in parts like building your own but they do all the hard work and back it fully.
Im 14 and im building my own computer right now! (only have half the parts, other half will come in a few days). So i guess that pretty much tells you how easy it is.
Really all it takes to know how to build one is 3-4 days of research. If you ever have problems theres always support forums.. like here.
On average you can have a savings from 30-60% depending on your build for the same exact computer. For example im building a quad core 3 ghz (amd p2 940), 4 gigz, 640G hard drive system for 600$.
System im building (or waiting for parts for) as we speak:
AMD Phenom II 940 8 MB cache, 3.0 GHZ Stock
Xigmatek Dark knight CPU cooler
4G G.Skill RAM @ 1066 stock
640 Western digitial black Hard drive @ 7200 rpm Raid 0
Cooler Master Silent ProM 700W power supply (more headroom for future updates)
Hd 3300 Graphics chipset (will update with 4870 as soon as i have the money in crossfire with my 3300)
All of this uner 600$ ... including thermal paste, computer case.. everything
I have bought 4 computers from I Buy Power. Every one is still working flawlessly. I really have nothing bad to say.
My computers arrived well assembled and very nice. Always nice with nothing in it except windows. I am not big on the added software
from proprietary vendors. The cases are top notch and the components used were also.
A while back I would have told you to stay away...I was looking at buying from them 2 computers ago (maybe 2 years, not sure) and they had HORRID reviews. However, it looks like they've gotten their stuff together and are running a pretty good business.
www.resellerratings.com/store/iBUYPOWER - Lot's of happy people here.
i know you already said you don't want to build it, so if you find a good deal, go for it. personaly i hear bad things about ibuypower using refurb parts.
wouldn't fell good if i didnt say as many have..
building your own is easy , and will save you money.
for your budget you can get a pretty good pre-build comp.
or you can build one that just destroys everything in its path.
btw please link us which one you are considering.