What say of the following price/power from Cyberpower computers fellahs:

CAS:Raidmax Monster All Aluminum Gaming Case with Advance Heat Management [+55]



CASUPGRADE:12in COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT [+10] (BLUE COLOR)



CS_FAN:Maximum Enemax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [+29] (1,000 RPM Black Color with No LED Enlobal Magnetic Barometric Bearing 17 dBA)



POWERSUPPLY:800 Watts Power Supplies (CyberPowerPC XF800S Performance ATX 2.0 Power - Quad SLI Ready)



CPU:Intel® CoreT i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366



OVERCLOCK:Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+90]



FAN:Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)(Venom Boost Extreme OC Certified)



MOTHERBOARD:(3-Way SLI Support) Asus P6T Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio (Venom Boost Extreme OC Certified) [+55]



MEMORY:6GB (2GBx3) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory (Corsair Dominator (Venom Boost Extreme OC Certified) [+70])



FREEBIE_RM:None



VIDEO:ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB DDR5 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I & TVO [-285] (PowerColor Powered by ATI [+5])



VIDEO2:ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB DDR5 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I & TVO [+225] (PowerColor Powered by ATI [+5])



VIDEO3:None



VC_GAMES:None



MULTIVIEW:Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors



MONITOR:NONE



MONITOR2:NONE



HDD:Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives [+11] (1.5TB

(750GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+56])



HDD2:NONE



USBHD:NONE



CD:Lite-On IHOS 104 4X Blu-Ray Player



CD2:(Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (BLACK

COLOR)



SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO



SPEAKERS:None



NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network



MODEM:NONE



KEYBOARD:Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard



MOUSE:XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse



TEMP:Xion XON-MTR001B Color LCD Thermal Control Panel Display [+28]



WNC:NONE [-14]



BLUETOOTH:None



FLASHMEDIA:None



VIDEOCAMERA:NONE



PRINTER:None



PRINTER_CABLE:None



IEEE_CARD:NONE



USB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports



FLOPPY:NONE



OS:Microsoft® Windows VistaT Business w/ Service Pack 1 [+31] (64-bit

Edition)



OS_UPGRADE:(Free Upgrade Coupon) Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional ($29-$29 Mail-In-Rebate = Free) [+29] (64-bit Edition)



FREEBIE_OS:FREE! (Microsoft® Flight Simulator X Deluxe) Game



TVRC:None



CARE1:CoolerMaster Thermal Fusion 400 Extreme Performance CPU - Thermal Compound Optimized for Thermal Dissipation [+10]



CARE2:Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]



I build my own systems. Cept I have NO IDEA how to do the higher end water cooling and shiznit. And I'm lazy and a bit richer than last time.

Am I crazy?

You decide!

d.

PS check this one out as to the logic of my choice of Crossfire cards:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2387-6.html

got lots of flexibility as to the motherboard etc. So please suggest any hardware you're liking...

d.

you could also try www.avadirect.com

they have lots of choices too, if you click the barebones section....

I'll take a look! Thanks.

I'm looking for something high end, but not Alienware-second mortgage high end.

Cheers,

d.

I purchased a I7 940 based gaming rig from Cyberpower just this past March--also with Vista 64 bit, but no upgrade to Win7 since it was not available, and I went with an NVidia GT285 single card. I ordered the dual processor GT295 card, but they were out of stock everywhere at the time so I took the 285 instead.

Bottom line is that I got a great rig at a price slightly less than pricing the components individually---not to mention having it built with a bumper to bumper warranty. It is still running strong and I was more than pleased with Cyberpower's quick delivery and service.

One thing to try is to create your build a couple of times using different pre-packaged systems as starting points. You may be surprised to find that you may end up with slightly different total prices each time---even though you alter the build to exactly the same components. The benefit for you is that you get to use the lowest one you come up with.

An associate at Cyberpower told me that it all has to do with when and how the different pre-configured package were created and that it's just not worth the effort for them eliminate the price discrepancies in most cases.

Good Luck

I agree with Forward Observer. I've been configuring machines at both IBUYPOWER and Cypberpower for the past year in preparation for a new machine. Configure the same machine as close as you can through their different packages. For example configure one straight from their corei7 machine then configure it the same exact way through their "weekly gamer special"(IBP) or "mega special"(CP). Both of these specials from both sites start these packages with the corei7 as well. I have found so far that often times the specials automatically include some specs that otherwise I would have to add which then starts affecting the cost more. For example the specials may already include an 800watt power supply and a set of subwoofer and speakers and perhaps even a special deal on a graphics card.

I'm hoping to get a new computer through either of these sites, it just depends on who has the best deal at the time.

GREAT ADVICE Y'all. THANKS!!!!!

d.

what is the difference, btw, between cyberpower and ibuypower? their websites are similar, prices and products are similar, even the company names sound similar....

Yeah, any takers on that question? I'd like to know also.

d.

I don't know. I think they are just two different companies that offer the same kind of online computer building service.