[rjwilley]

Well, I decided it was time for me to build a new comp from the ground up. As I was doing some searches and I came across http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ Here's what they have to offer:


$1200
X-Cruiser Mid-Tower case
500 watt power supply
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 socket AM2
coolermaster liquid cpu cooling fan
2 extra case fans
Abit KN9 SLI nForce 570 SLI MCP chipset
2GB PC 6400 DDR2/800 corsair value select memory
Geforce 7600 GT 512MB pci express x16
150gb 10,000 RPM WD Raptor drive
16x dvd +r/+rw dual layer writer
16x dvd reader
3 free games(Half Life 2: Episode One, Age of Empires III, and Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends)
logitech keyboard
3 year warranty



and for $100 more they have the exact same setup but with:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 Ghz dual core processor
Asus P5N-SLI nForce 570 SLI Chipset LGA775 Motherboard


My budget is around $1200-1300. I do not have to worry about a monitor, speakers, audio card, keyboard, or mouse which helps quite a bit. My question is, is this a good deal for $1200-1300 or should I just build my own comp from the ground up? I play MMORPGs mostly and I usually run a lot of programs in the background. Thanks for all the help in advance!

[Syrillian]

That's not a bad deal, though building it yourself would save you a couple hundred $'s.

Having the Warranty is nice, but building one yourself is extremely rewarding.

If you are not in an enormous hurry, you could price the parts out yourself and do a comparrison.

Also, the E6400 might be the way to go...

[Ridlyn]

Spend the extra $100 and get the conroe. It's worth it, it will beat out that 4200 and oc to around 3.0Ghz+

[rjwilley]

Ridlyn, is the conroe the pentium I listed?

Is there a significant difference between those two processors to be worth the extra $100? I actually do not plan to overclock a lot, if at all.

Syrillian, I have built a few comps in the past, and it is rewarding. This will actually be my first fully built comp, if I decide to go that way.

Basically, I just want to know if this is a good deal for $1200, or if I should just build from the group up. I play mostly RTS and MMORPG games, the occasional FPS but I'm not hardcore. I also usually run a lot of programs in the background when I run my games. Thanks again for all the help!

[Nukem]

that is a pretty good deal though...

[mophead740]

well if u run programs in the BG then u definetly need a dual core
(no s*** sherlock)

[sales1]

it only cost me like 500quid for my whole setup and mine will play any mmorpg so thats about 800 dollars americain and i have a better processor and hard drive so why spend all that money on pretty much the same gear

[Superb]

Sales1, you have an intel pent 4 3.06. You do not have a better processor. And his hard drive is also much faster than yours.

[Willeh]

If you want to play mmorpgs and also have [alot] things running in the background - consider the intel conroe cpu. Even when you're bored, you can consider ocing it and get good results. 2 in 1=]

And yeh that is a good deal.. you can probably buy it, take some of the stuff you don't need out, sell it on ebay, find cheap upgrade parts on ebay