is it RLY better to build

[TheMxPenguin]

nvr mind the coupon expire :'()

[Hiphopopotomus]

Penguin, I recommend using that pre-built as a model for building your own, look at each individual piece and look up on newegg, ebay, tigerdirect, and such. See if you can do better and upgrade a lot of those things. And do you really need a monitor?

[trakaill]

Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg

 

Here is a which list I just quickly made.

 

What you'll notice is that yes you are still missing an OS but easily pirated or bought which ever

But what is guaranteed is that everything on this list is quality as opposed to what you would get in the dell.

The mobo is quality and wont have a shitty limited BIOS.

The PSU is quality

 

All in all I wouldnt say building saves you money but its for sure the way to go because you know what you pay for and what that goes in your PC.

 

A simple way to put it since you work on your bike. I do my own oil, breaks, plugs, tire rotation on my A4 (she is my baby) If you look at the work it all takes its easier and fairly cheap to have it done I dont save money BUT I choose the oil I want I KNOW for sure its done well and that the filter was changed (cause sometimes car shops dont change the filter even tho they charge for it) I like doing to work cause I know whats material is used and its done well.

 

Same with a PC. I could prolly rebuild that list for a lot cheaper using really shitty components.. what dell does.. If you have questions about building plenty of people here to help and we used to have nice links in a sticky about that

 

Also AMD is usually a cheaper option look at some peoples wish list one newegg to give you and isea of what you want

[TheMxPenguin]

...And do you really need a monitor?

no i can just play it by sound if i rly have to

[APenguin]

no i can just play it by sound if i rly have to

 

He means you have one now, why buy another? Unless youre using a shitty 12" or something..

[TheMxPenguin]

i like what your saying and if i was going to build i have a pretty basic outline of what i want to do, what ive been doing for my idea of building is using ibuypower.com to pick out the parts because it has a nice layout and then i copy and paste that list on newegg cuz newegg is cheap.

 

price on ibuypower.com $1415 (i bit more then i would like to pay but am still willing, list is a little long)

 

Case

NZXT Apollo Gaming Case Black

Case Lighting

Meteor Light w/ 8 Speed settings - Blue

iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction

None

iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion

None

Processor

[= Six Core =] AMD Phenom™ II X6 1100T Black Edition Six-Core CPU Processor Cooling

Liquid CPU Cooling System [AMD] - [Free Upgrade] Standard 120mm Fan

Memory

8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand

Video Card

AMD Radeon HD 6970 - 2GB - Single Card

Video Card Brand

Major Brand Powered by AMD or NVIDIA

Motherboard

[sLI] ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AMD 990FX w/ 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16 Motherboard USB / SATA Interface

Motherboard default USB / SATA Interface

Power Supply

750 Watt -- Thermaltake TR2 TRX-750M FREE Upgrade to Thermaltake 850 Watt

Primary Hard Drive

1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive

Data Hard Drive

None

Optical Drive

24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black

2nd Optical Drive

None

Flash Media Reader / Writer

None

Meter Display

None

USB Expansion

None

Sound Card

ASUS Xonar DG Network Card

Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card Operating System

None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only

Keyboard

iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard

Mouse

iBUYPOWER Internet Mouse

Monitor

None

2nd Monitor

None

Speaker System

None

Headset

None

Video Camera

None

Case Engraving Service

None

Warranty

Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support

Rush Service

Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days

Free Stuff

1 x [Free Game Download] - Darksiders Free with Purchase of AMD Phenom II X6 CPU

Activation code will be emailed to customer after the system shipped

Free Stuff

1 x [Free Game Download] - Total War: Shogun 2 Free with Purchase of AMD Phenom II Processor + Radeon HD 6000 or Higher Video Card

Free Stuff

1 x [Free Game Download] - Deus Ex Free with Purchase of AMD Phenom II X6 Processor / Radeon HD 6850 or Higher Video Card

Free Stuff

1 x [Free Game Download] - Just Cause 2 Free with Purchase of NVIDIA Video Card

[TheMxPenguin]

oh lol no i dont have moniter all i have is my dads laptop that has 1gb of ram some crap gpu a single core 1.7 ghz cpu and a non-hd screen. i can always hoock up to my tv via hdmi

[Jimbo]

you race motocross yo?

[TheMxPenguin]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... also sry to every one that this has turned into yet anouther build my rig thread

[Epsilon]

too lazy to actually go through and check stuff but everything there seems ok

I noticed you had liquid cooling up there somewhere not sure if you are doing that or using standard heatsink/fan combo

either will be fine but make sure with liquid cooling everything is set up fine... you don't want to start up a nice rig like that and have to replace every part because a little bit of water got out (an old saying "a pinch of precaution now can save you a bunch of frustration later" or something like that)

But otherwise it looks fine

And YouTube usually has some decent tutorials out there for you when building a rig or even just looking up basic information on components might be worth some time to go check them out before starting

Anyway good luck