I'm in a similar situation as you are, though apparently with a slightly lower budget.
One of the things I was advised was to look at this thread and fill out the answers in your thread:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=253272
Many of them are specific to "building your own", but even those get to thinking what you need. Specifically, answering the questions of what you'll do with the PC, budget, your location, and monitor will help the experts in this area (of which I am not) give you a better answer.
Edit: Actually, though not an expert, a few comments.
In the past I've bought from TigerDirect and NewEgg, and the vast majority of the time, everything goes right. On those rare occassions when it hasn't gone right, NewEgg was very proactive at making it right. TigerDirect eventually made it right but it wasn't easy. That was over a year ago, so TigerDirect may have gotten their act together, but I've never heard anyone do anything but rave about NewEgg's service.
Also, do look at the CyberPowerPC site and see what happens if you order it from there in terms of price and delivery. You definitely will be able to customize it in a way you can't from a retailer.
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I'm a DIY person, but most of the PCs on the list come with sub-standard video cards. GT 630/GT 620.|
Originally Posted by Elementor5x5
Hey All,
Time to upgrade the gaming rig, as my current system is starting to have trouble handling some of the graphic heavy MMO's I'm trying out. I'm not quite ready to try my hand at building my own rig (Read: Don't have the time/smarts/patience). I've started shopping around and think I found some pretty good deals, but I'm not good at comparing these things. Here is the list of computers I was looking at: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...73_24023_24023 The one I was most interested in was this one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...747&CatId=1886 Can anyone give me any ideas or recommendations from this list (or from any other site for that matter). I think the one I was looking at was a good price point where its just increasing RAM and/or video cards which I can upgrade overtime. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Elementor |
The cyperpower PC at least uses a GTX 560 which is a reasonable mid-grade card. Like most pre-built systems it doesn't actually say who made the parts in it. So I can't comment on that.
I would suggest going with what gadgetdon suggested which is go to cyperpower PC directly. They are local for me like 5 miles away, out in Baldwin Park home of In N Out burgers.
I would make up a system on their site and give us a list to go over and double check it.
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Hey All,
Time to upgrade the gaming rig, as my current system is starting to have trouble handling some of the graphic heavy MMO's I'm trying out. I'm not quite ready to try my hand at building my own rig (Read: Don't have the time/smarts/patience). I've started shopping around and think I found some pretty good deals, but I'm not good at comparing these things.
Here is the list of computers I was looking at:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...73_24023_24023
The one I was most interested in was this one:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...747&CatId=1886
Can anyone give me any ideas or recommendations from this list (or from any other site for that matter). I think the one I was looking at was a good price point where its just increasing RAM and/or video cards which I can upgrade overtime. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Elementor
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