cyberpowerpc computer a good deal?

[Sora]

HOLY ****. Wow lance I didint see that at all. I think he really did mean +225 for another stick. I originally thought hrmm maybe it was only 112 for 1gb corsair XMS??? I was like that'd be awesome. Untill i found out that adding another GB of the XMS 4-4-4-12 they woukd charge $198. Thats so expensive, that exact same ram is 132 bucks I think at newegg.

Just goes to show the overprice of things. Once again a G.Skill 1.8v 5-5-5-15 1gb DDR2-800 is only $115 bucks. I could get my G.Skill DDR2-800 running at about 4-4-4-12 like at 2.0v for 85 bucks cheaper. Just goes to show how easy they can take advantage of people who don't know any better...lol 198 bucks for a gb of that ram...HAH

 

[Izzjess]

cyberpower----------------------cyberpower-------------ill never buy from them agian. i think u pretty much get what u pay for----i would tell the tale but its long and drawn out. i would buy from a nother company it may cost a little more but it will be worth it..dont buy from cyberpower or ibuypower same company

 

[sanity8me]

Each Core is clocked at 1.86ghz. This is a Core 2 DUO. it evenly splits up the tasks between the two CPU's so its kind of like having a 3.7ghz CPU except you cant use both cores on one thing. Regardless, the C2D have lowered their clock cycles to 14 and their stage pipelines to 12. So a 1.86ghz C2D is actully much faster than a 1.8ghz Anthlon. This is basicly the same ratio of an Anthlon 2.2ghz being compared to about a 3.6 Intel P4.

Plus the CPU is built on a smaller die process (65nm) So having 2 cores that each run at 1.86ghz is really much more than it sounds. Also with a decent mobo and that ram you can OC your C2D E6300 to about 2.8-3.0ghz on the stock CPU fan quite easily. Also this isnt like 5 years ago, OC'ing things wont blow up nearly as easy at all. These CPU's were built to run about 3.0 or so ghz so putting your E6300 even at 2.6ghz would be totally stable.

Also honestly the Corsair XMS you selected is basicly regular ram with an upped voltage for tighter timings. When it comes to the price of the XMS your paying for the trusted name and the fact you dont have the tighten the timings yourself.

Also I would say lower the mobo to some sort of P965 mobo. A good one for around 140 is the Gigabyte P965-DS3. The main use of a P5B-Deluxe is not only the features but the ammount of OC ability it has. Its pretty much the best at it.

here is the link to my system:
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/infsligtc2d.asp?v=d

what mobo that's available there would you recommend?

you have to add 225 to get 2gb or is that the total price of 2gb of ram.

yeah it's an extra 225 for the 2gb "corsair xms2 xtreme memory" and an extra 180 for the "corsair value select or major brand"

cyberpower----------------------cyberpower-------------ill never buy from them agian. i think u pretty much get what u pay for----i would tell the tale but its long and drawn out. i would buy from a nother company it may cost a little more but it will be worth it..dont buy from cyberpower or ibuypower same company

it would be nice if you explained yourself... and there's still a good chance that i may just custom build my own pc.

 

[Jumping_Bean514]

If you end up building it your self then heres a quick 5min video of a guy building a computer, it thats easy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lVJ5ZEbf6F4

 

[sanity8me]

yeah, i may just build it myself.. do you guys think this would a better deal than the cyberpower? (*found everything on newegg):

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 ($181.49)

- ASUS P5B Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard ($182.99)

-CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory ($124.00)

- HIS Hightech H195PRQT256DVN-R Radeon X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 IceQ3 Turbo HDCP Video Card ($229.99)

- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive ($94.99)

- ENERMAX EG565AX-VEFMA2.0-SLI ATX12V 535W Power Supply ($89.99)

- SONY Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s ($18.99)

- NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE ($29.99)

- LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII W Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($139.99)

-shipping: $33.93

-total: $1,126.35