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Rsmith0087

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If you dont want to build your own computer and want all your parts OEM and then configured and put into a computer for you Systembuilder is the best place to go. For $39.00 they will build, test and install Windows for you. Now tell me if you can find a better system builder?

Go to it http://sysbuilder.com/sysconfigurators/antecgaming.htm if you click on gaming pc's there are more cases also. I picked this one bc its the cheapest case. THey got all the newest Thermaltake cases
 
By better do you just mean cheaper?

Because that isn't always better.


About that website....Their prices for the individual parts are marked up quite a bit. Doesn't look like a good deal at all to me.
 
Astragoth said:
how much did they pay you?
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Thats what I was wondering.

That site is a real pain in the ass to navigate through the menus. Cyperpower's pc builder page was many times better than this one, it didnt let you try to buy a socket 775 cpu with a socket 478 motherboard, and didnt make you buy a 60+ dollar case. I give it a thumbs down, because you have to know enough about PCs to build your own.

If you know enough to actually build a PC, you wouldnt be going OEM. If for some reason you had to go OEM, prebuilt...definatley not through an unknown vendor like this, with such a poor webpage layout.
 
Rsmith0087 said:
If you dont want to build your own computer and want all your parts OEM and then configured and put into a computer for you Systembuilder is the best place to go. For $39.00 they will build, test and install Windows for you. Now tell me if you can find a better system builder? http://sysbuilder.com/sysconfigurators/antecgaming.htm
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By better you mean cheaper? Because cheaper most definitely doesn't mean better. You get what you pay for.
 
I tried to build my own computer for shits and giggles on that website and it has to be the most straining and hard to use site I have ever seen.
 
The reason why i posted was bc of all the post bitching about Dell. I found this website about 1yr ago and it looked pretty good, so i thought i would inform the community about their presence. I called these guys and they sound Indian, they prob. are just out take make a few bucks, so no Corporate bigshot trying to haggle customers. And yes the website is no Newegg.com but it is good enough to inform the customer about what he's buying.
 
Hey Dude, I just got a Dell. And not too bad of a little computer either. Got 19" Flat Screeen and box for $450.00. It came with a 2.8 P4, but I had a 3.2 P4 here with me so I swapped the chips and it runs just great.

For the price I am happy.
 
$1247

CASE: (+106.00) Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet 450W Gaming Mid Tower
PS: Power Supply Included
MB: (+135.00) ASUS A8N-SLI SKT939/ nFORCE4 SLI/ PCI-EXP/ R/1GBE
CPU: (+239.00) ** ATHLON64 3700+ SKT939 ** Retail Box CPU
MEMORY: (+104.00) Crucial 1GB ,512MBX2, DDR400 Memory
HDD1: (+ 63.00) WD 80G SATA 7200RPM 8MB /WD800JD
FDD: (+10.00) Sony 1.44 Black Floppy Drive
CD-ROM1: (+52.00) SONY DWQ30ABKSF 16X DVD+RW/-RW,BLACK W/SF
VGA: (+365.00) ASUS/MSI GeForce 7900GT 256MB TV/2DVI
OS: (+138.00) MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL EDITION
WARRANTY: (+0.00) No Charge on 1 Year Parts Warranty
ASSEMBLY: (+35.00) Assembly All Parts, Test System, Install WINDOWS OS and Device Driver

I dunno, doesnt seem too bad to me. You definetely have to know what the hell your looking for though. Seems it's more for people who can build a computer but are just too lazy to do so.
 
techie81 said:
I tried to build my own computer for shits and giggles on that website and it has to be the most straining and hard to use site I have ever seen.
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Took me all of 5 minutes to configure both a P4 and A64 unit. At least you dont have 3 pages of selections and extra crap they are trying to sell you like some other websites we know of...... *cough*DELL*cough*
 
i apologize, but it would be good if they at least gave you the option to choose an amd if you wanted one, right?
 
Well for $75.00 i guess i would hit up MonarchComputer.com bc you have the piece of mind that comes with buying from a known and well established company. Add to that a nice layout for their site. Although i would however like for there to be some sort of option where you can click on what your monitor, keyboard, cpu, motherboard etc. looks like and the specs for it
 
If you're talking about MCS: you can do that. Just click View in the system configurators, to the left of the drop-down box.
 
MCS is a pretty good buy, although they are a little shady at putting together the comps but oh well, they didnt install sata drivers or graphics card ones on mine..:(
 
No e-mail address? poor English? - Avoid places like this like the plague!!!
 
Stinkfist said:
$1247

CASE: (+106.00) Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet 450W Gaming Mid Tower
PS: Power Supply Included
MB: (+135.00) ASUS A8N-SLI SKT939/ nFORCE4 SLI/ PCI-EXP/ R/1GBE
CPU: (+239.00) ** ATHLON64 3700+ SKT939 ** Retail Box CPU
MEMORY: (+104.00) Crucial 1GB ,512MBX2, DDR400 Memory
HDD1: (+ 63.00) WD 80G SATA 7200RPM 8MB /WD800JD
FDD: (+10.00) Sony 1.44 Black Floppy Drive
CD-ROM1: (+52.00) SONY DWQ30ABKSF 16X DVD+RW/-RW,BLACK W/SF
VGA: (+365.00) ASUS/MSI GeForce 7900GT 256MB TV/2DVI
OS: (+138.00) MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL EDITION
WARRANTY: (+0.00) No Charge on 1 Year Parts Warranty
ASSEMBLY: (+35.00) Assembly All Parts, Test System, Install WINDOWS OS and Device Driver

I dunno, doesnt seem too bad to me. You definetely have to know what the hell your looking for though. Seems it's more for people who can build a computer but are just too lazy to do so.
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hell, if that doesn't seem to bad to you, I'll sell you this system I'm running now, which is better in all aspects except for the video card; it's got a x850xt rather than the 7900gt. I'll sell it for $1050 shipped.
 
emp7re said:
MCS is a pretty good buy, although they are a little shady at putting together the comps but oh well, they didnt install sata drivers or graphics card ones on mine..:(
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on mine they were flawless.
 
Is it just me or does this website look alot like those "cheap software" warez sites

OEM VERSION ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ONLY 39 DOLLERS! :rolleyes:
 
I just reparied a computer for a customer/friend that bought from this company. Bread-ties holding the wireing bundles together. screws missing. 4 whole screws holding in the motherboard. Parts included in the computer that my customer DIDNT order, different motherboard, different hard drive. Complete.. Garbage build in my opinion. cheap case, a knock off of the namebrand that was offered. I hate dell, but you really are better off getting a dell than from this place. Atleast you know what your getting with dell, overpriced, sub-par performance and 2 year longevity before you have to get it overhaulled and replaced.
 
From the linked site:

Grand total of $2612 said:
CASE: (+126.00) Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsuami Series Silver, No PS
PS: (+75.00) Thermaltake W0021 480W ATX Silent PurePower ATX V2.0 Power Supply
MB: (+169.00) ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE SKT939/ nFORCE4 SLI/ 2 PCI-EXP16/ 2GBE
CPU: (+669.00) ** ATHLON64 DUAL CORE 4800+ SKT939 ** Retail Box CPU
MEMORY: (+192.00) Crucial 2GB ,1GBX2, DDR400 Memory
HDD1: (+ 103.00) Maxtor 250G SATA II 7200RPM 16MB HDD
HDD2: (+ 103.00) Maxtor 250G SATA II 7200RPM 16MB HDD
CD-ROM1: (+49.00) SONY DWQ30ABKSF 16X DVD+RW/-RW,BLACK W/SF
VGA: (+585.00) ASUS/MSI GeForce 7900GTX 512MB TV/2DVI
AUDIO: (+220.00)Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Retail
OS: (+135.00) MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL EDITION
KEYBOARD: (+79.00) LOGITECH MX3000 WIRELESS KB W/ OPTICAL MOUSE, black color
SPEAKERS: (+72.00) Creative SBS560 5.1 Black Speaker System Retail
WARRANTY: (+0.00) No Charge on 1 Year Parts Warranty
ASSEMBLY: (+35.00) Assembly and Testing
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Newegg's price for the same or better hardware: $2,160.91

So minus the assembly fee, they could buy their parts off Newegg and turn a $416.09 profit on the parts.
 
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