xmacrosx Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've been messing around with multiple websites building an affordable comp and would like an honest opinion of what I have here. What should I change. Am I overdoing or underdoing anything here? Will all of these play nice? This is probably my max budget, but would love to spend less if possible. I'm only posting this here because I've come to trust you guys....it's almost as if the Nexus is my second family....(don't tell my wife and kids that;P) •*BASE_PRICE: [+1799]•BLUETOOTH: None•CAS: Azza Fusion 3000 Full-Tower Gaming Case w/ 1x 140mm & 2x 120mm fans, front USB 3.0, HDD Easy Swap, & 360MM liquid cooling ready [-57]•CASUPGRADE: None•CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR)•CD2: None•COOLANT: Standard Coolant•CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)•CS_FAN: Default case fans•FA_HDD: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+21] (1 x System)•FAN: CyberPowerPC Xtreme Hydro II Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block,Dual D5 Pump & Reservoir,AX240 Radiator w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silence at 18dBA)(All Venom OC Certified)•FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)•FREEBIE_CU1: $50 Visa Gift Card - Free Gift card on all Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 Desktops or notebooks [+0]•FREEBIE_MB: None•FREEBIE_VC: None•FREEBIE_VC2: None•GLASSES: None•HDD: 240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 525MB/s Write [+162] (Single Drive)•HDD2: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD [+94] (Single Drive)•IEEE_CARD: None•IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports•KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard•MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Quad Channel Memory [+0] (Corsair XMS DDR3 1866 MHz Memory [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])•MONITOR: None•MONITOR2: None•MONITOR3: None•MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) ASUS P9X79 LE Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ Remote GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI•MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge•NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabit 10/100/1000 Network Card [+34]•OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)•OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more)•POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready•RESERVOIR: None•RUSH: No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Date 12 Business Days•SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT•SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising) [+0]•SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO•SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers [+15]•TABLET: None•TEMP: NZXT Sentry-2 Fan Touch Screen Fan Control & Temperature Display [+29]•TUNING: None•TVRC: None•USB: None•USBFLASH: None•USBHD: None•USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module [+19]•VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+240] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)•VIDEO2: None•VIDEO3: None•WNC: None•XSYS: None•_PRICE: (+2397) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaikarik Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 If you can afford it I'd do it. To be honest I've just built a machine for under 300 pounds and it runs skyrim on high / ultra :) to be honest you could build a monster of a machine for half of that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 this is a PC gaming site so everyone is gonna tell you to build your own PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmacrosx Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 See the attached. Looks good to me and for what I believe is a decent price of $2255.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNutella Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I've been messing around with multiple websites building an affordable comp and would like an honest opinion of what I have here. What should I change. Am I overdoing or underdoing anything here? Will all of these play nice? This is probably my max budget, but would love to spend less if possible. I'm only posting this here because I've come to trust you guys....it's almost as if the Nexus is my second family....(don't tell my wife and kids that;P) •*BASE_PRICE: [+1799]•BLUETOOTH: None•CAS: Azza Fusion 3000 Full-Tower Gaming Case w/ 1x 140mm & 2x 120mm fans, front USB 3.0, HDD Easy Swap, & 360MM liquid cooling ready [-57]•CASUPGRADE: None•CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR)•CD2: None•COOLANT: Standard Coolant•CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)•CS_FAN: Default case fans•FA_HDD: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+21] (1 x System)•FAN: CyberPowerPC Xtreme Hydro II Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block,Dual D5 Pump & Reservoir,AX240 Radiator w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silence at 18dBA)(All Venom OC Certified)•FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)•FREEBIE_CU1: $50 Visa Gift Card - Free Gift card on all Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 Desktops or notebooks [+0]•FREEBIE_MB: None•FREEBIE_VC: None•FREEBIE_VC2: None•GLASSES: None•HDD: 240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 525MB/s Write [+162] (Single Drive)•HDD2: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD [+94] (Single Drive)•IEEE_CARD: None•IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports•KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard•MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Quad Channel Memory [+0] (Corsair XMS DDR3 1866 MHz Memory [Free upgrade from 1600MHz Major Brand])•MONITOR: None•MONITOR2: None•MONITOR3: None•MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI/CrossFireX Support) ASUS P9X79 LE Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ Remote GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI•MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge•NETWORK: Intel Pro Gigabit 10/100/1000 Network Card [+34]•OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)•OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more)•POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready•RESERVOIR: None•RUSH: No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Date 12 Business Days•SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT•SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising) [+0]•SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO•SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers [+15]•TABLET: None•TEMP: NZXT Sentry-2 Fan Touch Screen Fan Control & Temperature Display [+29]•TUNING: None•TVRC: None•USB: None•USBFLASH: None•USBHD: None•USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module [+19]•VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+240] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)•VIDEO2: None•VIDEO3: None•WNC: None•XSYS: None•_PRICE: (+2397) That computer will run Skyrim and other games very nicely. You will be able to max out Skyrim completely with a good fps. This computer will last you for a while. And if im not mistaken, thats from CyberPowerPC? I recently bought a computer from them, they gave me great service. Expect around a month to get the computer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmacrosx Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 from playing with multiple companies its looking like Magic Micro is going to be the best deal plus every question I've thrown at them I've gotten quick responses and they seem to pretty danged honest. Look at the new setup i posted and not the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNutella Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Wasnt paying attention, sorry. And that setup looks good, still maxing Skyrim out. Never heard of Magic Micro, but I hope they work out for you. Edited February 2, 2013 by KingOfNutella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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