Computer DiscussionPost Date: 2010-05-27 |
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Ryukoki 
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 Topic: Computer DiscussionPosted: 27 May 2010 at 5:54pm |
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ok so. i want a computer that will last a long time. i tried looking around and 8 k for a tower is a bit expensive for my tastes but given 4 months and dumpster diving for food i can do that. however i would rather not.
im a 17 year old and im lookin to move out soon and i wanna get a rig i can work with and do pretty much everything on for like 7-8 years. is that possible? here are the specs i have done. but im not sticking to that if i can help it. Chassis Model: Black OPS HailStorm Edition Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: Paint Chassis Vents and Grills (Red) Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Hexa-Core) (Extreme Performance) Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Extreme (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 2000MHz GTX-8 Digital Storm Certified Extreme Performance (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested Power Supply: 1500W Silverstone (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended) Expansion Bay: Dual Solid State Hard Drive Hot Swap Bay Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (2TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (2TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: 1x (2TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5970 4GB (280-4GTSR Toxic) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Quad SLI/CrossFire Video Cards & Chipset H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With LED Performance Fans (Red) (Up to 6 Fans) Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: Touch V12XT Aerocool Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds with Noise Dampening Material) Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: Crysis: Maximum Edition Warhead + War (Pre-Install, apply updates, and test gameplay with my system Display: Samsung 23.6 inch (Widescreen) (Black) (High-Performance Gaming Display) Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: Razer Mako THX Advanced Speaker System (2.1 System) (Includes Subwoofer) Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming USB Desktop (Multimedia Keyboard) Mouse: Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade) External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty Price $8,446 Note: i am a serious buyer and would love to have this setup. it will take time though. Edited by Ryukoki - 27 May 2010 at 5:58pm |
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Sarah
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 6:07pm |
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You don't need that much in a system. So without knowing what you will be doing with the system. I adjusted your system specs for you a bit. I am going off a want basis, not a need basis.
If we are talking in regards to what you would actually need in a system, we could go with a much lower cost, less extremeness, and still get you great performance based upon what you will be doing with the system. So, a system just because you want a beefy bad boy that makes grandmas and newborns cry... Saved Ticket Number: 409864 Price Before Discount: $6,424 Chassis Model: Black OPS HailStorm Edition Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed WD2001FASS 2TB) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed WD2001FASS 2TB) Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5970 4GB Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Fatality Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Dual SLI/CrossFire Video Cards & Chipset H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: Crysis: Warhead (Pre-Install, apply updates, and test gameplay with my system) Display: Samsung 23.6 inch (Widescreen) (Black) (High-Performance Gaming Display) Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: Razer Mako THX Advanced Speaker System (2.1 System) (Includes Subwoofer) Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming USB Desktop (Multimedia Keyboard) Mouse: Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade) External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty If you want to talk about what your actually planning to use the system for, we can adjust for that and probably go with a much lower price and help you do less dumpster diving for food and more time eating chinese while blowing peoples heads up!  Edited by Sarah - 27 May 2010 at 6:08pm |
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Cretae
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 6:49pm |
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Well, I see you've selected just about every bell and whistle you could think of just to spend your budget. Take a look at some of the config threads from recent days and you'll get an idea of what you should be looking for.
In the meantime, the answer to your question of whether you can buy now and still be okay in 7-8 years is: no way. Computer technology moves so fast, that your computer will be sporting tech a couple of generations old in 3 years. It'll still be getting the job done, but you're going to want the latest thing to make it faster/better/stronger. In 7, it would be an antique.
The good news is, at Digital Storm, you can upgrade a very substantial base system to your heart's content over and over for free labor if you buy the parts here. The idea is to get only what makes sense to have now, that gives you the best performance now. You have selected a number of things that merely cost more.
To help you, we need to know what your primary use of the machine is going to be. We also need to know what monitor resolution you are going to be satisfied with into the future.
That is probably the most important decision you need to make first. The monitor you have chosen from DS is the lower tier technology that might not be your best bet long term. Of much better quality is a tech called "in plane switching" (IPS) which allows much better viewing angles, much better color quality, and much better overall performance. 2 examples that are well thought of around here are the Dell U2410, and the HP ZR24w. They are both 24" diagonal HD panels with 1920X1200 resolutions. If you want a recommendation, I start here. That is a good sized monitor without being huge/overwhelming. 1920X1200 is a very practical resolution for all kinds of computing. The Dell is more expensive, the HP is an excellent buy.
I think we can get you where you NEED to be for under $4500, maybe monitor included, but you won't find the best monitor here. I'll be around, you can ask me anything you want.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 28 May 2010 at 4:48pm |
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We can't really tell you what to get without knowing what res you gonna play at, so you what is your resolution?
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