How much money is saved building your own rig? - Page 2

goldorak · 12-22-09, 01:44 PM

GoldenRivet : for the kind on money you're spending your next rig should definitely have a SLC SSD (or two in raid)

. And use a 1 TB drive as a backup solution. This baby will fly and have performance that no overclocking will give you. Just think that even with an i7 at 4Ghz you're still hampered by mechanical drives that have access times measured in miliseconds.

PeriscopeDepth · 12-22-09, 04:25 PM

I had a terrible experience with cyberpower from a system I bought last year. CPU cooling fan arrived broke due to shipping, which I guess I can see past. Bad stuff happens when shipping. The machine also arrived with a bad stick of RAM, which they took back and sent me a "new" one... Several times now. But apparently they don't care whether the new one is also defective and/or compatible with my motherboard. There's a reason they're so cheap, their warranty states they don't necessarily use new parts.

Definitely building my own gaming rigs in the future.

PD

longam · 12-22-09, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I dont really save money, but in doing it this way, as was pointed out earlier i get the rig i want instead of the rig some company is willing to manufacture for me.

Replace manufacture with assemble

LoBlo · 12-23-09, 07:32 AM

I'm such a novice that I'm nervous about trying to build my own. I want a quiet rig that at the same time can max out 100% the settings of my favorite games without problems (microsoft flight simulator X is a hardware hog).

Thanks for the advice guys, its appreciated.

Arclight · 12-23-09, 07:35 AM

The noisiest thing in there is usually the graphics card. Get one with a dual-slot cooler, or something custom made, those are very effective compared to a small sink + fan combo.

12-23-09, 07:32 AM	#4
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	I'm such a novice that I'm nervous about trying to build my own. I want a quiet rig that at the same time can max out 100% the settings of my favorite games without problems (microsoft flight simulator X is a hardware hog). Thanks for the advice guys, its appreciated. __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man

12-23-09, 07:35 AM	#5
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	The noisiest thing in there is usually the graphics card. Get one with a dual-slot cooler, or something custom made, those are very effective compared to a small sink + fan combo. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

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12-22-09, 01:44 PM	#1
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GoldenRivet : for the kind on money you're spending your next rig should definitely have a SLC SSD (or two in raid) . And use a 1 TB drive as a backup solution. This baby will fly and have performance that no overclocking will give you. Just think that even with an i7 at 4Ghz you're still hampered by mechanical drives that have access times measured in miliseconds.

12-22-09, 04:25 PM	#2
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I had a terrible experience with cyberpower from a system I bought last year. CPU cooling fan arrived broke due to shipping, which I guess I can see past. Bad stuff happens when shipping. The machine also arrived with a bad stick of RAM, which they took back and sent me a "new" one... Several times now. But apparently they don't care whether the new one is also defective and/or compatible with my motherboard. There's a reason they're so cheap, their warranty states they don't necessarily use new parts. Definitely building my own gaming rigs in the future. PD