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Old 10-06-2008, 06:00 PM   #1
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I'm going to try Max Force PC, what do you think?

These are the specs for my order-
Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS Black
LOGISYS Computer CLK12BL 12" Cold Cathode kit Red
Antec Tricool 120mm Red LED Case Fan
Corsair TX 650W
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9650 4.0GHz
Tuniq Tower 120
Asus P5Q-E
Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 8GB (4 x 2G CL5
Super Talent 2.5 inch 120GB MasterDrive MX
2x Samsung HD103UJ 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB (RAID 0, 2TB total)
SonyNEC Optiarc BR-5100S-0B SATA 2X Blu-ray Drive
SonyNEC Optiarc AD-7191S-0B 20X Lightscribe Dual Layer SATA DVD+/-RW
VisionTek Radeon HD4870X2 2GB
Avermedia AVerTVHD MTVHDA18R - Dual Tuner, HDTV
Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeAudio
Super Talent INT-AIN1-C All-in-One USB2.0 Internal Card Reader
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
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Old 10-06-2008, 07:00 PM   #2
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Pre-built? Price?

Or if you're building yourself, what is your budget? Are you going to overclock?
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Old 10-06-2008, 08:22 PM   #3
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MaxForce PC Computer

MaxForce PC is going to build it.
I'm paying around $3700 includeing 3 day fedex
Max "the owner of MaxForce PC" is overclocking to 4GHz
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Old 10-06-2008, 08:35 PM   #4
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Way overkill.

You could build yourself for less money, and just slightly less performance.
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Old 10-06-2008, 11:13 PM   #5
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No time!

Bigger is better right & how much money could I actually save? This guy is making $300 mabye $400 tops, I'm alright with that. I own a Moving Company out of Denver CO. & we are about to go national, I build our existing web-site and another, believe me when I tell you that this beast will be used.
Why so negative anyways, jealous?
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Old 10-06-2008, 11:43 PM   #6
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First off don't get the Samsung HDD's I've just heard bad things about them. Go with Seagate. You don't need a 4.0GHz CPU. What do you plan on doing with this system anyway?
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Old 10-07-2008, 10:13 AM   #7
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He is making more like $1000-1200 on it. You have to remember he buys from distribution which has much lower prices than newegg
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Old 10-07-2008, 11:19 AM   #8
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Bigger is better right & how much money could I actually save? This guy is making $300 mabye $400 tops, I'm alright with that. I own a Moving Company out of Denver CO. & we are about to go national, I build our existing web-site and another, believe me when I tell you that this beast will be used.
Why so negative anyways, jealous?
I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic. You came here asking for opinions, and that is what I offered. It is your money, and you can spend it how you see fit. All I merely did was state that in my opinion it could be spent better.

And why would anyone get jealous over a computer? Seriously, think about that.
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Old 10-07-2008, 01:50 PM   #9
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WAY overpriced! As others have already mentioned..you could do better for less.
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:05 PM   #10
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what you have speced out is a hi end gaming PC, and sounds like what you need if the PC is used for business is something more in the server vane and that is stable. An Oced PC would not be considered a stable platform for businees use. A RAID 0 is for speed and not stability. If a drive dies in RAID 0, you lost all data..
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Old 10-07-2008, 08:34 PM   #11
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I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic. You came here asking for opinions, and that is what I offered. It is your money, and you can spend it how you see fit. All I merely did was state that in my opinion it could be spent better.

And why would anyone get jealous over a computer? Seriously, think about that.
I appreciate your impute, no hard feelings, I know you were just trying to help!
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Old 10-07-2008, 08:47 PM   #12
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Thanks for the Advice!

Thanks everyone for your expert advice, I learned alot.

I am going to use this computer for games when I have time off. I'm going to get a 26' inch 1080p monitor just for that too.

I know you-guys think I could of saved alot of money if I built it myself, but thats why we have guy's like you out there for. I have to do my part to help the economy, right.

-I'm going to get an external hard drive and back up my work when needed.
-I got rid of the HDD.
-I got a new sound card & went with a different HD TV tuner.
-Those samsungs have excellent reviews on newegg
I' not a patient man & Love speed with my cars, computers, ect.....
All in all I think I got a good deal, even Cyber Power couldn't beat it & who wants to deal with their crappy customer service. I went through that 3 years ago when I bought the beast I'm using now.

Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS Black
LOGISYS Computer CLK12BL 12" Cold Cathode kit Red
Antec Tricool 120mm Red LED Case Fan
Corsair TX 650W
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9650 4.0GHz
Tuniq Tower 120
Asus P5Q-E
Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 8GB (4 x 2G CL5
2x Samsung HD103UJ 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB (RAID 0, 2TB total)
SonyNEC Optiarc BR-5100S-0B SATA 2X Blu-ray Drive
SonyNEC Optiarc AD-7191S-0B 20X Lightscribe Dual Layer SATA DVD+/-RW
VisionTek Radeon HD4870X2 2GB
Avermedia AVerTVHD MTVHDA18R - Dual Tuner, HDTV
ASUS Xonar D2
Super Talent INT-AIN1-C All-in-One USB2.0 Internal Card Reader
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Price: $3,291 ($3,441 with 3 day shipping)
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Old 10-08-2008, 09:05 PM   #13
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Just for grins, and the undoubted curiousity of other members, I totaled up the exact same system at Newegg.com. The total with 3day shipping was $2,896; a savings of $544.

Enjoy the system though, it should be a screamer.
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Old 10-10-2008, 03:27 PM   #14
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Just for grins, and the undoubted curiousity of other members, I totaled up the exact same system at Newegg.com. The total with 3day shipping was $2,896; a savings of $544.

Enjoy the system though, it should be a screamer.
So with distribution pricing that makes it maybe a 30 point product on parts (assumes newgg is 10 over distribution cost). Factor in the labor and it may be a 15 to 20 point product. That's pretty dang thin--I don't know how these people stay in business.
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