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Old 09-17-2004, 11:22 PM   #1
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Question Ibuypower? Good or No Good?

Are these guys good to buy from?

http://www.ibuypower.com

Thier deals are soo good its hard to believe... and I dont hear much about them, only that they have spread ads on gaming mags...

Should I get a good pc that I can upgrade and last me with the latest games for a couple years... or should I build my own? If build my own... show me some proof.. my budget is $900.
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The don't have a very good ResellerRating. See HERE. Personally I say building your own is a much better way to go. You choose every component and you know exactly what's going into it. You also gain experience and confidence knowing you built it yourself instead of paying someone else to do it for you. What do you need in the $900 budget? Do you need a monitor, keyboard, and mouse?
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I have had several topics made for my build, one in particular is the largest topic in this forum (183 posts). And yes, I need everything, if you have good suggestions, post in the other topic... it should be noticible with 182 posts. :P
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This is as close as I could get with everything included.

COOLER MASTER Centurion 4 Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case, Model "CAC-T04-UWC" - $63.00

ABIT "AS8" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel LGA775 CPU -RETAIL - $114.00

CONNECT3D ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL - $196.00

Enlight ATX 420W P4 Power Supply, Model "EN-8420934" -RETAIL - $39.88

Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 520 2.8 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail - $169.00

Mushkin 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail - $76.00

Microsoft Black Multimedia Keyboard & Wheel Mouse Optical Bundle PS/2 102keys -OEM - $29.00

KDS XF-7BK 17" Xtreme Flat CRT Monitor –RETAIL - $114.00

NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Beige, Model ND-3500A BG, OEM - $78.00

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a - OEM - $90.00

TOTAL: $1,035.88

If you can save up another $135 you'd be set. I didn't include shipping because most of the shipping cost comes from the monitor. If you bought one locally you wouldn'g have to pay shipping.
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