Looking at updating my old rig, would like some suggestion of stores ( either bricks and mortar or online as I live in Darwin ).
So....... which is the best store to order a new system ( or components to make one )
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Post 2
IT Estate and GameDude Computers are really cheap. IJK Computers and Umart are slightly more expensive, but their service is fantastic and delivery times are outstanding.
Post 3
Thanks Rec
Wont even consider GameDude as I have placed orders with them before and nothing ever happened. Pretty slack for a business!
Post 4
pccasegear
Post 5
netplus i always have good results with.
pluscorp is also good and scorptec is alright too.
i have access to wholesalers locally so if u want quotes send me a PM with the parts your interested in.
Post 6
Locally, try IT Shack (member here too).
Post 7
pccasegear.
Prices are generally as good as MSY, and they do "2 airbags if you're careful about breaking up your order.
umart for heavy things, because pccasegear only use aae and anything very bulky, i.e a case, ends up very expensive to darwin.
Post 8
I used pccasegear for mine, has an awesome array of stock, probably better than everyone else.. I couldn't find a single place to get everything I wanted except pccg :D
Post 9
+1 for pccg
Post 10
Basically I want a new gaming rig, don't really care about having the best stats, I do care about heat factor as I don't have A/C in the house.
Any suggestions??........ My preference is Intel and Nvidia
Post 11
+1 for PCCaseGear. I usually buy from MSY here but I've never actually ordered online from them.
But take note of Harb's suggestion of splitting up orders with PCCG. You can save heaps on delivery that way.
Post 12
Quote from Cryodeath;403039:
Basically I want a new gaming rig, don't really care about having the best stats, I do care about heat factor as I don't have A/C in the house.
Any suggestions??........ My preference is Intel and Nvidia
I've just bought the following
Intel Core i5 2500k
Asrock extreme 4 gen 3
8gb corsair low profile ram
gainward gx570.
However all these things are based on budget considerations. Mostly the mobo and graphics in that department, appears to be very little reason to go up to the i7 2600k if you're gaming.
As for heat I also put a noctua NH-D14 on the cpu, which according to everyone in the entire world, is massive overkill.
Post 13
My grafix card down here sits very cool as far as can see / feel PLE Computers Pty Ltd. It however takes up 3 bays instead of the norm 2.
Ill take a snapshot of the temps tonight when I am playin BF3.
Post 14
I am also leaning towards a SSD for a O/S drive
Post 15
yeah well you would be mental to be buying any platter disks at the moment anyway.
Seagate 2tb went up "00 in the last week.
Crucial M4 SSD 128GB [CT128M4SSD2] - $239.00 : PC Case Gear is apparently the shit to buy.
Post 16
Hitachi 2TB 5k3000 went up by at least $40. :(
Post 17
Harbs, your specs are pretty much what I am looking at and I wouldn't mind spending a little extra on a good graphics card as well. Not really too interested in SLI because of the heat factor VS extra performance isn't really much of a trade off.
Post 18
Benchmark Results: Nvidia Graphics Cards, High Quality : Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked
Post 19
I was leaning towards a GTX580 :)
Post 20
Also, any thoughts/feedback on OS?...... 32bit or 64bit?
Post 21
64 bit, you want to run a modern graphics card and/or have 8gb of ram, there's no question.
Post 22
I have been running x86-64 since vista days. Have not had a single driver related problem with new hardware. *(old however I have done) but anything made in the last 4 years is fine.
Post 23
That makes me feel warm inside knowing I have 2 590s
Quote from Lothar;403051:
Benchmark Results: Nvidia Graphics Cards, High Quality : Battlefield 3 Performance: 30+ Graphics Cards, Benchmarked
Post 24
I suspect it will also make you feel warm on your outside.
Because of the burning melting heat of the 2 gigawatts of power you're consuming. Luckily you live in the frigid southlands and can claim it's a space heater.
Post 25
This weekend I'm going to try cook an eggs and bacon on the case, should be a fun experiment...
Post 26
Gigabyte G1-Sniper2 Motherboard [G1-SNIPER2] - $425.00 : PC Case Gear
Is this worth it for the Creative Labs sound?
Post 27
BTW reason why platter drives are up is because two of WDs plants in Thailand got flooded.
Post 28
wait another couple of weeks, new socket type 2011 and sandybride-e processors due out mid november.
Post 29
That will be costly tho being a first release will it not?