Can any1 help me build the best ibuypower...

[help1]

computer for around 1200? That price doesnt include the warranty and shipping...

[SOSTrooper]

Do you need monitor and accessaries like speakers, kb, mouse, and operating system?


Without any monitor and operating system, I made this as a sample:


AMD Athlon-64 X2 DDR400 PCI-Express $1,195.00

Case ( NZXT Guardian ATX Mid-Tower Case w/400W Power Supply Silver )
Case Lighting ( None )
Power Supply ( Enermax EG565P 535 Watt Power Supply [SLI-Ready] )
Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 X2 4200+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game --- Half Life 2 Download Coupon with purchase of any AMD-64 based systems or Mobile Turion notebook )
Free Software/Game ( [NEW !!!] Free Nero 7 Ultra Edition --- with Purchase of any AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Based PC or Up )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( eVGA nForce-4 SLI Chipset Dual DDR w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( [PCI-Express 16x] Nvidia Geforce 7800GT 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
Raid Controller ( None )
Raid Configuration ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Beige )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( None )
Fax Modem ( None )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( PS/2 104 Key Windows 98 Keyboard Beige )
Mouse ( Microsoft IntelliMouse 1.1A USB Internet Mouse Beige )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Beige )
Extras ( Lan Party Strap )
Operation System ( None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
MP3 Player ( None )
TV Tuner ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Printer ( None )
Printer Cable ( None )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
Sub Total: $1,195.00


You'll probably want a bigger HD, something like a 200GB+ if you dl a lot. But they're cheap in retail stores now, like $50 will get you a 200GB. I think if you buy the parts separately you might be able to do just as good, if not better, than ibuypower configs.

[help1]

im not that good with computer enough to build.

Thanks for building it, i had something similar and shows taht im on the right track, i pretty much ahve the same specs except i have a better mouse and keyboard.

[Zmonkay]

It's prolly too late, as this thread was last updated before Christmas, but I just ordered a PC from them for almost 2000.00. It has been a complete nitemare. The gist (it's a long gist, I know) of it is as follows:

1 Orders PC in Nov.
2 PC gets delayed till Jan. 3 due to "shortage of motherboards"
3 PC gets made and delivered by Dec. 20ish
4 A week of using it, and it shuts down randomly.
5 Looks inside PC, liquid cooling system cracked, coolant everywhere, PC overheating
6 Calls tech support (actually helpfull people there, not outsourced to India)
7 Calls ibuypower...wow, headache insues
8 After much debacle, get agreement to send back faulty PC for a NEW PC, since who knows what kind of damage the overheating and spilled coolant did
9 Fedex shipping slip only mentions sending back cooling system, 5lbs. (the PC is about 40 lbs)
10 Calls ibuypower....after much debacle, talk to manager. He says they will *fix* it, not replace it.
I say, no, I was told it would be completely new.
He says that's not their *policy*
I say, then I'll return this one, and buy a new one
ok.....
11. They enter wrong shipping address
12. After calling and correcting it, still wrong, and they ship it wrong
13. Due to wrong address, fedex doesn't deliver it the day they should
14. I call Fedex, correct it. They say it will come next day
15. Next day comes, no PC.
Calls Fedex, Fedex says there was a problem with a truck, so it didn't go out
16. I need it for school, so drive an hour to the Fedex facility to pick it up
17. Wait for over an hour for them to "find" it (also overhear gaurd saying the delivery guy to my area never showed up this morning... truck problem my ass)
18. Get it home, set up...all seems ok
19. Get it to school (today). It freezes up twice.
20. I install a temperature monitoring program, motherboard temp 50+C (Not good, not at all)
21. Call tech support....they will send me a new coolant system, and have someone come out to fix it.
22. Tech support forgets to give me a ticket of my complaint/order
23. I call them back, they say they will have the tech I talked to call back.
24. 4 hrs later, no call

So, all in all, I ordered mid November, and STILL don't have a working PC.