WhiteKnight77 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 OK, here is my config for a new PC. What do y'all think? This is a bang for the buck Mach V from Falcon Northwest with a couple of changes. ICON - Brushed Aluminum ICON Standard Solid Silverstone 1000Watt Strider - Modular Asus P6T Deluxe Intel Core i7 920 - 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 Cooler Crucial 6GB DDR3 1066MHz nVidia GeForce 285GTX 1GB PCIE CL X-Fi Titanium Fatality Champion PCIE VelociRaptor 300GB 10KRPM 16MB Cache Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Lite-On 22X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe ATech Media Card Reader Windows Vista Home Premium - 64 Bit Known issues with this configuration: None System Price: $ 3,715.94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 build it yourself, save money for more IKEA meatballs, just in case of zombie infestation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Normally I would, but I have been wanting a Mach V for some time now and now I have the funds, finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 with all those goodies...is there any room left for the kitchen sink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Normally I would, but I have been wanting a Mach V for some time now and now I have the funds, finally. just what do you think your doing? ...we're opposite, I got the Mach V when I didn't had the fund, now that I do, I'll just build it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Yeah seriously, build yourself. If you really want to spend all that money you could get even better parts with the money you save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 ...if I could buy a ready-play rig, I'd definitely wouldn't hesitate to go back to Falcon-NW. Go get it and give us a review WK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 WK, why don't you try to price out the same parts individually and I'll bet you save a cool $1K at least The only things these days boutique system builders like Falcon may be able to do better are cabling/water cooling/over-clocking which it doesn't seem your's is o/c'd What are your current rig specs? If you have a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or greater, I wouldn't bother upgrading now unless there is some real system hog game you want to play. BTW, I just was at Ikea and they had a sale for 10 meatball special with potatoes and gravy for $2.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 I did try to do that last fall. Newegg didn't have some of the parts I was after at that time when I was pricing parts out to build it myself. This time I decided to just buy one, even if just a bang for the buck version, which can be upgraded later if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I did try to do that last fall. Newegg didn't have some of the parts I was after at that time when I was pricing parts out to build it myself. This time I decided to just buy one, even if just a bang for the buck version, which can be upgraded later if need be. maybe its a midlife crisis thing...oh wait, you're pass it pc-performance has the TJ10 case your looking for, plus the same water-cooling kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 maybe its a midlife crisis thing...oh wait, you're pass it pc-performance has the TJ10 case your looking for, plus the same water-cooling kit. Looks more like a midlife Crysis machine to me... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Well, I have ordered it. ICON - Brushed Aluminum ICON Window and Case Lighting - Blue Silverstone 1000Watt Strider - Modular Asus P6T Deluxe Intel Core i7 920 - 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 Cooler Crucial 6GB DDR3 1066MHz nVidia GeForce 285GTX 1GB PCIE CL X-Fi Titanium Fatality Champion PCIE VelociRaptor 300GB 10KRPM 16MB Cache Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Lite-On 22X DVD+-RW W/Lightscribe ATech Media Card Reader Windows Vista Home Premium - 64 Bit Known issues with this configuration: None System Price: $ 3,716.60 Price with UPS Ground $ 3,839.60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRP 56 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 WK77 ordering a prebuilt system! Didn't think I would see that happen. Good luck with the new PC. Looks like a good one to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I have always maintained that if I could, I would buy a Falcon Northwest or a Voodoo. Now that Voodoo is owned by HP, the only boutique PC builder I would recommend is FW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Congrats on the new box...it sure looks like it'll do the job. Are you going to dual-boot and what man/model of GTX285 did you go with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I wont know what GFX card I am getting until I get it though I could call and ask I guess. I will be using just Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Delivery is scheduled for the 15th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 OK, here they are, pics of my new PC and goodies. The box the PC comes in his huge at 36"x26"X17", but it has 2 inches of space around the sides of the PC and it sits between some strong polymer between the top and bottom pieces. It also comes with a goodie box that includes a kit for the extra cables for the PSU from Silverstone. FN includes a portfolio with a pen that lights up, manuals for the hardware, driver disks for the hardware, Windows Vista Home Premium x64 disk, a print out of how well the PC tested out, adapters for the video card along with the SLi bridge, Falcon Fuel Coffee, a coffee cup, t-shirt and a hat. I really like the wiring. It really is neat compared to what I have done, but now I can copy what they do. It scores a 5.9 (the highest) on the Vista preformance page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 LOL, they even give you a hat a mug? Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 What is that Falcon fuel I can see in the bag on the left? How much better is it than your existing system too mate? That cabling looks really well done too. top marks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Falcon Fuel is coffee. I do not even drink coffee. LOL This thing is way better. My old system is an AMD Athlon 3200+ XP with 1GB of RAM and a 7600 GS video card that wont even boot up right now for some reason. I need to pull a couple of drives to get files from them and put them in the new one until I can figure out why it will not boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Really nice build WK, congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Falcon Fuel is coffee. I do not even drink coffee. LOL you could always re-gift to someone special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Very cool Did you request an IDE interface for your Lite-On ODD, and what's up front pulling in air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Everything in this PC is SATA and PCIe. I can't use anything from my old PC in my new one for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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