A customized Systemax PC...

marquita188

marquita188

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I want to get a new pc for christmas, and I'm buying it from TigerDirect.com.
I just want to know if I'm spending too much money and any other comments you have. thank you! :P

Systemax™ Venture HU B550 Intel® Extreme Business
Built-To-Order Desktop PC

Sku: BTO 988699

Power:
350 Watt PSU

Processor:
Intel P4 CPU 3.4 GHz/800FSB/2M S775/HT/Prescott (Add $160.00)

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (Add $59.99)

Memory:
2GB DDR400 PC3200 Dual Channel Memory (1GBx2) (Add $128.99)

Hard Drive 1:
Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive 250GB (7200 RPM) (Add $30.00)

Second Hard Drive:
Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive 250GB (7200 RPM) (Add $84.00)

Optical Drive 1:
16X DVD+R/RW-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (Add $64.99)

Additional Optical Drive:
52x32x52/16x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive (Add $49.99)

Card Reader:
9-in-1 Card Reader Black (Add $9.99)

Modem:
56K V.92 PCI Modem (Add $8.00)

Network Adapter:
Integrated 10/100 Network Adapter

Keyboard:
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard Black (Add $6.99)

Input Device:
Logitech Black Optical Mouse (Add $7.99)

Sound:
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (Add $189.99)

Video:
ATI X600Pro 256MB Video Card w/DVI PCI Express (Add $119.00)

All = 1,840.96
 
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AMD64 said:
get the computer although i would go with amd
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I don't know why? but I don't like AMD.....



ripken2004 said:
what will u be using the computer for? and why not buy from newegg or zipzoomfly? u could save alot of money
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lots of DVD Burning, recording TV to disc, big software programs, lots of music files, and videos etc.....

I was going to buy
The ABS Ultimate V1 40 Pentium 4 3.4GHZ, 1G, 250GB - 1,249.99
or
The ABS Ultimate V1 42 Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 1G, 250GB - 1,189.89

but newegg.com don't make them anymore, so now i'm going buy a built-to-order pc.
 
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I had a bad experience with Tiger Direct and Systemax. I ordered a customized systemax pursuit spitfire laptop over the phone with one of the reps and got my order number and all that good stuff... about a week later I still had not recieved shipping notification nor any explination of the delay, so I called tiger. After waiting on hold for about 30 min. I got to talk to a rep who told me that the laptop had gone permanently out of stock and there was nothing they could do. :mad: Not once did I recieve an email or a phone call telling me this... and the credit card hold wasn't taken off until I called the bank! bad business imo...

Sorry, had to vent :D... it probably won't happen to you, but just be sure they are stocking everything they need to build your PC if you order from them

since then I have found Newegg and I love them
 
StasysPC said:
I had a bad experience with Tiger Direct and Systemax. I ordered a customized systemax pursuit spitfire laptop over the phone with one of the reps and got my order number and all that good stuff... about a week later I still had not recieved shipping notification nor any explination of the delay, so I called tiger. After waiting on hold for about 30 min. I got to talk to a rep who told me that the laptop had gone permanently out of stock and there was nothing they could do. :mad: Not once did I recieve an email or a phone call telling me this... and the credit card hold wasn't taken off until I called the bank! bad business imo...

Sorry, had to vent :D... it probably won't happen to you, but just be sure they are stocking everything they need to build your PC if you order from them

since then I have found Newegg and I love them
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I hate when that happen!:mad: I had a similar problem on a unrelated topic, with buy.com over flash memory

...and I will make sure, they will have what I want.

I love Newegg.com too!
 
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well intel is the way for what ur going to be doing
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Well either Intel or AMD will suffice for the task at hand. Nothing particular about the tasks that scream AMD or Intel :)
 
Praetor said:
Wattage doesnt matter.
PSU 101. :)
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thank you! I asked because others had said that you would need more than 400watts to run a 256mb graphics card and big hard drives

Quotes from newegg.com

"The 350 watt PSU was not even close to enough for me, but I ripped that out right away and put in a 600W instead and am very happy with it."

"I would not recommend using the supplied power supply. It's a 420watts is not the number you should be interested in. Only 18A on the 12v rail is not enough for new systems anymore. Buy yourself a named brand power supply and protect your hardware."

"It should at least have a 400-450 watt power supply"
 
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