Buying custom computer, good deal?

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boondockst

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Cpu: Intel i7 930 @ 2.8GHZ Quad Core -Original Box Included (Still under warranty)

Motherboard: EVGA X58 FTW3 (No original box, but all wires and manuals, still under warrenty)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 closed loop water cooling -Original Box Included (Still under warranty)

RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB -Original Box Included (Still under warranty)

Power Supply: Antec 650 -Original Box Included (Still under warranty)

Video Card: Nvidia PNY GTX 480 1.5GB -Original Box Included (Still under warranty)

Case: Antec 300 (No Original Box, No Warranty, but it is just the computer case itself, and is in great condition)

Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 320GB

are most of the specs, the guy wants 950 for it. He's allowing me to go and check out the computer to make sure it's in good quality. Any advice as to whether or not its a good deal or if i should even buy a used computer (3 months used). thanks
 
If you are around chicagoland you can come check out mine for not much more in price but a hell of alot more in build! +2 year warrantys!

(1200.00) FIRM!
Case - Corsair Obsidian 800D
(case extras)
- 4 Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP15 fans (2 of them push pull CPU cooler setup)
- 2 Noise Blocker PK 17's 140mm
- 1 Corsair 140mm Stock fan on HDD bay
- Sunbream 6 fan, fan controller

CPU - Intel i7 950 , Overclocked to 4.2 ghz Stable. Prime 95 full blend 24+ hours.

CPU Cooler - Corsair H70 water cooling

Mother Board - EVGA FTW3

Video Card - EVGA GTX 570 superclocked (With a bit more tweak to it)

Memory - Corsair XMS3 6GB Tripple channel DDR3 @ 1600mhz 8-8-8-20

SSD - Crucial C300 60GB

Optical Drive - Samsung blu ray reader, Cd/Dvd burner

Power Supply - Seasonic 760W Gold rated modular

Mouse - Logitech G500 gaming mouse

Keyboard - Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard

(Genuine comes with disc win64 home edition)

The computer is SILENT!

2 Year microcenter warranty on EVERYTHING but case. Hardware was purchased on Febuary 1st of this year. So there is still 1year 8ish months left on the warranty. I also registerd the video card and mobo with evga for the lifetime warranty.

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(Current hardware prices via newegg / microcenter / frozencpu)
Case - $279.99
Power Supply - $179.99
Mother board - $259.99
SSD - $139.99
CPU - $279.99
CPU Cooler - $104.81
RAM - $89.99
Video Card - $354.99
Optical Drive - $107.99
Fan controller - $39.99
Scythe Gentle typhoon (ap15) 120mm X4 - $64.00
Noise Blocker Black Silent Pro 140mm X2 - $50.00
Windows home 64bit (genuine disc) - $99.99
Logitech G500 mouse - $57.99
Microsoft Sidewinder X6 gaming keyboard - $69.99

(Total just to buy the equip with current prices would be)
($2179.99) Not including taxes and the warranty I purchased.
 
The best deals I could find was on ibuypower.com and they come with a three year warrenty standard with Desktops.
 
thanks for replying. I've decided to put off buying a gaming computer for a bit but when I start looking for one again I'll be sure to post on the forums for a little help before I buy :)
 
some options

i could make a System for you

if you are wanting a lower budget:
CPU - Intel i5 3.3 GHz Quad-Core (6MB L3 Cache)
GPU - Intel HD 3000 or EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1 GB
PSU - 600 Watts
HDD - 1 TB 7200 RPM 6gb/s
RAM - 4GB DDR3 240-pin
total Price: 850

or a little more intense:
CPU - Intel i7 3.4 GHz Quad-Core (8 MB L3 Cache)
GPU - Intel HD 3000 or EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1 GB
PSU - 750 Watts
HDD - 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 6gb/s
RAM - 8GB DDR3 240-pin
total Price: 1100

CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 Black Thuban 3.3 GHz Hexa-Core (6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache)
GPU - Radeon HD 6850 1GB
PSU - 650 Watts
HDD - 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 6gb/s
RAM - 8GB DDR3 240-pin
ODD - BluRay/DVD/CD

total Price: 1000

the first two dont contain ODD but they can be added as either internal or external

these might limit your support to me or any other geeks (Best Buy geek squad)
though you could call Newegg (where i get my components) they could help

most warranties are normally around 3 years or more (except HDD and ODD)

all come with Home Premium 64 bit but can be changed to any windows or Linux (and price will change)

hardware can also change. i have many compatible components to choose from
get back to me at [email protected]
we can talk about what might be best for you
 
there are other people on this forum that are well known and known to be trustworthy that'll do the same as that guy, i wouldn't let a random guy who links an email do anything for me, but that's just me and i can't say he's not trustworthy, but you never know with random guys on the intewebz
 
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