Rebel4055 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) The only way you save money building yourself is if you buy used parts for a lot less than they are new or find some bitchin deals/sale I'll have to disagree on that, the friend that bought from ibuypower had a EVGA 780i,x29800GTX,Thermaltake 850w,500gb hitachi and thermaltake case. He could have saved $300 dollars buying each one of those instead of buying it from a site. He bought it 2 years ago when all of this stuff first got released. Edited December 2, 2010 by Rebel4055 Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casemods Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) The only way you save money building yourself is if you buy used parts for a lot less than they are new or find some bitchin deals/sale I'll have to disagree on that, the friend that bought from ibuypower had a EVGA 780i,x29800GTX,Thermaltake 850w,500gb hitachi and thermaltake case. He could have saved $300 dollars buying each one of those instead of buying it from a site. Yeah I guess you're right. I'm used to frys having bitchin deals on everything, even pre builts. A lot of pre builts are severely marked up (apple for one) Frys had a $600 orange pre built 6 core tower for $600 something on financing. 6 cores are still $200-$300 + Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this, but if the prices match, I would go with pre-built with warranty. "he bought it 2 years ago when all the stuff was released" So was it marked up or was that the average price of each component at the time? A little markup is ok. $300 is obviously not! Edited December 2, 2010 by casemods Quote i suck men dry...email me for details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammitch0 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 I'm selling my PC for $400 just the tower: 2GB DDR2 Corsair XMS X2 3800+ AM2 @ 2.6ghz HD3850 256MB @ 700/1000 /w aftermarket Zalman cooler Two Western Digital 160GB SATA drives. Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Upgradable motherboard (to AM2+/Diff Card/2GB more RAM) I'll sell it for $400 I build it, runs great wont play anygame to date maxed out but will play Crysis @ 1440x900 Gamer with 30fps. I'll throw in my Widescreen 19" Samsung LCD for an extra $100 so $500 for my system with Logitech 5.1 Surround Speakers/Mouse/Keyboard. Quote Grand Cherokee Team Backwoods Bumpers DC 15" Level 3's /w 4 Coils Pioneer deh4200ub Pioneer 3-ways Pioneer Tweeters Pioneer GM-D9500F Audiopipe 1500.1D @ 14.4v Clarion Equalizer Knuconeptz Kollosus 0ga Knuconpetz Kollosus 4ga Coming Soon: 270xp / xs1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmedina Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 arite thanks everyone. it really helps. im just gonna compare prices and look around. if i find a nice prebuild one them im going for one because i kinda dont feel like doing all that labor lol but and got a monitor for sale? maybe a 20" or around that size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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