Best custom computer site? I have 4 listed, you know more?

Hey, i dont want to be a mean jerk, but a few requests. A) Please dont delve far off topic, i'm begging for help not comments on other people's comments. B) Please dont get insulted by my having rules on a topic begging for YOUR help ^_^

Keeping in note counteracting other comments is alright, but useless tidbits are like when you keep on talking...And make the world more text polluted. =p. Save a pixel!

Ello! I'm looking for a custom computer site. So far i have found 4.

http://www.Ibuypower.com

http://www.maingear.com

http://www.pugetsystems.com (< Top for 'custom computer' google search)

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com

I'm trying to decide which has the best value/selection. Puget seems to best, but overpriced. I like ibuypower which had the biggest ads of all =D=D, and maingeer and cyberpowerpc i havnt investigated yet much (just found)

Do you know perhaps which is very good? Or which is known to be bad =p. Maybe you know other sites?

Oh, and sorry brits...I cant buy from co.uk. While you guys have the most magazines at the store detailing good custom computer sites you're also very expensive to ship from and overall royally overpriced! =p

I know you're all dieing to post things, dont be shy, i might not shoot you, common....^_^

Alienware owns if you have the cash for it

Alienware owns if you have the cash for it

There's nothing special about them.

Alienware also has THE WORST service record for customer support of ANY other manufacturer.

Actually. Quite a few people say they have good service, i believe thats an odd report. Unfornetly, while i do have the cash with a very large budget alienware have always been like a scaled down version of voodoo. Nice looking, but junk.

Nor are they custom computer makers. They are tweakable, like dell, but NOT custom.

One thing i feel is you cant base anything on individuals. I mean those are two people who had a BAD experience no good. Take rants forum on rs for instant. TONS of unhappy people, but then there are fiftyfold ingaming playing.

From what i read in various magazines and websites alienware scored decently high. I'm not saying they're still not a ripoff or anything, but they do have reasonable service.

Dell and Abs have had popular bad feedback (these were mostly reader polls) which draws concern because Dell bought Alienware recently for street cred

If you want the "best" custom computer website, find one that sells all the hardware seperately, and just pick and chose and assemble it yourself.

Plenty of them around. and there's a sticky for such things, iirc.

Edit: so it seems you've already read that list :-s What more is there to do?

If you need help with hardware and working out the best pc for your budget just ask, and people will provide you with that they come up.

From what i read in various magazines and websites alienware scored decently high. I'm not saying they're still not a ripoff or anything, but they do have reasonable service.

A 100% mark-up on the price isn't "reasonable service". Just a small example, to prove a friend of mine wrong, he gave me the specs for a $3800 Alienware machine off their website. The exact same machine (I'm not exagerating exact here, it was matched down to the model numbers on the parts), cost me under $2000 (after shipping too) off Newegg. He was rather glad he didn't order it after that.

You're paying for a name and that shiny injected plastic case. If you want service, go find your neighborhood geek. (S)he will gladly put together a machine that matches Alienwares specs, and it'll cost you several orders of magnitude less.

If you want the "best" custom computer website, find one that sells all the hardware seperately, and just pick and chose and assemble it yourself.

 

 

 

Plenty of them around. and there's a sticky for such things, iirc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit: so it seems you've already read that list :-s What more is there to do?

 

If you need help with hardware and working out the best pc for your budget just ask, and people will provide you with that they come up.

Advantages of custom computer site, warranty, and i wont screw it up. The only 'neighborhood geek' i know is Circuit City has some junk scam that cleans your computer with regular products regularly for a massive charge called the 'geek squad'. I don't live in the city...There aren't really neighborhoods, its house separated by house.

From what i read in various magazines and websites alienware scored decently high. I'm not saying they're still not a ripoff or anything, but they do have reasonable service.

 

 

 

A 100% mark-up on the price isn't "reasonable service". Just a small example, to prove a friend of mine wrong, he gave me the specs for a $3800 Alienware machine off their website. The exact same machine (I'm not exagerating exact here, it was matched down to the model numbers on the parts), cost me under $2000 (after shipping too) off Newegg. He was rather glad he didn't order it after that.

 

 

 

You're paying for a name and that shiny injected plastic case. If you want service, go find your neighborhood geek. (S)he will gladly put together a machine that matches Alienwares specs, and it'll cost you several orders of magnitude less.

Yes. I clarified that they're a ripoff. Everyone knows that, they do not however have a bad customer service record according the the multiple reviews and polls i've found from reliable services. I wasnt advocating the use of them, nor anything. Pleasssseeeeeeee dont get off topic!

Ok, i tried a setup for a special with some minor alterations (everything with a 'none' option so less work for me =p)

Gamer-Sli modified, only 90 dollars more then buying each seperate part off newegg, if i did it right. 90 dollars off of 1,500, with my planned spending of 2,000 isnt much.

+ I just realized i messed up bad. theres a 5% discount off all computers above 1,000 so its less then 90 dollars. + There are bonuses! Free games that are likeable. With such a close price, i *must* have mesed up :(

Advantages of custom computer site, warranty, and i wont screw it up.

Individual hardware warrenty > warrenty for entire pc. At least you don't lose the entire machine if someone has a problem. Also, you can upgrade all you like, and you don't lose your warrenty on anything ;)

Purchase online, it'll be delivered to your home, it's all self-explainitory how to assemble a computer. Read the instruction booklets - there for a reason. And most of it is common sense.

I agree with darkrick, my brother is a UBC tech student and started building computers ive had him build me about 3 computers and countless others and your always satisfied because you can build your computer to exactly what you need it for, if you have the knowledge your better off buying all the hardware sepperatley and assemple it.

Well,

Most custom sites will allow you to upgrade, but it makes the warrenty such that your upgrading, the upgraded part, and the effects of an upgraded part are not valid (damage to others ect).

And oftentimes the OS can be cheaper + reinstalled. If its only about 60 dollars with perks more then i might prefer that over putting together and installing OS. Yes, i'm lazy, but value my time.

I agree with darkrick, my brother is a UBC tech student and started building computers ive had him build me about 3 computers and countless others and your always satisfied because you can build your computer to exactly what you need it for, if you have the knowledge your better off buying all the hardware sepperatley and assemple it.

The thing is i evidently dont have the knowledge.... :oops: :roll: :P :cry: :)

Common sense works. Almost every system-critical piece of hardware will have instructions. Hence, you should read them. And the OS is a trivial issue, like 90% of your software. A lot of sites well software for cheap / almost wholesale prices.

And to reitterate again, if you build your own - it builds your knowledge, and that's less time spent hounding tech support about problems since you'll be capable of working them out and taking the necesary action :)

Sites like ibuypower let you customixze most parts with a decent selection. This makes me not have to worry about compatibility at all, which i like. I'm not sure how much i'd benefit from putting a computer together.

Keeping in mind i'm spending loads of time simply deciding on a blooody website, i'd be absolutely hopeless deciding on individual parts :s

Atm i'm mainly trying to find out how pricy/not pricy they are. I must be messing up because they are *not* notably more expensive then newegg. At one point with discount 5 dollars cheaper :s

if i were you i would just use dell, and pick everything you want

ppl say dell sucks, but i dont get how the sucks, all the really make are the cases

everthing esle is made by other companys

my dell was about 1100$, but i picked everthing in it

~Bmms

I've considered dell. Problem i find is they're very low quality. Sometimes you hear brilliant succeses, but altogether terrible customer support, and i dont trust a company that has so many customers, why do they need to care for another one? They're scaling down anyway.

Their customizability is somewhat low, only a few peices are customizable, they dont do AMD either :s

For a regular use computer i love them, cheap, efficient. For a gaming computer i want a company with a better more robust reputation

if you have some money to burn, you can get a falcon. there really cool and have great customer support http://www.falcon-nw.comwww.falcon-nw.com

Mm...They look so purdy.

Unfornetly somehow i'm guessing you're use of 'burn' is more literal then spend alot. I'm willing to spend 2,000 (500 for upgrades). But only willing to 'burn' a little. Looks are nice, but i'm not going to any computer, erm, parties so i really care for the computer more then chassis.

hmmm, then those sites you have listed look good or an apple with boot camp are really nice. my bro has one and he loves it http://www.apple.com

Apples are pretty and have a quality OS but the premium is not good, + i'll have to pay another 300 dollars for Windows Os + They have no good proccesers.

They're just not good for gaming. Even with bootcamp, just os isnt enough.

the apples come with intel prossers now.........

and if you dedacate most of the memory to windows usually you cant tell the diffrence but ya, for gaming only get a regular pc