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[BrianG]

Has anyone heard of ibuypower.com? Some of their stuff looks too flashy for me, but their prices are about on par with OEM companies like Dell, HP, etc, but use brand-name parts. Also, their selections are MUCH larger. Just wondering if anyone had bought from them before...

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Has anyone heard of ibuypower.com? Some of their stuff looks too flashy for me, but their prices are about on par with OEM companies like Dell, HP, etc, but use brand-name parts. Also, their selections are MUCH larger. Just wondering if anyone had bought from them before...

I believe Chris (Krawlin') has..
I'll tell him to check the thread out..

Last I recall he had a "Core 2 Extreme", nVidia GTX295, 6GB RAM, and that's all I've heard.
It's mostly just a few things here and there, never actually asked the specifics..

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I've heard the fairshare of people complaining about iBuyPower, and people who praised them.
I guess it really depends.
If you're really looking for a cheap system, why not just space out the purchases, since BF (Black Friday) is coming up, pick up a few parts now, and get the expensive stuff later.

Or check out TigerDirect, I know they're known for their barebone kits, I think my friend picked up a kit for around $400 which consisted of an AMD Phenom II SixCore, Some Gigabyte Mobo, OCZ 4GB Gold, TB of HD, and some other small things..

I picked up my quad core system (the entire thing) for roughly under $300, but that was because I bought everything at once.
I got the mobo/cpu combo for roughly under a hundred, memory for another hundred, VGA was about $50 give or take (Gotta love bestbuy gift cards), PSU was roughly $60 (ehhh... Not the best, cheap PSU since I don't have anything amazing that is a power hog), and the misc. for under $75...

I know if I waited, could've gotten the memory a lot cheaper, probably a nicer PSU, better, nicer case, and a nice score on the graphics..

[Krawlin]

I built (online) and purchased a computer from ibuypower. I think it's been like 3 years now since I bought my computer from them, but overall it was a good experience. Fairly fast shipping, they had everything ready and put together and shipped to me within a little over a week. At the time I paid up the ass for what would now probably be considered just above a decent gaming computer, and I don't game, I just wanted something with alot of power that would last me a long time.

Personally, I'd just go with Newegg, buy all the parts and build it yourself, seems to be the cheapest option these days.