Thinking of Getting a new machine, what do you think of this little monster?

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Newegg.com - CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2065LQ Phenom II X6 1090T(3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6850 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHzProcessor Main Features: 64 bit Six-Core ProcessorCache Per Processor: 6 x 512KB L2 CacheMemory: 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600Hard Drive: 1TB (1 x 1TB) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDDOptical Drive 1: 24X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer DriveGraphics: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB PCI Express Graphics
Also, has a decent 800W power supply, comes with windows 7 home 64bit and liquid cooling. I'm not a gamer, this is for SEO purposes.

What do you'all think? Anyone know a way of getting more power for near that price range? ($1-1.5k)
 


That's alot of power. Good price too. I would only consider if i was into PC gaming. I got a PS3 for that.
 
Computer looks good, but the question is, do you NEED all that power?

For example the six-core processor, unless you're doing heavy sound/video editing, you'd probably see much more performance in everyday tasks from a top-range i7 processor(Something like a sandy bridge maybe).

Same story with the RAM, do you really need 8GB, or are you just getting it because it's cool?
 
If I were to buy a new desktop today I'd want an SSD to run the primary OS along with a shiny new Sandy Bridge processor. Also in regards to PSUs, efficiency < wattage.
 
I have that chip, overclocks very well. Can easily get 4 GHz/core stable. Liquid cooling is the head scratcher though, why? You could get a good cpu fan/heatsink for about $80 and slap that bitch on there and it won't get close to overheating. However you may be able to push it a bit higher with liquid cooling assuming your processor will allow you too depends on the chip really.

The price is so so I think, could probably build it cheaper yourself, but nothing wrong spending a little extra to have it pre built.

Don't let others try and talk you down off six cores, I went from 4 to 6 and it's been great. I'm also normally multitasking like a bitch and this thing won't blink.
 
With the fast pace technology moves, it is always best to buy as much for the money you can. I purchased my PC almost 3 years ago and it is just now becoming the standard of processing and memory. So it will last me almost another 3 years before I know it must be replaced.

You may not be a gamer, but you may get into photo or video editing later (or just find a PC game you really like) and really wish you got more than "just the minimum".
 
I personally don't see enough power. Build it separately and STICK WITH INTEL, you won't regret it. Don't cheap out on the processor/motherboard. make sure you have good components as well via monitors etc..

P.S. INTEL SRSLY

http://www.maximumpc.com/best-of-the-best

checkout this one, but out of the game for a while, but maximumpc know's there shit, plus check there forums. Intel 3.4GHz Core i7-2600K FTW
 
Looks pretty sweet, have you ever built a machine before? If so you could easily build one with better components than what your going to wind up with here. Im sure your going wind up with cheap components for the price your paying. The 8gb of ram will be some cheap generic crap, probably have a cheap no name Motherboard, and hard drive. As someone mentioned before unless your doing some really heavy video editing or gaming you probably wont even begin to scratch the surface on the extra cores. Most programs wont even access over 4 gb of ram.
 
Jake232 said:
Computer looks good, but the question is, do you NEED all that power?

For example the six-core processor, unless you're doing heavy sound/video editing, you'd probably see much more performance in everyday tasks from a top-range i7 processor(Something like a sandy bridge maybe).

Same story with the RAM, do you really need 8GB, or are you just getting it because it's cool?
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Maybe it's just me but I need a lot of power just for multitasking. Having over 100 tabs open (many with lots of flash), Photoshop, 10-20 uBots, etc. all starts to add up. And I want things to be zippy/instant when I'm working.

I haven't bought a computer that powerful yet (especially since my current computer is a laptop) but my next one will definitely be at least that powerful. For people who spend 8+ hours/day working on their computer an extra $500 investment is well worth the small amounts of time you'll be saving here and there by having a really fast/powerful computer. I'm usually very frugal with my money but computers are never something to go cheap on.
 
You gonna SEO like a boss with all this hardware.

All joke aside, get 3 500 GB hdd instead of 1 TB and RAID the fuck out of them.

Having 1 big HD is utterly retarded.

edit: if you buy Windows 7 (rofl) at least get the pro/ultimate edition...
 
I bought one renently for about 800; its an i5, I don't have the exact specs but only thing I think it needs is an ssd. If you are going high end ssd is the way to go it will greatly improve things, that setup is no match for a normal hd honestly
 
Three things you need to find out, what MOBO does it have, what brand / grade is the ram and what brand / grade is the HDD.

I built my current system a little over a year ago for $1800

3 x 23" Monitors this was like $550 of the cost.

Intel Core 2 Quad
790i Ultra SLI Mobo
2 x GTX 260s in SLI
8GB of Corsair XMS2 ram
1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD
650W Power supply
DVD burner

Still runs like a champ, but I'm in need of a SSD... ooorrrr this Newegg.com - OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0120 PCI-E x4 120GB PCI Express MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
 
I also have that chip and it was actually really damn cheap. I did this upgrade a few months ago It only cost me $800 to upgrade from my current setup which was complete shit compared to this. My old computer used to take a LONG ass time to get stats from Market Samurai, now it does it pretty quickly.

Mobo, 2 sicks of ram, 2x ATI 5770 (roughly equivalent to 6850) and a bigger PSU is all I did to upgrade my computer, and I don't think I'll be upgrading for a while, besides RAM and a better video card if I can be bothered.

The 1090T pretty much the top of the range AMD processor out today, besides the 1100T that isn't all that much more powerful than the 1090T if overclocking is done. ATI/AMD builds give the best value for money IMO. I also agree about getting at least one SSD, make things a lot snappier. I think if you find a cheap option for it, you can't go wrong.
 
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