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Hi guys,
I've held out for the last round of graphic card refreshes and Sandybridge and, finally, the wait is almost over. With that in mind I'm just curious when new pre-built systems are likely to appear on your site including Sandybridge chips (e.g. week/month/6months after launch)?
If they're likely to be in the distant future, what kinda fee do you guys charge to do a custom build (and test) pre-shipping? I've done the self-assembly thing in the past (with your competitors) and have had extremely poor luck with one part being bad but not knowing which and so ending up in a (lengthy) return for test & wait cycle.
Current system:
1. Air cooled
2. E8600 (stock, not OC)
3. 8GB memory
4. ATI 4800x2
5. Coolermaster Cosmos case
Based on the above I'd be looking for a full new system with:
1. Air cooling again. I'd go full liquid (i.e. incl GPU block) or full air, dont really fancy a half&half. Given that shipping would be to Ireland I don't think this is a runner - the weight of the blocks in a pre-built system would be... unhealthy in transit to say the least.
2. New Sandybridge chip, price will dictate which.
3. I wouldn't go for less memory, more is okay though.
4. At least a GeForce 580 or comparable ATI card.
5. Ideally something smaller than the Cosmos, but I realise the length of the graphics card/heatsink for CPU if OCed would be an issue.
6. Would like to try an SSD, so say 120+GB Vertex/similar. Would probably throw in a few regular HDs also.
7. I would like to think it'd be standard on new mobos, but USB3 would be a nice-to-have also.
I realise the above is quite vague, which is why I'm interested to know when new pre-built offerings will arrive.. ballpark will do
Thanks.
I've held out for the last round of graphic card refreshes and Sandybridge and, finally, the wait is almost over. With that in mind I'm just curious when new pre-built systems are likely to appear on your site including Sandybridge chips (e.g. week/month/6months after launch)?
If they're likely to be in the distant future, what kinda fee do you guys charge to do a custom build (and test) pre-shipping? I've done the self-assembly thing in the past (with your competitors) and have had extremely poor luck with one part being bad but not knowing which and so ending up in a (lengthy) return for test & wait cycle.
Current system:
1. Air cooled
2. E8600 (stock, not OC)
3. 8GB memory
4. ATI 4800x2
5. Coolermaster Cosmos case
Based on the above I'd be looking for a full new system with:
1. Air cooling again. I'd go full liquid (i.e. incl GPU block) or full air, dont really fancy a half&half. Given that shipping would be to Ireland I don't think this is a runner - the weight of the blocks in a pre-built system would be... unhealthy in transit to say the least.
2. New Sandybridge chip, price will dictate which.
3. I wouldn't go for less memory, more is okay though.
4. At least a GeForce 580 or comparable ATI card.
5. Ideally something smaller than the Cosmos, but I realise the length of the graphics card/heatsink for CPU if OCed would be an issue.
6. Would like to try an SSD, so say 120+GB Vertex/similar. Would probably throw in a few regular HDs also.
7. I would like to think it'd be standard on new mobos, but USB3 would be a nice-to-have also.
I realise the above is quite vague, which is why I'm interested to know when new pre-built offerings will arrive.. ballpark will do
Thanks.
They arent too good.
