Alpha2004 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 (edited) I have had a dell xps t750r system for the past 5 years. As time went by, I could play less and less new games, and I missed out on a lot of opportunities. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to get a new computer. Basically, I needed something fast, with a good graphics card...and it needed to be priced very well, because I was on a very tight budget. I decided to try my luck with Cyberpower (www.cyberpowerinc.com) I ordered the following custom system: Xblade Mid tower case Samsung ts-h522b 16x dvd+-r/+-rw +cd-r/rw dual layer Anthlon 64 3200 939 pin 6 in 1 media card reader 1.44mb floppy drive 120gb seagate 7200 rpm sata 8mb cache 150 Free half life 2 coupon keyboard mouse 939 socket gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 nforce4 mobo 512mb pc3200 geil value ram geforce 6600 card (pic-express) The total price of this computer (shipped) came out to be 810 dollars. Great price. Here is a pic of what their online order system looks like: One day after ordering, I checked out their rating on resellerating.com Needless to say, it didnt look too good...there were a lot of unhappy people. I got really nervous after this, and I even thought about cancelling my order. I took the advice of some people on Neowin, and decided to let the order go through. In roughly around 1 week, I had my pc. Fast building and shipping I must admit. The pc came very well packaged, and they even included the original 6600 graphics card box. I was amazed at how beautiful it was! Check out the comparison between my old and new pc: After peeking around the comuters insided, I noticed something. Most of the cables were branded asus...and I was impressed. However, there were 2 things that were bothering me. First of all, the ram was not geil...it was Infineon (the people accussed of hiking ram prices). Second of all, the hard drive was not a seagate. That made me mad. The hd they put in is a hitachi (who took over ibms hd division). Whatever...no big deal. When I turned off the computer, I noticed that the mouse was still glowing. I found out later on that this is common with the new types of mobos (ps2 power being sent after shutdown). In order to try and get this fixed, I plugged the mouse into the usb port, and left the keyboard in ps2. After restarting the pc, the mouse worked fine...but the ps2 keyboard had a hardware issue....so I put everything back to ps2 setup. Software: Bundled with the pc came splinter cell pandora tomorrow and prince of persia sands of time, along with a free half life 2 coupon, the leadtek nvidia cd and the samsung dvdrw cd. I couldnt be more happy :) When I tried to install windvd that came bundled with the samsung cd...the key provided was read as invalid. Err.... Anyways... I installed pcmark, 3dmark 03 and 05 Here are my scores: Pcmark04:3724 3dmark03:4784 3dmark05:1855 These scores are as expected. After all the useless e-penor benchmarking, I fired up unreal tournament 2004. What a game....so smooth...so fast...so beautiful. After playing a few rounds of assault, I exited. To a bsod. This continued to happen over 4 more times till I couldnt take it any more. Searching the internet, I found out that this was a driver bug in the 66.93 nvida crapware drivers. It had to do with a sp2 buffer overflow protection scheme (dep) or something...that conflicted with the drivers... Heres the thread that enlightened me: http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=153424 So I went ahead and installed the 71.20 beta drivers...and they work flawlessly. The newest drivers are 71.81 and some devs have access to 71.83 In regards to cpu temp, the computer idles around 27 degrees celcius, according to the lcd indicator. Its safe to assume the actual idle temperature is 32 degrees. I have played ut2004, tribes vengeance, ground control 2, warhammer 40k, doom 3, chronicles of riddick, and farcry on this pc. Everything has played smooth and wonderful at max settings (1024 x 768), with the exception of chronicles of riddick (I had to turn the shader model level to a lower level, because it was playing too slow) Conclusion: I have had no major problems with this computer...only minor quirks. Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my order from Cyberpower. They have created a slick machine for a great price. Recommended Pros: Great Price Fast build time Fast shipping Good software included Good parts Fast pc Cons: 6 in 1 not plugged in Missing mobo cd! Lack of documentation Not informed about automatic fan control Some parts are different than what I ordered Score: 88 % More pics: Edited February 21, 2005 by Alpha2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IK47 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 price? 585513542[/snapback] "939 socket gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 nforce4 mobo 512mb pc3200 geil value ram geforce 6600 card (pic-express) The total price of this computer (shipped) came out to be 810 dollars. Great price. Here is a pic of what their online order system looks like:" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 $810 USD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted February 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 22, 2005 they are a pretty decent company, i used to sell parts to them, and i've been to their shop. glad you seem happy with everything. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkv Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 i also have a system from cyberpower good system but pathetic ,PATHETIC support it took over 3 hrs to finally hear a voice tellin me to wait some more. so if u know how to work and fix ur comp on ur own then no probs. they sent me a bad memory stick which they replaced promptly(i had to pay for shipping) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted February 23, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 23, 2005 thanks for the review. I'm probably going to buy an almost barebones system from them soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hmmm. Sounds fishy. If I order GeIL RAM & a Seagate Hd, id expect them. Also regarding the Driver CD, thats poor. Maybe a one off though. Would put me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raider360 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 "939 socket gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 nforce4 mobo512mb pc3200 geil value ram geforce 6600 card (pic-express) The total price of this computer (shipped) came out to be 810 dollars. Great price. 585513551[/snapback] This price is really nice. Nice review ;) p.s. DVD drive in this case looks better when it silver, not white :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) i also have a system from cyberpower good system but pathetic ,PATHETIC support it took over 3 hrs to finally hear a voice tellin me to wait some more. so if u know how to work and fix ur comp on ur own then no probs. they sent me a bad memory stick which they replaced promptly(i had to pay for shipping) 585518393[/snapback] Thankfully, I dont have any major issues lol :) I have yet to receive the mobo cd though... thanks for the review. I'm probably going to buy an almost barebones system from them soon. 585518402[/snapback] No problem. Just make sure you dont get their generic stuff Hmmm.Sounds fishy. If I order GeIL RAM & a Seagate Hd, id expect them. Also regarding the Driver CD, thats poor. Maybe a one off though. Would put me off. 585518444[/snapback] Well, the non geil ram was a bit of a disappointment, but I was pleasantly surprised when I put this hard drive to the test with HD Tach against a seagate barracuda. Its burst speed was better, and its sequential read speed was consistent This price is really nice.Nice review ;) p.s. DVD drive in this case looks better when it silver, not white :) 585520870[/snapback] Yah, I know...but the thing is that the case cover is closed most of the time so its no biggy. Btw, I played the crytech ati tech demo...and it went around 10fps. This shows that the graphics card is not all that...but Its decent. I also heard some bad stuff about the samsung that I bought...but personally I have burned over 10cds and 3 dvds and everything is fine (revision 4 firmware...not 6) Edited February 23, 2005 by Alpha2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 :no: Errr My dvdrw broke. Samsung... Only dvds work..cds cant be recognized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 No edit button... I called them regarding the dvd rw. I waited 30 minutes on the phone, and after 10 minutes of talking to tech support, tech support told me to rma the thing and they will send me another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted March 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 6, 2005 Im Loving the Case you have :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insoladation Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 thats really gay that the fan controller was a dummy id be like take your **** back cuz i want a FAN CONTROLLER!! for me thats a very important thing cuz i need it to be quiet when i sleep :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted March 8, 2005 Author Share Posted March 8, 2005 thats really gay that the fan controller was a dummy id be like take your **** back cuz i want a FAN CONTROLLER!! for me thats a very important thing cuz i need it to be quiet when i sleep :-) 585584547[/snapback] I can always software regulate it (i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tholek Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 I have the Aspire XBlade in black, and it's a great gaming case on a budget. :) Cyberpower apparently doesn't always send out what you ordered, as the same happened to me, and I have to get it resolved too. ALWAYS double check your invoice with what's in the box, and then with the order you placed. On a side note, and I'm not endorsing this, one of those referral based "free desktop" sites is offering a Cyberpower, although it's a lower-end system. (Same case though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotchaforce Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 that case is ugly :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 that case is ugly?:xx 585673786[/snapback] Hehe. Its really nice looking in real life. Pictures dont do it justice. But its all about preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 But its all about preference. Yeah. I personally prefer non-flashy cases such as my Antec Sonata. The only probs with my system right now are that the BFG Asylum card's HSF is freaking loud, louder than all the other fans combined and that the USB/audio ports don't always work :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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