Is this computer any good??

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#1 Hercol
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I would never recommend buying a computer straight from the store, but this one looks pretty decent:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/ibuypower-ibuypower-gamer-desktop-computer-featuring-amd-fx-8150-processor-bb590-english-ibuypower-gamerbb590/10195364.aspx?path=ad555e7e7e0eac51dde55f759a3b3104en02

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#2 ionusX
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not for $900. even if you didnt want to assemble it all yourself you can get a decent machine from tiger direct and swap two parts for less and curb stomp that thing.

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#3 MonsieurX
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Not really impressed. http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/7ies + http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7168004&SRCCODE=SHOPBOT&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB5_BfCjCVqHCjCdwwp = tons better.
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#4 jok3r39
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you can just buy a better pc with this budget

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#5 kraken2109
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Not a good deal.

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#6 Blistrax
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Yeah, nah. Listen to MonsieurX. Best Buy put inferior parts in a slick-looking case and called it a gamer PC, but it is only like an upper-mid-level gaming rig. M. X's rig is like lower-top-level, which is what you get for that money.
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#7 MonsieurX
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Yeah, nah. Listen to MonsieurX. Best Buy put inferior parts in a slick-looking case and called it a gamer PC, but it is only like an upper-mid-level gaming rig. M. X's rig is like lower-top-level, which is what you get for that money. Blistrax
Lower-top? 2500k + 560 ti is low-top? :P
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#8 brownstephen259
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i would not buy that thing at all go look at newegg or find parts to build a computer there oh one more site http://us.ncix.com/
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[QUOTE="Blistrax"]Yeah, nah. Listen to MonsieurX. Best Buy put inferior parts in a slick-looking case and called it a gamer PC, but it is only like an upper-mid-level gaming rig. M. X's rig is like lower-top-level, which is what you get for that money. MonsieurX
Lower-top? 2500k + 560 ti is low-top? :P

Yeah. Where would you put it? I mean, it's a rough scale, but my rig is mid-top, a 2011 mobo with GTX 580 SLI is upper top, and anything more than that gets into the extreme category. The 560Ti is the least card you can get that can max most games, so it is just into the top category. I just now made the scale up, by the way. Do you like it? Low, mid, top and extreme categories, each subdivided into low, mid and top.
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[QUOTE="MonsieurX"][QUOTE="Blistrax"]Yeah, nah. Listen to MonsieurX. Best Buy put inferior parts in a slick-looking case and called it a gamer PC, but it is only like an upper-mid-level gaming rig. M. X's rig is like lower-top-level, which is what you get for that money. Blistrax
Lower-top? 2500k + 560 ti is low-top? :P

Yeah. Where would you put it? I mean, it's a rough scale, but my rig is mid-top, a 2011 mobo with GTX 580 SLI is upper top, and anything more than that gets into the extreme category. The 560Ti is the least card you can get that can max most games, so it is just into the top category. I just now made the scale up, by the way. Do you like it? Low, mid, top and extreme categories, each subdivided into low, mid and top.

How'd you rate me? :P
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#11 Blistrax
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[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="Blistrax"][QUOTE="MonsieurX"] Lower-top? 2500k + 560 ti is low-top? :P

Yeah. Where would you put it? I mean, it's a rough scale, but my rig is mid-top, a 2011 mobo with GTX 580 SLI is upper top, and anything more than that gets into the extreme category. The 560Ti is the least card you can get that can max most games, so it is just into the top category. I just now made the scale up, by the way. Do you like it? Low, mid, top and extreme categories, each subdivided into low, mid and top.

How'd you rate me? :P

Middle mid---the card's holding you just below upper middle. You were a beast not that long ago, remember? I ran a rig a lot like that for a while---Phenom 9950BE and a 280.
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[QUOTE="Blistrax"][QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="Blistrax"] Yeah. Where would you put it? I mean, it's a rough scale, but my rig is mid-top, a 2011 mobo with GTX 580 SLI is upper top, and anything more than that gets into the extreme category. The 560Ti is the least card you can get that can max most games, so it is just into the top category. I just now made the scale up, by the way. Do you like it? Low, mid, top and extreme categories, each subdivided into low, mid and top.

How'd you rate me? :P

Middle mid---the card's holding you just below upper middle. You were a beast not that long ago, remember? I ran a rig a lot like that for a while---Phenom 9950BE and a 280.

Still maxing most games :P
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#13 scotyrock67
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if you had a choice of one of these computers for a 10 year old which one would you choose; ibuypower intelcore i5-3570 3.4 ghz 16 GB of memory 2.0 tb harddrive or ibuypower amd fx-8150 3.6 ghz bluray 16 gb memory 2.0 tb harddrive? IT'S FOR HIS 11th BIRTHDAY.. THANK YOU
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#14 MonsieurX
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if you had a choice of one of these computers for a 10 year old which one would you choose; ibuypower intelcore i5-3570 3.4 ghz 16 GB of memory 2.0 tb harddrive or ibuypower amd fx-8150 3.6 ghz bluray 16 gb memory 2.0 tb harddrive? IT'S FOR HIS 11th BIRTHDAY.. THANK YOUscotyrock67
Neither. And don't b ump old threads
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Please don't bump old threads, if you need advice just make a new one.