This a good pc to buy.?

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#1 bavmanthe3
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found this cool site called ibuypower.com and i check around and its a pretty legit site according to all forums ive looked on. Ive been looking for a new pc so i built one on here for $1370 which is fairly cheap (labor comes out to almost nothing if i build it myself). I was just wondering if this is a good build for a price and whether or not the company does a good job making the pcs. Here are the specs for it: Case - cheap one? Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7 930 Processor (4x 2.8GHz/8MB L3 Cache) ) Processor Cooling ( [Free Upgrade] Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 120mm Radiator [SOCKET-1366] ) Memory ( 6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1333 - Corsair or Major Brand ** FREE Upgrade to Corsair XMS3 Dominator ** ) Video Card ( ATI Radeon HD 5770 - 1GB - CrossFire Mode (Dual Cards) ) Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA ) Motherboard ( ASUS P6T SE ) Power Supply ( 700 Watt -- Power Supply - SLI Ready ) Primary Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Dual 500GB Drives (1TB Capacity) - RAID 0 High Performance ) Optical Drive ( 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black ) Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard ) Advanced Build Options ( Tuniq TX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound - The best interface between your CPU and the heatsinks ) Advanced Build Options ( iBUYPOWER Specialized Advanced Packaging System - Protect your investment during transportation! ) Doesnt come with a monitor, so i'll probably have to drop $200 or so on a 22'' monitor

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#2 GTR12
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No point crossfiring 5770's, get a single 5870.

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#3 bavmanthe3
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No point crossfiring 5770's, get a single 5870.

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Whats the difference? I really dont know too much about graphics cards, but its about $100 for the 5870 than 2 5770's
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#4 GTR12
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Crossfire/SLI means putting 2 cards into the computer, and both of them distributing the work evenly. Now the 5770 is a great card for its price, but it is on the lower end of the scale, when looking at "high performance cards"

Crossfire/SLI can also be sometimes be a pain in some games to get working. So just consider the single 5870 for now or a 5970 (2 5850's on 1 PCB), and consider going crossfire when the price drops.

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#5 bavmanthe3
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well im just looking to play call of duty mw 2, or similar games, and i guess atleast 30fps is good right, 1920x1080? What graphics card would work decently for me? i really dont know much about them, but im probably not gonna be playing crysis. Thanks for the help guys
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#6 smc91352
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a single 5770 should handle mw2:[spoiler] . [/spoiler] also, if you don't mind the pixel:size ratio, my monitor recommendation.
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#7 RayvinAzn
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I'd try to get an HD5850. Should be around the same price or cheaper than those Crossfire HD5770's. And I don't care for IBuyPower or CyberPowerPC (same company) much. I'd go with AVA Direct if I were you. Never trust a website that lists generic stuff as part of your "customization".
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#8 Obiwan_1O
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I just got a cyberpowerpc and its great got it in less than 2 weeks all neatley packed up with good packaging and good wiring pluged it in and went and blew crysis away with my 5830