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iBuyPower a good brand name for desktops?
Hey guys, I had never seen iBuyPower before I started shopping around for a new gaming desktop. I found one at Costco with ridiculous specs for the price: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=1...
It's no question that the specs are good, but is the brand name good? I don't want it to break like 3 days after I buy it and have the customer service just blow me off. If not, what are some better options for the gaming desktop market that have the price-to-quality ratio similar to this one.
Wow, thank you second answerer, that's easily one of the best answers to any question I've ever asked. See the problem is that when I look into all the parts of building a PC, it comes out to be like only $30 less than the pre-built one, unlike what most people say. Am I missing something here?
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes they're decent. Personally I would always suggest building your own though for less. And use a Core i5 2500K over the 2600
EDIT: You can build one yourself with a 2500K ($80 LESS THAN THE 2600) ...overclock it to over 4 ghz, and put the extra $80 into a better video card like the 570 GTX, and you'll have a better machine
- m8xpayneLv 710 years ago
The parts that are used in an iBuyPower PC are far better than what you would ever find in HP, Dell. IBuyPower uses the same parts custom builder use and these are the high quality parts that are found on newegg. So, that PC's quality will meet or exceed that of an Apple or Alienware. If you can build it yourself, you will probably be better off.
In addition to that, I would make an attempt to go to ibuypower's site and see what exact parts are used in that PC. Although the 800w power supply sounds nice, iBuypower has been know to use cheaper power supplies. Overall, that's an excellent deal for a prebuilt PC and I doubt you will find a better deal on a premade PC anywhere else. I would take that ibuypower PC over an Alienware anyday.
iBuyPower's customer service isn't known to be the best around. However, Costco does give you a 2 year warranty on electronics that are purchased in their store. Costco does take very good care of their customers.
- NexLv 710 years ago
They're decent but really not the best, if u want the best performance for price you should just order all the parts (for example from newegg) and assemble it yourself. Overclocking is not hard either assuming that you invest in a good heatsink and read the manuals.
The one you are looking at has a i7-2600 processor, they have locked multipliers meaning that they cannot be overclocked freely. It will only reach like 3.4 or 3.7 ghz or whatever the turbo mode is on them.
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- Anonymous5 years ago
Microtel, haven't heard of, probably small "beige box" manufacturer. I might rate them C, if they are a good business. Asus - B+, maybe A. HP -B, because of the Compaq that led them to mediocre consumer machines, rather than pretty solid corporate type machines, like Lenovo (which I rate as A) does. Gateway - C - They are a division of Acer now, which I overall rate as C iBuypower and Cyberpower, I don't know too much, but they get talk, so I will rate each B. Dell is A-.
