Custom Built PC Site Reccomendations?

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I'm going to be seeking a custom built gaming PC soon and I know there's a ton of websites out there that offer custom building a system. Im just wondering what some people think are some really good sites that theyve used to get their killer systems.

Im looking more for good prices then the most bleeding edge Graphics cards and CPUs (Im not lookin to shell out 4 grand for a machine, so I wouldnt be getting anything bleeding edge anyways).

And lots of case/cooling options are a big plus too.


Thanks in advance! I've never been very hardware oriented, so I'm unfortunately not skilled enough to build my own machine =/
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Give www.ibuypower.com a try. I haven't used them myself, but I kind of regret not having done so.

I bought my current machine about a year ago (meaning it's about a year out of date) which is a Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 with a GeForce 7600GS. I actually bought it from HP because at the time I didn't know about Ibuypower and didn't want to buy individual components from Newegg and put them together myself.

I discovered Ibuypower after I bought my new PC. I got a decent deal from HP but for the same money I could have had the same machine with the Geforce 7900GS instead of the 7600GS. Oh well. Live and learn. However the biggest thing I would have saved is that HP bundles it's machines with tons of crapware that I spent quite a bit of time stripping off my PC whereas from Ibuypower you basically get a vanilla OEM restore disk.

Anyway they have configurators for Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Quad Core, AMD Athlon 64 X2 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 CrossFire systems. They take you through all of your options from case, PSU, CPU & Cooling, Motherboard, RAM, Video, Hard Drives, CD/DVD, etc. Plus you can get it without an OS or with Home/Business/Ultimate Vista or with Home/Professional/Media Center XP. My personal recommendation is still XP Pro, but to each his own.

As far as system recommendations I wouldn't hazard a guess since my experience is about a year old at this point. Good Luck. :)