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[Smithnweson]

Quantum SHIFT Xeon - MAINGEAR

[Tim]

If I had a dime for every website that had the "fastest" PC a person could buy

Really the most important thing, and the ONLY important thing, when you buy a computer from a company is support. The company must have an extensive track record of fully supporting their MOST EXPENSIVE sold hardware. Otherwise, you should always pass. This is why you never want to buy from a new company, or a company whereas a broken top end line PC would be unaffordable for them to fix.

Support should mean this: You have problem, you call them up, they ship you new hardware.

Support is not this: You have a problem, you call them up, you work endlessly to try and fix things, you wait for support escalation, you try new things, you wait for support to call you back, etc.

Also for the record, Xeon processors are not good for gaming. 2x top end Xeons are less than 1x i7 980EE.

[pinki104]

ouch that comp is expensive for what u get, all my specs are better apart from the gcard and it was much less

[Tim]

I think it is ok to pay more, as long as the support is ironclad and proven.

If my $5000 PC turns into a lump of coal, I want a brand new one immediately, and I want the company who I bought it for to absorb any ache and pain and not pass it onto me.

Otherwise, I would just build my own.

[Kensik]

the computer i have right now is a dell ( i know dell) but i got a good deal. anyway i have only had 1 prob that is when my 2 12" fans got stuck on 100% speed and my computer sounded like a jet takeing off. i called dell was on the phone for like 5 min the guy said ok we cant fix that over the phone and just sent me a band new pc. this was almost 1.5 years after i had bought it. from all the crap dell gets i have not seen it maby im just lucky.

[Ualaa]

My friendly local store has what they call an IPR policy. If something goes, through normal use or is bad to begin with, you get Instant Product Replacement. Sure you probably end up paying a little bit more for that service than buying the parts yourself. But if you want a warranty, that is pretty good. If the part is not available anymore, they even give you the next card/processor up from whatever you bought that they have in store.

Balance that against buying the product yourself, doing all the installation on your own... and saving a third of the cost. Just depends on which is more important to you, the four year warranty (my local store) or saving a big chunk of cash.

I've gone with both routes.

[Tim]

I personally would love to pay a company extra $$$ if they handled a new system of mine, did all the overclocking, made it rock hard stable, and gave me instant replacements. I'd be willing to pay $500+ over OEM pricing for something like that for sure.

Sometimes personally, I rather avoid the hassle, but I don't want to get shafted in the sack if something should break.