ABS PC

[Johnny7185]

what do you guys think about this rig:
http://www.abspc.com/awesome_3500.asp
i will be putting another stick of 512 ram in it and a GeForceFX 5700 ultra. Seems like a good deal to me.

 

[Johnny7185]

 

[Special1Sauce]

9/10 people on this board are going to say Build your own rig. Its not that hard really. But if you must that rig will do fine but the gfx card might not

 

[DaveSimmons]

I haven't looked through all their choices, but FYI if your main need for speed is for gaming:
- an Athlon A64 3000+ is as fast or faster than a P4 3.2C depending on the game
- for a P4 I'd rather have an intel chipset (i865 or i875) than the SiS chipset of the mobo in your link
- if you read the Anandtech fall video card roundup, spending an extra $66 to move from the fx5700 up to the 9800 pro is a very good idea

 

[Ardan]

Its true, most will say to build your own machine. However it doesn't really matter when it comes to ABS. ABS makes some GREAT computers and they are the parent company of Newegg as well. I would know, because I have configured two ABS machines for relatives and they work great. One was a 1.2Ghz AMD Athlon (Thunderbird Core) and the other was a Pentium 4 2.2Ghz (Northwood Core) and they both run great...without a hiccup or anything. They are also known for being very fast, and many magazines love their service and prices. It isn't as easy as we think when it comes to building your own PC. I'd imagine an expert at rebuilding carburetors might think that there is nothing to it, but everyone else will think it is complicated .

SiS-based? The motherboard in that spec is an ASUS 848P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "P4P800S" -RETAIL. That isn't an SiS motherboard, it even says so in the detailed specs. I think your choice is just fine. I don't know what the purpose of your machine is, but you can rest assured that it will fit the bill for the task. However, I would choose an Athlon 64 system myself. I have dealt with ABS PC many times, as I have said, and they are very good at what they do. Go for a system from them...I assure you that you will not be disappointed.

The P4S800 is an SiS chipset, but the P4P800S is Intel.

 

[Johnny7185]

thanks, great help

 

[DaveSimmons]

> The P4S800 is an SiS chipset, but the P4P800S is Intel.

d'oh! misread it as P4S not P4P-S. It's a slower single-channel Intel 848P instead of dual-channel i865 / i875 but the benchmarks here AnandTech review say it's at most 5% slower in gaming.

 

[Snoop]

ABS makes awesome PC's. I reccomend them to anyone who doesnt want to spend the time building a custom rig.

 

[Budmantom]

Good company they are part of Nutrend PC and Newegg.

 

[InlineFive]

Your Computer > ABS > Dell

However ABS is supposed to have good service as it is the parent company of NewEgg and we all know NewEgg's service!

-Por