Is ABSPC.COM a good vendor to buy from?

[Ime]

Actually, I already ordered from them today, but I suppose I could cancel the order and get the same parts from Newegg for less.

Been years since I built a PC, and I'm new to SATA, PCI-E, etc.

Is ABSPC.COM a good company to order from? Or should I cancel the order now and build it myself?

 

[Nocturnal]

Try doing a search over at resellerratings.com.

 

[Ime]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Try doing a search over at resellerratings.com.

Thanks, I forgot about them.

Turns out ABS's parent company is Newegg, pretty sweet.

OK, well. Next question then... should I cancel the order with ABS and order my own parts? Looks like I'd save $400 by doing so... is SATA that much harder to set up than regular IDE?

 

[Nocturnal]

As long as you know what you're doing as far as if the computer attempts to turn on yet you get nothing on your monitor then I'd say yes, I'd look into building it yourself.

 

[savvy]

Yes, build yourself.

 

[Gondola71]

If you want a warranty, get pre-built.

Plus, ABS is overpriced. You can get the same PC from CyberpowerPC or iBuyPower for $200-300 less.

 

[Zepper]

Interesting - Newegg was spun off from ABS to bring their parts costs down and now the Egg is many times larger than ABS and the roles are reversed - ABS packages systems for the Egg... ABS once had a good rep - not any more.

.bh.

 

[sumyungai]

Originally posted by: Gondola71
If you want a warranty, get pre-built.

Plus, ABS is overpriced. You can get the same PC from CyberpowerPC or iBuyPower for $200-300 less.

CyberpowerPC aka iBuyPower's prices are great, but god help you if you ever need to call tech support or RMA. And you're very lucky if you get what you actually ordered and this is coming from first hand experience. With the aggrevation that I had to go through with them in the past, I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. But thanks to them, I started building my own computers.

 

[bob4432]

the pci-e and sata situation is just a form factor change, kind of like how isa went away on enthusiasts board and pci is it. now pci-e is replacing pci and agp slots, but there are still pci slots on the boards because for the most part only gpus are using pci-e. sata is extremely easy, no jumpers for the most part and a small cable, plus a lot of m/b still have ide connectors if that is your thing and 98%+ optical drives are pata....

if you have built a machine in the past you will be fine, just do some reading.