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Known highly compatible clone custom build help

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Kintoun02

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Far as I can remember all my custom builds result in some instability or issue from the get go. I usually buy cutting edge of each component and assemble them. This time around however I just want a KNOWN good rock solid PC build where all the parts are highly compatible. However I've found this really hard to search for since I'm looking for high compatibility and stability not cutting edge.

The usual info:
PC used for high end gaming. Unlimited budget. Buying from US. Intel CPU only, 2 pieces I want to keep are my new vid card - GTX 780 link and SSD - 840 EVO 1TB link. Everything else I will be replacing. Yes I want to OC, however I've rarely pulled off any sort of OC successfully due to laziness of troubleshooting hardware issues. I game at 2560x1400 60 FPS. Building it ASAP. No plan to SLI. Ideally keep heat low since I hate a hot room.

Are there any websites that have this sort of information so I can research this myself in the future? Thank you for your help!
 
Kintoun02 said:
I'm looking for high compatibility and stability not cutting edge.

The usual info:
PC used for high end gaming. Unlimited budget.
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You want something you know will work, and you're willing to pay for it? Then buy a pre-built system, such as from Dell's Alienware division. Or buy from a boutique builder - AnandTech sometimes reviews such systems.

Kintoun02 said:
I want to keep...my new vid card - GTX 780.... Yes I want to OC.... Ideally keep heat low since I hate a hot room.
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Power = heat. I don't see a way for you to get both. Oh, and you won't get guaranteed stability unless you let the manufacturer do the overclocking for you.
 
Are you guys being serious about Alienware or just trolling? I thought Dell (Alienware) cheaped out on parts like memory and mobo?
 
Kintoun02 said:
Are you guys being serious about Alienware or just trolling? I thought Dell (Alienware) cheaped out on parts like memory and mobo?
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I was certainly serious. It's true that Dell (Alienware) cheaps out on parts like memory and mobo. But they can still be more reliable than building yourself. How?

Every component has a rate of failure. Some bad components slip out into the marketplace because it's not cost-effective to find all the bad ones. Plus, you can damage a component installing it. Suppose every component has a 10% rate of failure, whether from defects or installation issues. (This is probably an exaggeration, but bear with me.) That means each component has a 90% chance of working perfectly. But you have lots of components in your computer: 1 mobo, 1 CPU, 2 sticks of RAM, 2 drives, 1 power supply, 1 case, and 1 graphics card. That's 9 components. The probability that at least one component will fail is 1-(.9^9), or 61%!

Now, and OEM, like Alienware, puts all these components together for you and does some tests, making their system failure rate more like one individual component's failure rate, e.g. 10%. They would have to get some really bad products and do bad testing to get the failure rate up to 61%. Plus they have one all-encompassing warranty for their product, so if any part breaks they'll fix it.

That link wabbitslayer gave you, to http://www.falcon-nw.com/ ? That's one of those boutique builders I mentioned. They use better components, and may test better, but since they're smaller there's also a greater chance that they'll go out of business. I don't know most boutique builders specifically, so I couldn't tell you which ones are most likely to stick around.
 
Ken g6 said:
That link wabbitslayer gave you, to http://www.falcon-nw.com/ ? That's one of those boutique builders I mentioned. They use better components, and may test better, but since they're smaller there's also a greater chance that they'll go out of business. I don't know most boutique builders specifically, so I couldn't tell you which ones are most likely to stick around.
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I think Falcon NW has been around since 2000-ish. At least, they've been around for quite a while, I think longer than CyberPowerPC. I could be wrong though.
 
VirtualLarry said:
I think Falcon NW has been around since 2000-ish. At least, they've been around for quite a while, I think longer than CyberPowerPC. I could be wrong though.
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Falcon Northwest is the grandaddy of all boutique PC builders. I remember really wanting one of their PC's every since I saw the ads in PC Gamer in the 90's.

According to Wikipedia, they were founded in '92.
 
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