PC Koubou offers up a gaming rig on the cheap

Sure, PC Koubou's new Amphis MT729C2D-NV8 isn't going to give you the same blazing performance as a Crossfire- or SLI-equipped machine, but at only €1,100 ($1,445), you're also entering a price range that the Alienwares, Voodoos, and XPS's of the world don't even attempt to approach. Still, don't think you're being saddled with crappy components here: this Vista-powered machine sports a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo E6600, your choice of a 320MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS or 768MB GeForce 8800 GTX, either 2GB or 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, and six USB 2.0 ports. Of course the down side is that you're gonna have to hoof it over to Japan to pick one of these up, but hey, you really deserve a vacation anyway.

[omegamerc @ Feb 23rd 2007 11:43AM]

It's gonna suck when you buy it and it doesn't boot up to include any RAM.

[Kev50027 @ Feb 23rd 2007 12:16PM]

Damn, that's a good deal! I just spent $4,000+ on a Quad Core 2.66 Ghz 2 GB RAM 8800GTX 1150 GB desktop gaming rig, and that one almost meets my specs for less than half the price. And I thought my gaming rig was a good deal.

By the way I got it from Cyberpower. Spec out the same machine from Dell or Alienware and it's over 1,000 more.

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 23rd 2007 12:29PM]

Of course it is $1000 more from Dell or Alienware. Dell's support is absolutely horrible, but compared to Cyberpower, they give the customer white glove treatment. You might as well just build the PC yourself and rely on the individual warranties of the different components, as that is probably going to be more effective that relying on an CyberPower warranty. And it will be even cheaper.

[David @ Feb 23rd 2007 12:57PM]

i built a machine with a athlon fx-62, 2 gigs of ram, and a 8800GTX... for about 2 grand... i mean, sure i salvaged some 80gig SATA drives from my old comp, and my optical drives... but wow... shouldn't cost anywhere near that much... my 24'' monitor was 700... that was a chunk there.

[LoganT @ Feb 23rd 2007 1:08PM]

Yes, because CyberPower PC is such a great company. If you want good computer deals, go with AVA Direct.

[Kev50027 @ Feb 23rd 2007 1:51PM]

I don't care about the warranty, I'm a nerd, I can handle the PC. Cyberpower has been good to me, the first system I got had water cooling, but it was way too loud for me so I returned it and got one without water cooling with no problem. Check out their ratings on reselleratings.com, they're way higher than Dell or Alienware.

Plus how would you know, have any of you ever gotten anything from Cyberpower? I love my new desktop.

[Joey Geraci @ Feb 23rd 2007 2:14PM]

If you are a geek, why aren't you building your PC yourself? Besides, you can't actually tell me that Cyberpower offers a better customer experience than Alienware or Dell. ResellerRatings is one metric, but you can also check out epinions, or there is the simple face that there are very few in-depth reviews of their products, most likely because their support is horrible. And have you actually read some of the reviews on that ResellerRatings page? Most of them sound suspiciously similar, and I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority were written by Cyberpower employees.

For the discerning customer, there are vastly more appealing choices, like Maingear and Velocity Micro, that aren't that much more but have a truly proven track record of stellar support and build quality, and have gone through the rigorous review process of HardOCP.

Again, if you are a geek, and you are willing to take on the onerous task of supporting your PC yourself, why not save the money by building yourself?

[Kev50027 @ Feb 23rd 2007 7:47PM]

I'm a college student. I don't have the time or resources to build my own PC. I've built several in the past, and taken them apart, I know how to, it's nothing big at all, but I simply don't have the room here to build a PC. As for all of the other brands you mentioned, all of their prices are FAR more (meaning over 1,000 more for the same specs as mine). I just bought the PC for the innards, not the name. It honestly doesn't make one shit of a difference who makes the PC, the components matter more, and since I hand picked the components and chose the top of the line everything (including case, power supply, mobo, etc), I don't really care what Cyberpower's support is like, I can deal with/fix my computer myself.

[Andrew H. @ Feb 23rd 2007 2:27PM]

i think i spent more than that on just upgrading my 4+ year old p.c.

[PC IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE(NEXTGENGPUDIRECTX10) @ Feb 23rd 2007 2:44PM]

WOW BERRYZ KOUBOU!

[James Rainey @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:33PM]

IS anyone else as tired as I am of reading a paragraph dripping with exciting descriptions only to hear "only available in Japan/Korea/Europe"?

Just gets very, very old.

[Synergy6 @ Feb 25th 2007 11:01AM]

Reading such a paragragh and then hearing "Only available in USA" gets very, very old for the rest of us.

[pyro @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:35PM]

If you're reading this website you shouldn't be buying prebuilt PCs.

[Aaron @ Feb 23rd 2007 4:58PM]

I spent $2000 building my own system, and it's only a little bit better than this one. So glad that this isn't offered in the States...I'd be shooting myself right now. Anybody doing the LOTR Online stress test this weekend?

[Stellar @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:11PM]

well, if your buing pc's 'on the cheap' or whatever, then you shouldnt be blowing 20 grand, which you wouldnt have anyway, on a 'vacation' to japan :rolleyes: I really hate the damn commentary the authors write. Its the same damn style in every one, you can even sterotype it.