Just bought this laptop a couple of months ago and it's been great. And it's on sale now for $999, which is what I paid for it too. http://www.frys.com/product/6282180 HP dv7-4073nr 17.3" notebook featuring an Intel Core i7 -720QM Processor with HD5650 1GB Graphics and Blu-ray Rom I upgraded the OS to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. And I'm using a 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. And since I'm using my own hard drive I'm avoiding all the HP bloatware on the original drive. Specifications: Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Processor: Intel® Core⢠i7-720QM processor 1.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon⢠HD 5650 graphics with 1024MB DDR3 with up to 2714MB total graphics memory Memory: 4GB DDR3 System (2 DIMM), Max supported = 8GB Display: 17.3â diagonal High Definition+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900) Hard Drive: 640GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Optical Drive: LightScribe Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer Support Audio: Beats⢠Audio and HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer Camera: HP TrueVision Webcam with integrated digital microphone Security: HP SimplePass with integrated fingerprint reader Card Slots: 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards Ports: 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 (4th port shared with eSATA), 1 HDMI, 1 eSATA + USB 2.0, 1 VGA (15-pin), 1 RJ -45 (LAN), 1 Headphone-out, 1 Microphone-in Communications: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector), Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN Battery: 9-Cell 93WHr Lithium-Ion Battery
I don't know what your point is. The OP did not ask for any comparison. I just cited my own experience.
I actually did the same, pricing out a system at both websites and came to the same conclusion. Cyberpowerpc definitely is a money saver but have you actually bought a system from them? I've heard a lot of negative reviews regarding quality of their build, customer service, etc, etc.
Yes that is a great price for all those components. BCE represents my initials, although they did retroactively come up with Before the Common Era in honor of me.
I bought a computer from CyberPowerPc several years ago. I had nothing but trouble from the start. They promised the computer in 7-10 days, but it wasn't delivered for over 3 weeks. When I had a problem with it, I was put on hold repeatedly and passed along from one person to another. It took several days and numerous calls to get it fixed. Maybe my bad experience is an isolated incident, but I would never do business with them again.
I paid a $600 premium for my last computer from Puget. Since I typically keep a computer for about three years, I'm paying about 55 cents a day extra to have super reliable trading machines backed up by great customer service. For me, it's worth it because computer problems mean time away from trading and/or time away from my wife and kids. Everybody has to make his own price/value decision.
There's another site with similar prices to CyberpowerPC.com... that's ibuypower.com. In fact, they have a special which ends at midnight tonight... $1139.. X58 mobo, i7, 950, 6GB RAM with boot SSD and 1T data drive. Looks like good value. Of course there is always the Dell Outlet T3500 w/W3530 CPU for $799.
There is a trading computer on Ebay that seems a bit over priced but the description has some good info about the pros and cons of the components. http://cgi.ebay.com/Day-Trader-Trad...0417439377?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item439e3a7291