Since I no longer have the hand dexterity to build it myself, I’m going with Vigor Gaming for my next PC. I’m looking at their Hornet specced the following way:
Intel Core i5 @ 2.66ghz w/8M cache
Vigor’s Paladin II Antec Case with Vigor’s famous ventilation/cooling options.
550 Watt PSU
MSI P5-5M-GD-45 Motherboard
8GB of Kingston 1333mhz ram.
1TB Hitachi SATA II hard drive
ATI Radeon HD5850 1GB @725Mhz Video Card
LG GGC-H20LK SATA Blu-ray/HD-DVD-ROM & 16x DVD+rw
7.1 onboard sound.
Windows 7 Premium 64 bit.
With my diligence at finding killer discount codes, this will set me back $1316 shipped.
Edit Updates:
January 11 – Ordered the PC from Vigor Gaming.
January 12 – Vigor called and told me my address did not match with Mastercard. Interesting because I just got the card in June and I most certainly have not moved. Gave them my bank’s number. Later that evening, I was emailed and told it was all sorted with the bank. I suspect my bank actually flagged it originally because they know I don’t generally spend more than a couple hundred dollars at a time. They love me.
January 14 – Tried to check status on Vigor’s website. Their status system seems to be broken so I emailed them. I was told that it was on schedule and would be shipped on or about January 25th. I will re-inquire on the schedule on the 18th.
January 27 – It was due to be shipped on the 25th but was running a day late. Then on the 26th, I was informed that Mastercard has the wrong address on file so the bank had to be contacted to verify my address I had provided. It was shipped today and is due to arrive February 2.
