ABS gaming PCs?

janx218

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Lately, I've been considering building my first gaming PC. I've done a lot of researching and shopping around, and I know everyone around here always touts how much cheaper, better, etc. it is to build your own. However, I came across some systems over on NewEgg by a company called ABS that seem kind of hard to beat for the price. From what I understand, it is basically Newegg's house brand. Take this system, for example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102051&cm_re=abs_commander-_-83-102-051-_-Product

I know the advantage of building yourself is that you can pick all the parts, and it's hard to know what brands the various components of a pre-built system are. But from what I've seen, it seems like it would be virtually impossible to build a comparable system to the one linked above for a decently lower price. Anyone have any experience with ABS? Or any compelling reasons it would be better for me to try to build myself vs. buying that system?
 
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I'd personally builf your own, you get much better value out of it, as the prebuilt machine is lacking a SSD and importantly, it is using a very poor quality PSU.
Here is my suggestion of a build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.66 @...
I'd personally builf your own, you get much better value out of it, as the prebuilt machine is lacking a SSD and importantly, it is using a very poor quality PSU.
Here is my suggestion of a build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($216.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.66 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1268.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-01 06:21 EST-0500
 
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