Advice on this pc

[kingWolfJM]

Is this a good computer further price for some light gaming and doing some video editing and things like that

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BI8USNQ/ref=ox_sc_act_image_13?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3J1X31QWK2WN0#featureBulletsAndDetailBullets_secondary_view_div_1462761674458

 

[anonman]

It's not bad. But... That price tag though.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, if you built that machine yourself, it'd cost about $975-$1000 according to my head, so you're looking at saving $150 by building yourself, and without these prebuilt company-included low quality power supplies which are not meant for gaming rigs.

I recommend you build your own, but if you don't want to, it'll be perfectly fine for more than light gaming and light video editing.

 

[6R1M01R3]

Definitely not good for that price, doesn't even come with a SSD and believe that once you start running programs and games from a SSD, HDDs will be only good for storage. The case looks nice but it is narrow so you can't fit good air coolers inside that are 160mm+ tall.

 

[Karadjgne]

You can build better spec with top grade parts from Evga, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and nzxt and still not exceed that price. And that's not even aiming at the lowest price components, but higher grade stuff.

You are paying a premium price for questionable parts simply because somebody has to pay for the build time, company costs, storage etc as well as a profit. What you are paying $1150 for is the retail after cost price. What the company pays out with bulk rates, cheap brand, minimal performance components, I'd be surprised if that pc cost CP more than $600 to build..

For that price I'd build my own, at least I'd get the pleasure out of it, satisfaction of it and parts I could trust.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.17 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($304.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1119.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-08 23:25 EDT-0400

 

[Geekwad]

This would be a significantly stronger system for the same money:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 ($379.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY CS2211 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1158.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

The GPU will be available in stores in a month or so, but you could certainly get the rest and use it while you wait......and the wait will be worth it. The prices for cards out now are not accurate for the performance you'll get compared to this. AMD will also have a card in this price range in a month or two as well (allegedly), so it would be nice to compare the two.

 

[Karadjgne]

Yep, for $1150 there is all kinds of options currently available, all of which will outperform, outlast and look better than any custom pre-built.