Best pre-built gaming pc company

[OrbitalTrooper]

I know what you're about to say, "go build your own it's cheaper"
Well sadly, it's not in Canada. Pc parts are insanely over priced right now. I was going to build a $700 pc with shipping and OS included but now it's $837 and prices are still rising! So right now pre built seems to be a lot cheaper on Cyberpower and Ibuypower but I've heard that they use some shady parts and I don't want that. If you could please recommend the most reliable and cheapest company to buy from, I would appreciate that.

 

[tiny voices]

A prebuilt is cheaper because it uses cheaper parts. If you spec it with good quality parts will be the same as building it yourself or more.

 

[bigshootr8]

It can be done The Pentium Anniversary edition makes it quite possible. I would pick up aftermarket cooling when you had the chance and overclock the poor SOB because apparently the pentium anniversary edition has quite a lot of overclocking headroom.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($82.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($159.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $664.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 16:27 EDT-0400

 

[OrbitalTrooper]

Will the pentium anniversary run cpu intensive games like Arma 3 well? I was originally getting fx6300 but that's hard to get with a cheap mobo and everything else
BTW tax here is 13%

 

[bigshootr8]

Will the pentium anniversary run cpu intensive games like Arma 3 well? I was originally getting fx6300 but that's hard to get with a cheap mobo and everything else
BTW tax here is 13%

Yes it can.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-4.html