CyberPowerPC or Building my PC?

[Justin Saechao]

Hello I was wondering if buying from cyberpower is cheaper than building your own. My price range is $1600 MAX. I already have a certain setup picked out from cyberpower and it is $1555. It is a B75 Configurator with an original price of $519 but I changed pretty much every part. This is my setup:

Case: Thermaltake Level 10GT Full Tower Wide Body Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window $199

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3570 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 $100

Liquid cooing: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)

Motherboard: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-Z77-HD3 Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Ultra Durable 4 Classic, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1 & 2 PCI $29

Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Cosair or Major brand) $89

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (EVGA Superclocked ACX cooling) $319

Power Supply: 700 Watts - Cooler Master i700 700W 80 Plus Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply $21

Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

Optical Drive: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive $32

Sound Card: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCIe Sound Card $89

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit edition $135

Total: $1555

So I was wondering if building would be any cheaper than cyberpower. I will be doing LOTS of gaming with games like Leauge of legends, Starcraft 2, and Next Gen Games. Im not a Super Pro at computers so Ill need help to see which would be cheaper or better. This is the link to the build
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_B75_Configurator.

 

[Jacob McIntosh]

You can get way more if you build it yourself. I'll make a layout on pcpartpicker.com and post it.

 

[PepitoTV]

Cyberpower has really good prices on paper, and it will not be to much more expensive than building it yourself while having a warranty on your product. Now, there have been problems with their computers that are entirely they QA department to blame and are well documented on their forums, which you can pay a visit to see what I'm talking about. That said, for your budget you can get a better machine just by using another of their configurators. In their forums there are people (myself included) that are ready for helping people get the best system while trying to not let that company rip you off.

 

[ifreestylin]

Here you go, even better PC for less.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($387.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($134.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1515.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-11 16:36 EDT-0400)

 

[Justin Saechao]

Okay thanks. this is helping me out quite a bit

 

[boboru9934]

I don't recommend Gskill for Memory, as they tend to Crap out alot faster then Corsair's or Kingstons etc..

 

[aj2013]

Always build your own. I give it a few years before all these websites are shut down, because when people realize building a PC is like lego, you'll see how much cheaper it is.

 

[rcr49]

Just went through the same exercise. Bottom line for me was (1) wanted to try this myself - with the plethora of youtubes - its great (2) hate something to be shipped across country (though that has worked for me before) (3) Get exactly what I want; (4) cheaper.... was also able to pick all the components at a microcenter store. You also get to open and keep all the goodies in the boxes. Downside you mess up it will cost you. Hardest parts for me were (1) the cpu cooler mount (at some point the vendors will get it that more might buy if the gave decent instructions. (2) the radiator/fan mount for the liquid cpu cooler did not match up (web-reader beware). Anyhoo - the satisfaction of the Bios coming up when done - yee haaa!