Help me find a PC that's a IMac equivalent

Mar 7, 2014
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I'm looking for a PC to run the Adobe Creative Cloud, with an emphasis in Premiere. My budget is $700, I'm open to building or purchasing a ready to go system.

I'm looking for something that would be comparable to an iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) with the following specs (this is the standard system at my college.) 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 8gb 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics NVIDIA Geforce GT 650 512 MB.

Any insight would be appreciated, I'm trying to find a system for an early graduation gift. Please help me and you can take pride knowing a clueless man from Utah thinks you are awesome!
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified...
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/35Tkv/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $698.69

This will dump on that mac.
 
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Thank you so much Woltej1, I imagined the IMac's at my school weren't anything to write home about. But they satisfy my needs. I appreciate your time buddy!