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CPU: i7 6700k 4.00GHz
RAM: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
GPU: Either the 980 Ti I still haven't unboxed or a GTX 1080, most likely the 1080 in a couple months.
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G1 1000w (cuz y not yknow)
HDD: 1x 1TB HDD 1x 2TB HDD (the one with all my current shit on it) and 2x 128GB Kingston SSD
MOBO: MSI Z170A Gaming Pro CARBON ATX
Liquid Cooling: Asetek 550LC 120MM Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler
Case: NZXT Source 340
Monitor: ASUS VG248QE
Keyboard: K70 RGB
Mouse: Logitech G303

That's pretty much it, from CyberPower. I also have all the "extreme care" selections chosen to pray that they don't mess it up.

Hopefully this will run next-gen games at a decent framerate, no?
 
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Yea it was just a headache but the difference is the the primary drive that I lost track of was the original drive for the computer that we were using to add the other drives to. When I tried the other drives (mistaking them for the original drives) the computer would only boot to BIOS and no further (most of them went to command prompt).

Maybe your friend knows something I don't when it comes to the OS. You could always try there idea and if it doesn't work then just buy a new copy of Windows.
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I would....

1) Return the GTX 980ti, get a GTX 1080. There's a significant performance increase and a significant power decrease.
2) they're right about the G1 - not the best, get a G2, and drop it down to a 750w because with the drop in power usage you could still go SLI down the road and still be well within the efficiency envelope. An EVGA 220-G2-0750-XR 80+ Gold is about $100, fully modular, and will easily handle a continuous 500-550w load which is about what a system like yours would be assuming a SLI setup. A single card system would be about 180w lower.
3) get a single M.2 NVMe 256GB drive. The performance over SATA is significant and the prices are pretty nominal. A Samsung SM951 256GB PCIe M.2 is about $135.00 and will destroy twin SATA based SSD boot drives. You have a M.2 slot, use it!
 
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Do NOT buy from Cyber Power or iBuyPower (they're the same company)!!!! They are HORRIBLE and have the worst customer service and broken products. If you don't believe me, check out the comments on their FB page from all the pissed off customers.

If you don't want to build the PC yourself, go with a good company like Digital Storm, eCollegePC, Origin PC, or Puget Systems. (Check out this article: LifeHacker: Five Best Custom PC Builders.)

 
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I'll definitely look into those sites. Perhaps those angry customers didn't choose the safety precautions and spend the extra money to make sure it's safe? I don't know, but I'll look at these other sites here.
 
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You shouldn't have to spend extra money and get ripped off to make sure the product you're purchasing is made properly, especially when you're already getting hugely ripped off by their prices. If you actually are foolish enough to pay for those "options", you're the type of customer they want. If you want to be ripped off and end up with a dead computer, go ahead with CyberPower or iBuyPower. If you want a good PC that won't take 6 months to arrive and won't arrive already broken or die quickly and not be able to contact customer service, go with another company.
 
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I just took a look at the other sites and they're all hideously overpriced. Just the i7 6700k + GTX 950 and 8GB of memory is 600 dollars more than the entire CyberPower PC. I'm afraid I'll just have to take my chances with CyberPower since I'm not Bill Gates.
 
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Why would you get 2 separate 128 GB SSDs and why 2 separate HDDs? You would be better off just getting a 500 GB SSD, like the Samsung EVO 500 GB, and getting a 1 or 2 TB Western Digital (WD) Black (or even a Blue, if you have a budget) HDD. You can check out different SSDs and their prices here. You can check out good internal HDDs (by good I mean either Western Digital or Seagate) and their prices here.

NEVER order the accessories, like the mouse, keyboard, headphones, speakers, monitors, or anything like that from the company. You can get them much cheaper by themselves from any other stores, like Amazon, Newegg, or even Best Buy (they will price match any store or website).
 
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The mouse, keyboard, headphones, speakers, monitors and everything are the ones I own now. The 2TB HDD is mine right now, it has everything on it. That's why I'm not buying a copy of Win 10 from them since I have it on here.
 
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I'm not looking for the cheapest route. I just don't see a reason to spend 2000+ dollars on the same parts I have on CyberPower. Sure, there's bad reviews but there's also good reviews, just like with most things. Different experience with different people. I'm paying for all the extreme care solutions on CyberPower to a grand total of ~1400. When if I chose the same on any other site it would likely be 2000+
 
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Really? So I'll need to spend the extra 100 on a copy of Windows 10 that I already own? Perfect. Thanks for the heads up.
 
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Nah, it was an upgrade from Windows 8.1 and that was an upgrade from Windows 8 after I virtually bought that from Windows 7. So I have no idea where those are.
 
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Thank you, I was told by my "expert" friend that I could just simply install the drive, enter BIOS, set it as my main drive and have Win10 installed.
 
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You could try it but I doubt it will work that easy as there's drivers that may cause instability. By example, I recently did some PC work for a friend and forgot which HDD was the right one for the system as I had like 5 drives to hook up from different PCs (she wanted all the drives with pictures of her family all on one PC, the drives were from older PC's) and I stupidly pulled the main drive. Every time I put the wrong HDD in for the primary drive it said the drive was corrupted then by default the system actually tried to reformat the drives. Ended up trying one drive at a time until the correct drive was put and the system stopped crashing.

The correct drive was Win10 and the others were just drives from older computers she had (2xWin7, 1xWin8 and 2xWin8.1).
 
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I just couldn't see why it wouldn't work exactly. I mean, it isn't like a registered copy, it was downloaded from the Windows store, because it was a free upgrade from 8.1, then again I have no clue.
 
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Yea it was just a headache but the difference is the the primary drive that I lost track of was the original drive for the computer that we were using to add the other drives to. When I tried the other drives (mistaking them for the original drives) the computer would only boot to BIOS and no further (most of them went to command prompt).

Maybe your friend knows something I don't when it comes to the OS. You could always try there idea and if it doesn't work then just buy a new copy of Windows.
 
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