How does this Pre-built Gaming PC look, is it worth it?

[ptrickono]

Hi,

Attached is a link to a pre-built gaming PC that I am thinking of buying and I wanted to get opinions to see if it is worth it and suggestions if you can find or build better one for around the same price. My budget is $1000 and that includes an OS as well I am located in Canada. As well if you could also explain why this PC isnt worth it that would be very much appreciated.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227578

I also have never built a PC before but I am willing to if it isnt to much trouble.

Thank you!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No, you can build a much better one for the same price. Let me design a build...

 

[turkey3_scratch]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

 

[jerryvaberry]

I feel the 960 will fit into your budget very well, and itll release either this month or next.

 

[jerryvaberry]

Canada, man.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.95 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($384.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Canada Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.79 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1031.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:44 EDT-0400

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I feel the 960 will fit into your budget very well, and itll release either this month or next.

I designed a build with the 970 that fits the budget just fine. Other than that, most of the specs are exactly the same.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Canada, man.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Ah! That always catches me.

 

[ptrickono]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

Depends on how far you are from the router. but anyways it came to my awareness that indeed you are in Canada so the price for this hopped to $1030.

 

[saberispro]

How much do you guys think a 960 will be priced at, and it will be WAY better than a 760? Also could you tell the performance of a i5 4460 vs i5 4590?

 

[ptrickono]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

Depends on how far you are from the router. but anyways it came to my awareness that indeed you are in Canada so the price for this hopped to $1030.

What would you switch out to make this under $1000?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

Depends on how far you are from the router. but anyways it came to my awareness that indeed you are in Canada so the price for this hopped to $1030.

What would you switch out to make this under $1000?

Probably the video card, which would get it to be very similar to the prebuilt.

 

[ptrickono]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

Depends on how far you are from the router. but anyways it came to my awareness that indeed you are in Canada so the price for this hopped to $1030.

What would you switch out to make this under $1000?

Probably the video card, which would get it to be very similar to the prebuilt.

So essentially it would almost be worth it to just get the prebuilt?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill GALAXY-02-A ATX Mid Tower Case ($43.31 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $905.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-06 19:41 EDT-0400

Has $100 room for keyboard/mouse of your choice. The video card in this is so much better than the one in the prebuilt.

Do you think the wireless adapter would be a bad choice for gaming, or should it not affect the performance?

Depends on how far you are from the router. but anyways it came to my awareness that indeed you are in Canada so the price for this hopped to $1030.

What would you switch out to make this under $1000?

Probably the video card, which would get it to be very similar to the prebuilt.

So essentially it would almost be worth it to just get the prebuilt?

Yes.

 

[iBUYPOWER - Jason]

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