Is Cyber Power PC a good Pre-Built Gaming PC Brand?

[Guest]

Hey there!

I was just wondering if you guys would recommend Cyber Power PC, thanks in advance.

link to their site:http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/]

Note: please do not tell me to build a pc on my own I have already explored that option,

 

[Guest]

Op you know what, you are getting good advice here. You seem to have made up your mind, so it's your money. Do what you want, but we told you so. I've worked on similar systems and came away not impressed at all.

I worked on one where the power supply needed replaced, as well as the video card. Replaced those. Then the water cooler was leaking, which leaked and fried the motherboard. I took care of that, but the water that leaked seemed to damaged the new video card (Radeon 7970 from microcenter), as it had issues also. Note I'd gotten a combo deal from microcenter for the new board and a new cpu, so back I went, changed it to a hyper 212 evo for air cooling, replaced the board yet again, replaced cpu for good measure, and new video card and power supply in case of any problems. The nicest thing about the ordeal was that with their return policy we didn't have extra cash out of pocket. If there was it was very little. We also got the 2 year warranty on the parts in case of issues. Since then, no calls about issues, so I'm assuming no news is good news.

Look at local pc shops and see what they would charge. That would be a far better option.

Do you have a microcenter near you? If so go in there, pick out the parts you want, their sales guys usually know their stuff. Pick out what you want in parts, and they offer to assemble it for 130 bucks. So then you'd still save money, and get a good system.

And no, I do not work for microcenter and am not affiliated with them. I just buy almost all my stuff there. The one near me has great customer service and price matches newegg and amazon I think as well. So if you are not comfortable building, that would be a good way to go. Also they will sell you 2 year replacement plans on individual parts, so you could but warranties on whatever you like and just a drive to the store if you do have trouble.

Thanks for the micro center suggestion, I live in South Burlington, Vermont. It's on the boarder of Canada and near New York. I'm not sure where their stores are located. If you know could you tell me how far away one is for me? I'm sure I'd have to go to New York to get even near a microcenter but you never know I guess.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Then why did you even bother asking if you are smarter than everyone else here?

 

[Guest]

Then why did you even bother asking if you are smarter than everyone else here?

...I'm not? I'm just asking if theres a microcenter near burlington vt, ill try to research it on my own I guess.

 

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($314.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($709.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($115.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1783.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-15 22:46 EST-0500
This build is over $200 cheaper than the Digital Storm PC and absolutley destroys it. The Asus Matrix 980 Ti is the best GPU for gaming on the market right now.

Sorry I misread your message, ill look into your parts list thanks for the help.

 

[Guest]

Then why did you even bother asking if you are smarter than everyone else here?

The more I'm looking into the microcenter suggestion the more I like it, I think im going to drive down to Boston and do exaclty what you said with the $130 assembly. Honestly great idea you really helped me out. Thanks!

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Glad to help. I mean sure these other companies make some good systems, but that one thread for example, letting the client pay an extra hundred bucks to ship back to them for a warranty claim seems like sad customer service. I mean I can see if he'd had the system 6 months and they charge a 40 or 50 dollar diagnostic fee, but expecting him to eat 100 bucks extra on shipping? Ouch!

 

[Guest]

Glad to help. I mean sure these other companies make some good systems, but that one thread for example, letting the client pay an extra hundred bucks to ship back to them for a warranty claim seems like sad customer service. I mean I can see if he'd had the system 6 months and they charge a 40 or 50 dollar diagnostic fee, but expecting him to eat 100 bucks extra on shipping? Ouch!

I totally agree, thanks again!

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

One other thing I'd forgotten as well. Go to microcenter.com and you can pick out what you want before going. So if you go by the lists here knowing they are similar to what you want, maybe put those items in the cart on their site, and you can create an account and actually have them hold them for you. So for example, if they have an open box video card for 50 less(which they sometimes do), then you can have them pull that for you without paying for it. But you may consider working up a list based off the recommendations here, and then when you get there, show the Build Your Own guy what you are looking at and he can help you tweak it. Those guys work off commission too, so you buy a good bit of stuff from them, they'll love you.

But for example, I switched to your store real fast, and they show having a normal gtx 980 for 467.

 

[Guest]

One other thing I'd forgotten as well. Go to microcenter.com and you can pick out what you want before going. So if you go by the lists here knowing they are similar to what you want, maybe put those items in the cart on their site, and you can create an account and actually have them hold them for you. So for example, if they have an open box video card for 50 less(which they sometimes do), then you can have them pull that for you without paying for it. But you may consider working up a list based off the recommendations here, and then when you get there, show the Build Your Own guy what you are looking at and he can help you tweak it. Those guys work off commission too, so you buy a good bit of stuff from them, they'll love you.

But for example, I switched to your store real fast, and they show having a normal gtx 980 for 467.

Is their inventory usually in stock or is it kinda first come first serve?

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

I'm out in the Midwest but I think with mine they are first come first serve, however if you put something on hold they hold it 2-3 days until you get there. I think the one here gets new shipmentsite every Tuesday or Wednesday, so they usually have good stock unless it's like right after a holiday.

I would say if they have an open box item you want, go ahead and put that on a hold as those may go fast since they are usually discount prices.