is there any wrong with this prebuilt gaming pc?

[LangTu_1]

I am new to the prebuilt pc gaming community so please help take a look at what I've put together and see if there's any wrong with it. Thank you in advance

CASe: CyberPowerPC X-Sentinel MID-Tower Gaming Case w/USB 3.1, Side
Panel Window

CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3

FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling
Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

HD_M2SATA: * 128GB ADATA M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD - 550MB/s Read & 170MB/s
Write

HDD: 512GB SanDisk X300 SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD 530MB/S Read & 470MB/s
Write

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2800MHz Quad Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)

MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99A Raider ATX w/USB 3.1, Intel GbLAN, 3x Gen3 PCIe
x16, 2 PCIe x1,1x M.2, 10x SATA 6Gb/s, 1x SATA Express

POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) (Single Card)

 

[Darkbreeze]

This: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2869275/1300-premade.html

 

[LangTu_1]

This: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2869275/1300-premade.html

thanks for that!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Anytime.

Honestly, if you know how to work a screwdriver (Which is about all that needed) you can easily build your own system that will be as good or better, for a lot less money and will likely contain much higher quality components.

What's the final cost on that unit from CyberpowerPC?

 

[LangTu_1]

Anytime.

Honestly, if you know how to work a screwdriver (Which is about all that needed) you can easily build your own system that will be as good or better, for a lot less money and will likely contain much higher quality components.

What's the final cost on that unit from CyberpowerPC?

With some free/discounted BF stuffs added to the main components above, and after mir, it's at $1450.

McAfee AntiVirus Plus

Windows 10 (64bit) home edition

HD 7.1 on-board speakers

All-in-One External USB 2.0
Card Reader/Writer

Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless
Controller w/ USB Receiver

ZALMAN ZM-HPS200 Gaming Headset

AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge

Skorpion K1 Mechnical Gaming Keyboard w/ kontact Blue Switches and Programmable Blue LED Lighting

CyberpowerPC Gaming Mouse Pad

12in Cold Cathode Neon Light (Red)

LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, 3D Playback DVD+RW Combo drive

Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans (Green)

Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub

Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

NuGiant Energy Saving Smart Surge - 6 Outlets w/ 3 Energy

802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI-E Wireless Adapter Network Card

3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

I will be paring this PC with the LG 34UC87C. Mainly for productivity but the horsepower is there when needed even though i'm not a hardcore gamer, I do like the fact that some games can be played at 1440p though at 60hz max. Wish the monitor is g-sync capable but it's not

 

[Darkbreeze]

Most of that list is just "fluff", and comes as part of any motherboard anyhow. And the LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT, is a joke, really. Nearly every Cyberpower thread I've dealt with, as well as customers who have brought their systems to me that were from Cyberpower, have all noted pretty much the same thing, which is that after some basic configuration questions CyberpowerPC tends to make assumptions that problems with the system are due to user error or that you've been "meddling" with the hardware, and will either refuse to help further or make you send the entire unit back on your dime. Your dime is more like forty bucks shipping.


For one thing, the 5820k is a bad investment as there will be no further LGA 2011-3 processors released down the road, so that ends any hopes of an upgrade path later on. Secondly, the 6700K Skylake CPU beats it in single thread and multi-threaded performance, even with two less cores. Three, the M.2 drive included with that system has worse performance characteristics than a standard Sandisk or Samsung SATA SSD. It also comes with very little storage. 128GB SSD and 512GB hard drive space doesn't give you much room to work with.

Even going with a similar configuration you can build a better system for less or at least using some better components.

Also, every one of those Cyberpower cases are cheap, plastic, flimsy hunks of garbage. They're worse than Raidmax cases when it comes to quality. The EVGA G1 series power supplies are not high quality like the EVGA B2, G2 and P2 series units. I'd do something like this, which will likely have better performance anyhow.

This is a bit more but has way more storage capacity, a WAY better case, far better GPU card which you're going to want if you plan to play at 1440p 60fps on any demanding titles. The GTX 970 is a very capable 1080p card, but at 1440p you're not going to see the kind of performance you're hoping for. You WILL struggle at that resolution on demanding AAA games. This also has a better motherboard, power supply, far higher quality memory and storage drives and a larger, higher quality liquid cooler. The cooler that comes included with that Cyberpower system would in no way ever be capable of keeping that 140w system cool, especially if you overclock.

This is lacking some of the included goodies from the cyberpower package, but you can either add those later, or drop the GPU card down to a GTX 970 and then add those items in if you wish. If you want a good 1440p gaming experience and plan to play top shelf AAA games, I wouldn't recommend doing that though. At least this gives you an option and some better idea of what to look for.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($364.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($424.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1573.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-29 14:06 EST-0500

 

[Darkbreeze]

In reality, for gaming, this will do everything either of those other systems will do, and leaves some room for picking up a few of the goodies you might want like a headset and lighting, or wireless adapter. I'd recommend using wired ethernet for gaming anyhow, as wireless connections suffer a lot more lag than ethernet and are generally slower connections anyhow.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($254.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($424.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1397.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-29 14:30 EST-0500

 

[LangTu_1]

I see your point...Thanks so much for taking the time out to help me out! I will look into all of the above before submitting to Cyberpower

 

[Darkbreeze]

Good luck no matter what you end up doing Lang.