Is this a good price for 1800$ CAD

rotmaster

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I have this guy offering me this incredible rig for 1800$, I was asking myself if it was worth the price.
Cpu : i7 4770k ( http://search.ncix.com/products/?sku=IM60498T )
motherboard : z97x-gaming 3 ( http://www.ncix.com/…/gigabyte-z97x-gaming-3-atx-lga1150-0c… )
Case : Enthoo Pro Full Tower ( http://www.ncix.com/…/phanteks-enthoo-pro-full-tower-6d-988… )
Ram : 16 gb corsair vengence ( http://www.ncix.com/…/corsair-vengeance-heatspreader-cmz16g… )
Carte Graphique : Sli de 780 TI ( http://www.ncix.com/de…/evga-geforce-gtx-780-ti-c2-91766.htm ) + (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx…)
Systeme WaterCooling : Custom de water cooling ( http://www.amazon.com/XSPC-EX420-Radiator-Comp…/…/B007YLTHRK ) + ( http://www.amazon.com/Swiftech-MCP655-B-Liquid…/…/B000ODOKV8 ) + ( https://shop.ekwb.com/ek-supremacy-evo-full-nickel ) + ( http://www.frozencpu.com/…/Bitspower_Water_Tank_Z-Multi_150… ) + ( http://www.amazon.com/XSPC-EX240-Profile-Coppe…/…/B0067LW8RY )
SSD : samsung 840 120 gb ( http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx… )
Hdd : 1 Tb Western digital ( http://www.ncix.com/…/western-digital-caviar-blue-1tb-87-74… )

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me! (sorry there is a bit of french in there, im canadian)
 
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as nice as that system is you can build a similar system for about the same.

it depends on what you want. do you want just performance and reliability and dont care what it looks like? or do you want it to look awesome and your willing to sacrifice on performance? or both?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($432.78 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.05 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.00 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($100.04 @ Amazon Canada)...
as nice as that system is you can build a similar system for about the same.

it depends on what you want. do you want just performance and reliability and dont care what it looks like? or do you want it to look awesome and your willing to sacrifice on performance? or both?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($432.78 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.05 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.00 @ NCIX)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($100.04 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.75 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.49 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($399.99 @ Memory Express)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($399.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1901.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 22:43 EDT-0400

his system isn't discounted much and hes asking about what it cost him to build it, minus some of the water cooling which is more fun than it is performance increasing.
 
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