Rate this setup from Cyberpower PC

[yodachoda]

I just ordered it but it's not too late to change things I think if I contact them.

Zeus Mini

Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150

Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid CPU Cooling

GIGABYTE GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini-ITX w/ 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.0, Dual GbLAN, 1 PCIe x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s

ADATA 16 GB DDR3 2133 MHz Dual Channel Memory

MSI GeForce GTX 970

650 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS650M

256GB ADATA SP610 SSD + 3TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo

 

[TimeLass]

5-9 /10 depends on the price, the PSU is fine but not great, higher MHz ram doesnt really improve performance that much

 

[yodachoda]

About $1500 excluding shipping.

 

[ykki]

About $1500 excluding shipping.

How would you like to make your own pc? Offers much better price to performance ratio.

 

[yodachoda]

I already calculated the price difference between all of the components and the price Cyberpower PC offered, it was only like 225. I'm willing to pay 225 for someone to build the PC for me, since I don't know how to build a PC. Even if I did, building a PC probably takes at least a few hours right? Anyway, for the sake of this thread you can pretend I built the PC myself: how would you rate it?

 

[ykki]

You are going to use this pc for? Gaming? etc?

 

[TimeLass]

7/10 , sata 3 HDD is slower and sata 6 7200rpm 3TB is around the price of an sata 3 HDD. ITX build means lesser upgrade options.

 

[Chass1990]

what? SATA III is 6GB/s. The fastest you're going to get with HDD. The only interface that is faster than that commercially is SATA Express/M.2./PCI-e drives, which are essentially SSDs.

 

[ykki]

This is what $1500 (without OS) can get you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.27 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Core Edition Video Card ($694.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1492.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-26 20:29 EST-0500

 

[yodachoda]

You are going to use this pc for? Gaming? etc?

Primarily gaming but also other stuff pretty frequently including web browsing, movies, Excel, ect. The one thing I don't plan on using it for is Photoshop or photo/video editing.

 

[Chass1990]

If you're gaming and not editing, I would go with the i7 over the Xeon. I think it's fine if you prefer a prebuilt (you're not really going to get much more for the money building your own).

 

[TimeLass]

what? SATA III is 6GB/s. The fastest you're going to get with HDD. The only interface that is faster than that commercially is SATA Express/M.2./PCI-e drives, which are essentially SSDs.

hmm, guess my brain went nuts, thx for correcting me

 

[TimeLass]

This is what $1500 (without OS) can get you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.27 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Core Edition Video Card ($694.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1492.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-26 20:29 EST-0500

Xeon is not overclockable hence an Z97 Board is not really necessary

 

[Chass1990]

yea, I'm guessing you're confusing the SATA numbering with the speeds. SATA II = 3 GB/s, SATA III = 6 GB/s. SATA III does sometimes get referred to as SATA 6 GB/s so I get why people get confused sometimes. I hate PC marketing; it's so deceptive sometimes.

 

[TimeLass]

If you're gaming and not editing, I would go with the i7 over the Xeon. I think it's fine if you prefer a prebuilt (you're not really going to get much more for the money building your own).

Xeon is an i7 in disguise with cheaper price tag and offers similar/slight difference in performance , it is quite worthy

 

[Chass1990]

yea, but as you have already mentioned, the Xeon isn't overclockable, while the 4790k is. The 4790k also has higher clock speed, so it's going to perform better when gaming over the Xeon.

 

[TimeLass]

yea, I'm guessing you're confusing the SATA numbering with the speeds. SATA II = 3 GB/s, SATA III = 6 GB/s. SATA III does sometimes get referred to as SATA 6 GB/s so I get why people get confused sometimes. I hate PC marketing; it's so deceptive sometimes.

i feel you bro, marketing gimmicks everywhere

 

[yodachoda]

More ratings please.

 

[Chass1990]

I'm gonna go with 8/10. I feel that some things in the build are a bit overkill, but it's a good build. The only shaky parts I see is the PSU and maybe Mobo. You'll never be able to SLI with that Mobo if you want to do that in the future. If that's not a concern, then disregard.

 

[ykki]

But h97 doesn't support sli or maybe crossfire and I dint wanna risk it with the 295x2.
However I think that building your own PC will be better. What is your designated resolution?