Which prebuilt gaming PC to go for?

[philthy84]

#1 Falcon-NW Mach V $3,589.00

Chassis
ICON2 - Black Anodized
Chassis Logo Insert
Silver Metal
Chassis Fan Kit
Performance Fan Pack
Sound Dampening
AcoustiPack Sound Dampening Foam
Power Supply
SilverStone® 1000 Watt Modular
Motherboard
Asus® Z87 Deluxe
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 4670K 3.4GHz
Processor Cooler
Asetek® Liquid Cooling - Mach V
Processor Overclock
Processor Overclock - Mach V
Memory
1866MHz 2x8GB (16GB)
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780Ti 3GB
Sound Card
On-Board Audio
Networking
On-Board Ethernet
Hard Drive
Crucial® M500 SSD 240GB
Hard Drive 2
Western Digital® Black™ 1TB
Optical Drive
Asus® 12x BluRay Reader
64-Bit Operating System
Microsoft® Windows 8.1
USB Rescue Drive
USB Rescue Drive
System Documentation
Falcon Northwest Manual
Warranty
3 Year Warranty - Mach V


#2 Falcon-NW Talon $3,583.00

Chassis
Z87 Talon - Standard Black
Chassis Fan Kit
Performance Fan Pack - Talon
Power Supply
SilverStone® 1000 Watt Modular
Motherboard
Asus® Z87 Plus
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 4670K 3.4GHz
Processor Cooler
Asetek® Liquid Cooling - Talon
Processor Overclock
Processor Overclock - Talon
Memory
1866MHz 2x8GB (16GB)
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780Ti 3GB
Video Card 2
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780Ti 3GB
Sound Card
On-Board Audio
Networking
On-Board Ethernet
Hard Drive
Crucial® M500 SSD 240GB
Hard Drive 2
Western Digital® Black™ 1TB
Optical Drive
Asus® 12x BluRay Reader
64-Bit Operating System
Microsoft® Windows 8.1
USB Rescue Drive
USB Rescue Drive
System Documentation
Falcon Northwest Manual
Warranty
1 Year Warranty - Talon


Main differences between the 2 configurations is the styling/casing, the Talon has SLI 780Ti's while Mach V has only 1 and the Mach V comes with a 3 year warranty. I'm leaning more towards the Mach V currently mainly because I like the design of it more and it seems easier to work with for upgrades down the road. But having SLI 780Ti is so tempting that I had to ask for opinions.

 

[Bergilicious]

Tbh i think both of them will do the job.. But i have to ask, why buy a prebuilt one? Why dont you build one from scratch? And how many monitors are you using? What games are you planning to play and on what settings?

 

[Moonsfang]

I would go with the one with the longer warranty and upgrade around the 3 year mark or so.. Does the warranty include OCing?

 

[spookyman]

There is nothing wrong with a prebuilt system.

The 780ti SLI is a good option in the long run.

 

[philthy84]

Main reason for going prebuilt is time. Most weeks I'm working 6 days out of the week for 12 hour shifts. I like having the ability to call and talk to someone should a problem arise. Also to be completely honest as much as I like PC gaming and sort of have an idea of what parts are good/newest, I'm not confident in my ability to put one together or troubleshoot problems with components as the PC is being built should something go wrong. For my needs it would cause me more stress to build one myself and I rather not deal with it.

I will be only using 1 monitor, I plan on buying the ASUS PB278Q 27" 1440p. Main games I'll be playing will be Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Civ 5 and some Battlefield 4 thrown in the mix every now and then. I do like playing MMO's as well but haven't really been doing much research as far as any new upcoming MMO's coming out soon.

 

[Bergilicious]

Never said there was something wrong though moneywise he could save a couple of bucks! Just my 2 cents.