Need advice on Prebuilt

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Princessefl

Princessefl

Honorable
Apr 3, 2013
20
0
10,510
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258025

Has everything I'm looking for, cheaper than if i customize it at cyberpower/ibuypower, but I am not familiar with this company at ALL. Anyone know of a similar deal from a prebuilt or any good word of mouth about Avatar?

(I already know that I'd save a bundle building it on my own, but I don't trust myself to do it, even with all the youtube vids/help sites)

Thanks in advance for your time
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
tiny voices

tiny voices

Titan
Sep 6, 2012
34,175
5
99,965
It is probably fine. Everyone will tell you that you can build a better computer for less money, which is true. This prebuilt, while overpriced, will be a good computer. My only concern is the motherboard. It will work, but it is very cheap, doesn't have SATA 6, and is a very old low end chipset. Its not a bad board, just very low end. To give you an idea, I got the same board for free when I bought a CPU about 5 months ago.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
P

PASHINATOR

Honorable
Mar 5, 2013
64
0
10,660
I agree with others, it is overpriced and it would be better if you built it yourself. the warranty for parts and labor is 1 year only and its rubbish as you get more warranty on separate parts when you build it yourself.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
geofelt

geofelt

Titan
Oct 9, 2006
54,380
4,185
174,240
Where it comes from is probably not that important. Your warranty will be from the makers of the individual parts.
It might be worthwhile to sum up the cost of individual parts to see exactly how much mark up is involved.
You can probably get a local pc shop or a high school kit to assemble it for $100.

Past that, I see problems with the package; I think you can do better.
1. A FX-8350 is not generally considered a great gaming cpu. Look for one with a 3570/K
2. There is no need for liquid cooling, particularly if you will not be overclocking. Also, if a liquid cooler leaks, it can ruin everything.
3. There is no mention of the psu brand. I might suspect a cheap psu.
4. On a build in that price bracket, I would expect a 120gb ssd at least.
5. I have no problem with 16gb, but for gaming, 8gb is plenty.
6. Go to a local store, and try out windows 8. You might not like it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Princessefl

Princessefl

Honorable
Apr 3, 2013
20
0
10,510
Thanks again for looking into this.

I live in a relatively small town but I did manage to find a pc repair shop that will put it together for me for a fee.
Staying under $1000USD, with no need for monitor, keyboard, mouse or speakers, what would be the best build for the budget? If possible I'd like to get all the parts from 1 website (I know that might be silly but i hate waiting for mail from a bunch of different places)

I play WoW, Call of Duty BO2, and SC II, looking to play BF4 when it is released. I run dual monitors, and ability to multitask is important (webpages, downloading, mp3s, mp4s going all while gaming)

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom