prebuilt pc with gpu blows my custom pc out of the water and costs only £100 more!

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i was looking at prebuilt pc's (i infact haven't bought mine yet) and i came across a
pc which has a super gpu and twice the storage of mine. is it worth extra 100 quid? it's also oc'd hgher than mine but does have some drawbacks.

top is mine

CPU:Intel Haswell i7 4770k 4.0Ghz O.C
MOBO:Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Z87 Motherboard:
RAM:32GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz RAM Memory:
CPUFAN:Xigmatek Gaia SD1283
GPU:Sapphire HD 7870XT AMD Radeon HD
CASE:NZXT Phantom 410
PSU:XFX P1-750S-NLB9 PRO750W Core Edition Power Supply
SSD:OCZ 128GB Vertex 4 2.5 Inch Internal SSD
HDD:Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue
DVDDRIVE:Asus DRW-24B5ST 24x Internal SATA
MONITOR(S):Asus VK278Q 27 inch Widescreen Monitor (1920 x 1080:£236.99
KEYBOARD:Sharkoon Skiller Keyboard:£13.99
MOUSE:Anker® Programmable Laser Gaming Mouse:£25.99

prebuilt

3.5GHz Intel Core i7-3770K (4.6GHz OC)
Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Edition
16GB DDR3 1,600MHz
256GB Plextor M5S SSD & 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Corsair VS650W
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
8x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0
24in, LG 24EN43VS-B, 1920x1080, TN, D-SUB (VGA), DVI-D, HDMI
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Super Overclock Series, 2048MB GDDR 5, 1202 / 6200 / n/a MHz
Asus Xonar DGX
Gigabit ethernet, dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
1xDual-link DVI-I, 1xDVI-D, 1xDisplayPort, 1xHDMI
Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
Saitek Cyborg V7, Cyborg Rat 3
LiteOn BD-ROM, LiteON DVDRW
Windows 8 (64-bit)
Gigabyte GC-WB300D wifi & bluetooth card, Bullguard, Surge Protector
PromoCare (2 years on parts, 3 years on labour, 6 months free transport)



i dont like the keyboard and mouse on the prebuilt
7870xt vs gtx 680 super overclock. i dont like the look either.
mine has more usb ports.
it also comes with a smaller screen.
older cpu but higher o.c.
i also NEED the extra ram so dont say i dont need that much.

please tell me mine is better
 
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Just price out the pre-built yourself and compare. If you can build it for less then the pre-built you will end up with a better system for less. Pretty much every component of that thing is 'better' though case, accessories, and monitor are more personal preference.

If you provide your budget, I'm sure someone could put together an even better system. (ISP is crapping out every five minutes or I would sit down and do it.)
 
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i have an idea. lemme make a brand new build.
p.s: even though i completely disregarded you message i have read it over and i would like to say thank you
 
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i have come back with an UPGRADE. i will compare orignal post to the new build.
my new build costs 100 more than the prebuilt but thats due to a superior ssd.

CPU:Intel Haswell i7 4770k 4.3ghz oc
MOBO:Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Z87 Motherboard:
RAM:32GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz RAM Memory:
CPUFAN:Xigmatek Gaia SD1283
GPU:Sapphire 11197-12-40G HD7970 3GB Vapor-X Graphics Card
CASE:NZXT Phantom 410
PSU:XFX P1-750S-NLB9 PRO750W Core Edition Power Supply
SSD:plextor PX-256M5P 256GB M5 Pro
HDD:Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB RPM
DVDDRIVE:Asus DRW-24B5ST 24x Internal SATA
MONITOR(S):Asus VK278Q 27 inch Monitor (1920 x 1080)
KEYBOARD:Sharkoon Skiller Keyboard
MOUSE:Anker® Programmable Laser Gaming Mouse

prebuild

3.5GHz Intel Core i7-3770K (4.6GHz OC)
Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Edition
16GB DDR3 1,600MHz
256GB Plextor M5S SSD & 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Corsair VS650W
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
8x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0
24in, LG 24EN43VS-B, 1920x1080, TN, D-SUB (VGA), DVI-D, HDMI
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 680 Super Overclock Series, 2048MB GDDR 5, 1202 / 6200 / n/a MHz
Asus Xonar DGX
Gigabit ethernet, dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
1xDual-link DVI-I, 1xDVI-D, 1xDisplayPort, 1xHDMI
Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
Saitek Cyborg V7, Cyborg Rat 3
LiteOn BD-ROM, LiteON DVDRW
Windows 8 (64-bit)

my thoughts:
there is more oc on the cpu should bring them to a match while giving the extra haswell features

the ghz edition 7970 has roughly the same power as a superclocked 680 (roughly!)

more usb ports

the m5p is far superior in write speed to the m5s it even blows the vertex 4 out of the water.

they have the same hdd

again have a larger monitor. - the 100 extra pounds to downgrade the 27 inch to a 24inch and you have the same priced but superior pc.

i have won prebuilt loses Flomps and Blomps Rule
Peace,

p.s: im happier with myself.

what do you guys think?

:O EDIT: apparently my 7970 s better than the 680?
 
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