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BookerSan

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My friend and i are hoping to buy the same computer, we designed a custom one and we really want the satisfaction of building them together but we have never built one before so we were also contemplating a pre-built.

The prebuilt one: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411_1553&products_id=25455

The custom one: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=197223&action=wish_lists

Please let me know which one would be a better choice.
Cheers, Ben.
 
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To my eyes, they are pretty much the same.
R9 270x is a "boosted" HD 7870. So there shouldn't be any bad changes between these too.
Btw, you didn't mention what will be the usage of these PCs so I'll go ahead and guess it's a gaming rig. What comes after this is based on the theory you're gamers!! :)

If I was you I would not pick the 7870 for 219 but I'd pick the Sapphire Radeon HD7950 3GB OC Edition V3 for like 269$, and replace the 2 TB with a 1 TB.
Since you are picking a non K CPU, I guess you should keep the stock cooler from it, at least at the start, and save some bucks to have a decent GPU like the one I'm suggesting. It's a gaming rig after all. Stock coolers do fine for the first two or more months, after that they become...
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selianx

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To my eyes, they are pretty much the same.
R9 270x is a "boosted" HD 7870. So there shouldn't be any bad changes between these too.
Btw, you didn't mention what will be the usage of these PCs so I'll go ahead and guess it's a gaming rig. What comes after this is based on the theory you're gamers!! :)

If I was you I would not pick the 7870 for 219 but I'd pick the Sapphire Radeon HD7950 3GB OC Edition V3 for like 269$, and replace the 2 TB with a 1 TB.
Since you are picking a non K CPU, I guess you should keep the stock cooler from it, at least at the start, and save some bucks to have a decent GPU like the one I'm suggesting. It's a gaming rig after all. Stock coolers do fine for the first two or more months, after that they become really loud (to my experience). You don't have to hurry.

Some tips: 750W is pretty much an overkill for this system *UNLESS* you're planning to Crossfire with another HD 7870 later!
2 TB is a lot of space, are you just casual gamers? < That's my opinion, I don't know you guys, but I just can't imagine myself with more than 1TB.

Synopsis: Your system is good, but I'd change the 7870 to 7950, the 2 TB to 1 TB, the 750W to 650W or 600W (High quality ones only). 1231 $, based on the site you gave us!
 
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