- Jan 27, 2014
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I'm building a PC and all hardware is coming from Newegg,com, and the grand total comes out to about $905. This build includes:
- CPU: i5-3440
- GPU: GTX 760 (EVGA Superclocked)
- PSU: 750w (Corsair CX series)
- RAM: 8GB DDR3
- Hard Drive: 1TB
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-DH3
- CPU Cooler
- Case: Cooler Master Mid-Size Tower
This seems like a good deal, until I realized that since I'm building this myself, it will not come with Windows 7 pre-installed. It is about $100 on Amazon and that would increase the total to a little more than $1,000. I really don't want to go over $1,000 it's over my budget.
When I build the same system (except different PC case) on cypberpower.com, the grand total is $984, and that includes Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Everybody says that building your own PC is cheaper than buying a pre-built one, so is there something that I'm missing? Yes I know I can illegally download Windows 7 but the pirated versions often come with viruses and spyware that are sometimes undetectable by virus protection programs.
If I'm making any mistakes/misconceptions please let me know. I want to spend as little money as possible.
- CPU: i5-3440
- GPU: GTX 760 (EVGA Superclocked)
- PSU: 750w (Corsair CX series)
- RAM: 8GB DDR3
- Hard Drive: 1TB
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-DH3
- CPU Cooler
- Case: Cooler Master Mid-Size Tower
This seems like a good deal, until I realized that since I'm building this myself, it will not come with Windows 7 pre-installed. It is about $100 on Amazon and that would increase the total to a little more than $1,000. I really don't want to go over $1,000 it's over my budget.
When I build the same system (except different PC case) on cypberpower.com, the grand total is $984, and that includes Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Everybody says that building your own PC is cheaper than buying a pre-built one, so is there something that I'm missing? Yes I know I can illegally download Windows 7 but the pirated versions often come with viruses and spyware that are sometimes undetectable by virus protection programs.
If I'm making any mistakes/misconceptions please let me know. I want to spend as little money as possible.
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