ibuypower cheaper than DIY?

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Ibuypower has this deal going on and it has a lot of the components I was looking at to build my own. However, I can't find the parts to build it any cheaper than what they are providing. What am i missing? They seem to make an extremely high quality rig for the price. Let me know what you think.

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Diablo-Intel-Special

A basic summary of it's components
i5-4770k
asus z87-k motherboard
2TB HDD
8 gb 1866 RAM
geoforce gtx 760
blu-ray player
windows 8
mcafee anti-virus (1 year)
3 games (daylight, black flag, and diablo 3)
Also includes a mouse and keyboard & 3 year warranty
all for $1089
 
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tiny voices
That system can't even max modern games at 1080p.The GPU would need to be a gtx770 for playing at max settings.

other problems with it:

Case is cheap junk. Riadmax is not a good company for anything.
CPU cooler is junk. A cheap Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO would cool better and be ALOT less noisy
PSU is VERY poor quality. I would change it ASAP. If it failed, it could fry the entire computer.
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tiny voices

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That system can't even max modern games at 1080p.The GPU would need to be a gtx770 for playing at max settings.

other problems with it:

Case is cheap junk. Riadmax is not a good company for anything.
CPU cooler is junk. A cheap Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO would cool better and be ALOT less noisy
PSU is VERY poor quality. I would change it ASAP. If it failed, it could fry the entire computer.
 
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tiny voices

tiny voices

Titan
Sep 6, 2012
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-K ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($309.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1002.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 00:14 EDT-0400)

Cheaper by a few bucks.

WAY better GPU
WAY better PSU

This build has a general higher quality of parts and will perform ALOT better in games than the ibuypower build.
 
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