550$ build beats 850$ rebuild?

deshawnfast

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My build is Absolute budget, and can be compared to a 860$ pre-built.

My Build:
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.03 @ Mwave)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($115.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $447.52

Competition:
http://bit.ly/1m69JwI

Cpus: AMD Athlon 750k vs A10 7850K APU

The pre-built has a slightly better CPU. http://bit.ly/1tC7ViY

Gpu: The pre-built is using an APU with the R7 260x graphics, which is the exact same dedicated card I am using in my build.

The RAM is the same.

Yes it has 2Tb hard drive, I'll shav 60$ off the pre-built to make it 800$. You only need 330W with the pre-build APU.

This shows that my 450$, build is equivalent to a 800$ pre-build gaming desktop and nearly performs on the same level as a $860 pre-build.

If I was to invest 60 more dollars into an Fx-6300.
The build would easily crush the 860$ pre-build GAMING DESKTOP for 510$.

is it save to say my desktop is equivalent to a 860$ gaming desktop?
or even performs better with a fx-6300?

http://goo.gl/9nAsck

Thoughts?
 
Solution
Yes this is why we recommend building your own instead of buying a pre-built.
Your build is actually better. Although the same in performance, your build has a better quality psu and motherboard because those prebuilts skimp on the parts that the common person does not know/see.