Hi. I'm looking to buy a pre-built computer soon and will do it through ibuypower I'm almost sure. I decided I don't want to go through the stress of building a custom myself and if I'm ever going to let myself try to get a computer upgrade at all I will do it through a pre-built. Otherwise I'd probably not do anything and just keep using this desktop built in 2008 (given to me much later).
I wanted to ask you smart folks here if you thought it looked okay. The price is coming out to $1293 when I made some modifications to stuff I'd like to get. I was considering getting a i5-4690k processor and overclocking it, but they only offer liquid cooling or a stock fan. I decided I think a 4690 without overclocking will still be plenty good with this computer and since I wouldn't overclock I could just use the stock fan and be fine. The cpu/heatsink decision and getting it pre-built for me are basically the two main things to reduce stress that will allow me to accept doing this.
I linked from their special http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/B2G-Intel-i5-Special and customized it a bit to what I'd like. I picked:
Apex EL 660 Gaming Case Black
Intel® Core™ i5-4690 Processor (4x 3.50GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink[Intel]
16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module
*iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale* Free Upgrade to DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2GB - EVGA Superclocked
(in free stuff I just took the headset and watchdogs coupon. I don't even want mcafee - I'll get avast)
Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H -- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s
650 Watt - Thermaltake SMART SP-650 - *Free Upgrade to 750W Thermaltake SMART SP-750 - 80 PLUS Bronze* (Save $20) *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale*
128GB SanDisk SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale* $50 Instant OFF
2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s
LG 24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RWBlack -- Free Upgrade to LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale*
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel)64-Bit
Total: $1293
I tried to get a case I like with good ventilation.
I got a i5-4690 with the stock fan.
I know people say 8GB of ram is fine but I think i'd just start with 16 to make myself happy (previous computer had 4).
I think a gtx 760 2gb superclocked is a decent gpu for my price range.
I wasn't really sure what to pick for a motherboard so will get the default or something near it's price range.
I think they'll upgrade the psu to a 750W 80 plus bronze apparently.
I wanted to get an SSD and have a separate D drive (the 1 tb) and a separate E drive (the 2 tb) purely for steam game downloads.
I guess a blue ray player is fine if it also can use disks like normal.
Got windows 7 - don't want windows 8.
Do you think these selections look okay? Would you choose any different options there? Thank you very much for your help!
I wanted to ask you smart folks here if you thought it looked okay. The price is coming out to $1293 when I made some modifications to stuff I'd like to get. I was considering getting a i5-4690k processor and overclocking it, but they only offer liquid cooling or a stock fan. I decided I think a 4690 without overclocking will still be plenty good with this computer and since I wouldn't overclock I could just use the stock fan and be fine. The cpu/heatsink decision and getting it pre-built for me are basically the two main things to reduce stress that will allow me to accept doing this.
I linked from their special http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/B2G-Intel-i5-Special and customized it a bit to what I'd like. I picked:
Apex EL 660 Gaming Case Black
Intel® Core™ i5-4690 Processor (4x 3.50GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink[Intel]
16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module
*iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale* Free Upgrade to DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2GB - EVGA Superclocked
(in free stuff I just took the headset and watchdogs coupon. I don't even want mcafee - I'll get avast)
Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H -- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s
650 Watt - Thermaltake SMART SP-650 - *Free Upgrade to 750W Thermaltake SMART SP-750 - 80 PLUS Bronze* (Save $20) *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale*
128GB SanDisk SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale* $50 Instant OFF
2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s
LG 24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RWBlack -- Free Upgrade to LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive *iBUYPOWER Back 2 Gaming Sale*
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel)64-Bit
Total: $1293
I tried to get a case I like with good ventilation.
I got a i5-4690 with the stock fan.
I know people say 8GB of ram is fine but I think i'd just start with 16 to make myself happy (previous computer had 4).
I think a gtx 760 2gb superclocked is a decent gpu for my price range.
I wasn't really sure what to pick for a motherboard so will get the default or something near it's price range.
I think they'll upgrade the psu to a 750W 80 plus bronze apparently.
I wanted to get an SSD and have a separate D drive (the 1 tb) and a separate E drive (the 2 tb) purely for steam game downloads.
I guess a blue ray player is fine if it also can use disks like normal.
Got windows 7 - don't want windows 8.
Do you think these selections look okay? Would you choose any different options there? Thank you very much for your help!
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