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September 24, 2014 8:24:26 AM

Ok, so I use this site for market/product research to understand what and how I should setup our new lines of PC's as they come out. I would like to ask a question about Our new line-up I want to know what intelligent, well informed, people think of our new line-up and the pricing of such. This Line is planned to launch in the next week or so but I thought I would see what people here thought of it, and the pricing.

I have made sure not to include any information that would suggest where to buy this etc. I would just like to understand peoples thoughts on it.

Our Baseline Mid Grade system will be as such.

Intel I5 (unknown model yet still considering) 3.0ghz or above most likely a K model as Free overclocking is a large part or our repertoire.
Asus or Gigabyte motherboard (will be sli and crossfire capable)
Full Tower Case. (this is one of the cases we plan to use we typically have 4-5 choices but this is the only one we have decided on for sure) http://raidmax.com/chassis/agusta.html
750W Corsair 80+ Gold/platinum Power supply
8gb DDR3 Corsair Performance Ram (upgrade to 16gb 80$)
1 TB Seagate Barracuda or WD black 7200 RPM Hard Drive
256gb Sata 3 SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium or 8.1 Home Premium
R9 280X Asus DirectCU 2
Matching Backlit Gaming Mouse and keyboard (50$)
995$ Plus Shipping
Upgrade to I7 1075$

Or Crossfire with I5 For 1295$
Upgrade to I7/Crossfire 1375$ (This would be a quad core i7 not hex etc.)

These come with choice of lighting, Professional cable managment/UV sleeving. Cold Cathodes Etc At no extra Cost.

This will include 3yr Parts/Labor Warranty, Free Lifetime Tech support, Free Upgrade Service, Antivirus Suite, Office Suite, etc.

I appreciate any and all thoughts and criticism if you feel this setup would be better with a different Card etc. Please remember this is supposed to be a budget build not a 4000$ build this is suited more towards the average gamer.

I have looked at other builders and it seems the lowest I can find for a similar system is 1400$ for the base system.
1700$ with crossfire
1800 with I7

So what do you think is this a good deal? Should I change the system configuration?(please remember this is a base configuration Nvidia Cards etc are available through upgrade.)

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September 24, 2014 8:36:59 AM

At this time, you should probably be trying to push people in the R9 280x bracket towards the GTX 970, it is a pretty significant power increase for $30-40 more.

For the CPU, since you plan to have OC capabilities built in, you would need an i5 4690k+ a Z97 Mobo or i5 4670k+Z87 mobo.

A good case option is one of the NZXT phantom models. Also the fractal design R4 for sound dampening for people who enjoy a slightly more quiet rig.

To be honest, I am not seeing much profit at the prices you are proposing unless you are getting parts for 10% cheaper or more than retail.
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September 24, 2014 8:43:49 AM

Yes we see quite a good discount in bulk purchasing. (The GTX 970 is a consideration, however we have not been able to get it yet through our Bulk partners so it cost considerably more.) The processor/motherboard is on par with what we were considering.
Yes we had considered those case options as well, as I said we will have multiple case options available that was just one that we had decided to definitely use.
I'm assuming then you feel that the price point is good? We were hoping that it would appeal to even people who are capable of building it themselves. (since the cost to build a similar system yourself would be close if not the same or higher.
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September 24, 2014 9:15:46 AM

Actually as configured ... I can't even see a normal person being able to build it as cheaply as we can.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dKs4P6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dKs4P6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.73 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Raidmax ATX-605BT ATX Full Tower Case ($109.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($98.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1355.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-24 12:14 EDT-0400
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a b 4 Gaming
September 24, 2014 9:42:23 AM

Yeah, when building you typically expect around $1.1k+ for an OC i5 build (without OS) so if you guys can build it at that price then it is a pretty good deal.

Also, since OCing is standard, maybe add in a CPU cooler like the CM 212 EVO as a base model and offer upgrades to water cooling or larger air coolers.
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September 24, 2014 10:01:07 AM

yeah the CM hyper 212 series is our go to (we don't use anything lower except in our g3258 setups).

I prefer not to use Water Cooling because of shipping mishaps.

However we do build the occasional Custom Loop but those are for in-store pickups only. (and well custom loos are prohibitively expensive labor as well as component costs so we don't do alot of them.)

We always offer Larger air coolers (However I don't find the majority of them to be a good price to performance ratio, so I tend to sway people away from them no point in more than twice the cost for 5-10% extra performance just doesn't make since to me.)

The majority of the time I or another individual go over the person's needs (we have a questionaire what games they want to play what settings what resolution monitor.) That way we can help them build a system that will fit there needs at the best price. I rather enjoy the feeling of helping my customers knowing that they are satisfied with their purchase and that they got a good deal better than they could have gotten almost anywhere.

I think to most end-users Price to performance is much more important than an extra 5%. Although I have met the occasional individual that disagrees.
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September 24, 2014 10:02:08 AM

Overclocking is not standard but is free, and because we use a heatsink that allows for some overclocking head room it is actually free they don't have to purchase several upgrades just to do so.
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