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Prebuilt Budget Gaming Build

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September 24, 2014 4:05:42 PM

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 4:16:32 PM

Do all of us a favor. Price your build on PCPartpicker so we can see what cost and added value you bring to the table.

It looks quite reasonable and I assume you get fair discounts on volume purchase and your OS to be able to deliver at that price and make a profit.

Also, what OS will you pre-install?
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September 24, 2014 4:39:08 PM

Also what would you actually sell it for thats barely enough to cover the parts if it is at all.
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September 24, 2014 6:10:50 PM

It ems to me that you're only making about $100 profit per build, if you buy to customer prices. I'm actually quite confident you could increase the price a bit, by about $50-80 and yet stay in reasonable range, cheaper than most competitors.
If I was personally interested in buying a prebuilt pc, this would be amongst my choices.
The build looks good too, although the power supply is totally overkill. A good 500w psu will more than suffice for an I7 and a 280x. If adding another, I'd personally choose an 850w one. Make sure to think of including that to the upgrade option price.

Anyway, looks good so far. Would like to get a link to your homepage once it's done
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September 24, 2014 6:13:44 PM

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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September 24, 2014 6:15:43 PM

we either include windows 7 home premium or windows 8.1 home premium (other options available at added cost of course.
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September 24, 2014 6:25:24 PM

Actually the 750W is more than capable of running an overclocked I5 with crossfire 280X (with multiple accessories.) The maximum pull a 280X could achieve is only 300W (1 six pin 75w pcie 75w and 1 8pin 150W) however they don't pull that much. and a 750W leave's a considerable amount of headway on an I5
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September 24, 2014 6:53:15 PM

So that's pretty impressive. I'm assuming you get decent volume discounts, because you have overhead, you have to budget for shipping, returns, warranty and tech support. All of those things are not cheap and I know.

Around the beginning of the year there was another new outfit building PCs. I forgot their name now - at the time they were saturating the web with advertising and they had custom cases. I don't see their ads anymore, so I don't know.

All I can say to you is good luck! And I think you will need it. Your pricing seems very, very good, but that may be a real problem for you down the road.
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September 24, 2014 8:39:17 PM

Well actually we've been doing this (In large quantity) for about a year (I have been building for almost 20 as well as some of the others around here.), this is just our new line. (I'm not allowed to mention names or websites self advertising is not allowed but you may have heard of us before, but not through ads all of our stuff is through word of mouth eBay, Amazon, and our personal website.)
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September 24, 2014 8:47:29 PM

Any and all other criticism would be greatly appreciated, we work very hard to add value to our systems. We are a budget builder, as a small company our added value is that we don't have as much overhead and can do things cheaper. We work hard to keep our customers happy and make sure that they get a system that provides a value they can't get anywhere else let alone the customer service, tech support, and upgrade services we offer(we have a free upgrade plan that anyone that purchases a computer can upgrade the components on that system for up to 5 years for only the cost of components ... no labor charges) Those value adding parts are what bring customers to us and why they stay with us.\

Most of our sales are done through a different kind of configurator. You merely answer a couple questions, what games do you play? what settings do you run? what resolution is your monitor? Then based on your answers it suggest a base build. from there you just add things you like. Our website is built for the non-tech savy. its meant to help people who don't really understand what they need. We also have someone on staff at all times to help answer questions and help people who still aren't sure. (Actually even as the owner I still do that alot it feels good to help someone knowing they got a good deal on something that will actually be useful without them having to waste huge amounts of money on something they will never use.

Because of these things I would like to insure that anything I suggest is going to be the best value for their money so please let me know if anything else needs adjusted. (have thoughts ideas anything i can do to make my customers happy is always a good thing.)
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September 25, 2014 1:46:23 PM

At the price the r9 280x is out of place i would charge a little more and replace the 280x with a gtx 970 considerably more powerful not much more money
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

its worth it for the power with a 280x you would say you can play 180p with good fps with the 970 you could say that they will dominate 1080p and open the door to 1440p
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September 25, 2014 2:52:15 PM

however unfortunately we don't have a bulk wholesale source for gtx 970's at the moment (We would have to charge $150-$200 more for gtx 970's) Thats why they are a possible upgrade but not included in the budget price.
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September 25, 2014 3:12:09 PM

I think I figured out what organization you represent... :) 
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