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September 24, 2014 4:06:39 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 4:23:30 PM

750W is overkill and not needed unless CF/SLI (I would include the PSU upgrade with that price to drop the base price ~$20 or so)

1TB black is a decent upgrade option, I'd suggest a low cost 2TB for same $ as the base system (with the premium drives, 3/4+TB drives, and additional HDD's as available upgrades)

I'd also drop the SSD to a 120GB for the base system (again larger available as an upgrade) to lower the base price another $50.

I would also drop the base GPU to a 265/270 (again upgradable for $)

If overclocking is part of your repertoire, I'd spec an aftermarket heatsink (say a cooler master 212+ evo a stock) better = more $ and possibly include a AIO water option (for the 1337 feel as so many want water cooling)

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September 24, 2014 6:22:32 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

Yes, however this is one of our prebuilts that don't need much upgrade (they still have options) however don't need it. 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.

Our base Cooling solution is a cooler master hyper 212 with arctic silver 5 actually we just throw away the stock intel crap. (well we toss them on ebay but you know what i mean.)

Actually the 750W is more than capable of running an overclocked I5 with crossfire 280X (with multiple accessories.)
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