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I bought a PC recently from iBuyPower.com and after opening the box to find out it didn't work. I had to send it in for repair the day i received it and they told me that I was being unreasonable asking for the 2 day shipping I had already paid for. Long story short they don't want my business and told me I had to box it back up and send everything in for a full refund.

This was my system build for around $2000 including 200ish for shipping:

1 x Case iBUYPOWER Revolt Mini Tower Gaming Case
1 x Processor Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (4x 4.0GHz/8MB L3 Cache) - Intel® Core™ i7-4790K
1 x Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z97N-WIFI ITX --- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16, 2x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s
1 x Memory 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module (Revolt) - Corsair or Major Brand **Free Upgrade to DDR3-1866 G.SKILL RipjawsX**
1 x Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 - 2GB
1 x Power Supply 500 Watt - FSP 1U 80 Plus Gold Certificated Power Supply - *Support up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
1 x Processor Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H55 Liquid CPU Cooling System - Standard 120mm Fan
1 x Primary Hard Drive 128GB ADATA SP610 SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE
1 x Optical Drive Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Slot Load Drive
1 x Monitor 23" 1920x1080 LG 23MP55HQ-P -- IPS LED Monitor
1 x Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - 64-Bit

I did have a headset/keyboard/etc in with it, but that isn't what I need help with. I don't know where to go next. I don't know if it is better to buy parts and attempt to put them together myself, or if there is anywhere I can get a custom built PC with similar capabilities. I really appreciate any help, I haven't been able to play my games for over a month now.
 
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Because the only difference is hyper threading which many games do not take advantage of. Most games are going to be GPU dependent not CPU. They are both quad core at similar speeds and the i7 has 2 virtual cores per actual core. The software hasn't caught up with the hardware. Unless you are using a multiple GPU set up, the i5 will be just as fast as the i7. If you are going for SLI or crossfire you may want the i7. But with a GTX 750 and an i7 you'll be seriously gimped on the GPU power. With an i5 and a GTX 970 you will have a better balance of power. My i5 2500k still puts along at 30-50% CPU usage in games and the GPU is 100%.
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If this is primarily a gaming rig I'd go with an i5 and a GTX 970. The i7 and 750 will give you terrible gaming performance vs an i5 and gtx 970. The 750 will barely give you playable framerates at 1080p.
 
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i7 processors aren't as good for gaming as i5's? I understand the graphic card, but then I also still have the question of where do I buy from? Also, do I purchase parts (I'm not confident putting it together myself) and where should I buy from?
 
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Putting a system together is only as hard as reading the manual. I did it my first time at 15. If you're not confident doing it yourself you might look for a local whitebox system builder. My company assembles systems and we only charge a 65$ build fee even if you buy the parts from newegg or something. Newegg.com is a great place to buy PC components. Places like Frys will price match online prices so it's worth trying to find a retail store near you and seeing if they price match. Then you don't need to worry about RMAs as you have some where to bring defective parts.
 
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Ok I live in Connecticut, and after looking around on google for a while I am pretty sure we don't have any whitebox system places around here. Just from what you have said so far, I am guessing it is better to purchase parts. If i go to Newegg and order all those parts, replacing the 2 you suggested, I would still need to get a tower. I don't have a lot of experience with this, my last PC I bought that I had for 6-7 years was a Dell that just recently died on me.
 
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Because the only difference is hyper threading which many games do not take advantage of. Most games are going to be GPU dependent not CPU. They are both quad core at similar speeds and the i7 has 2 virtual cores per actual core. The software hasn't caught up with the hardware. Unless you are using a multiple GPU set up, the i5 will be just as fast as the i7. If you are going for SLI or crossfire you may want the i7. But with a GTX 750 and an i7 you'll be seriously gimped on the GPU power. With an i5 and a GTX 970 you will have a better balance of power. My i5 2500k still puts along at 30-50% CPU usage in games and the GPU is 100%.
 
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Nothing to building a PC once you look at tutorials and see for yourself. Custom building sites tend to charge 20-50% more when you can save that money and get exactly what you want while not trusting someone else to put your components in the case

For a gaming PC, here is a solid/future-proof build that will run [strike]most[/strike] any games on max with high fps
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kvNqWZ
$1334 and you can pick a case/cooler/monitor of your choice or change anything

Better than your build in the post and cheaper if not exactly $2000 :)
 
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