$400 build, but is it any good?

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Baweek

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An acquaintance of mine is selling his prebuilt pc for $400 and I was wondering if the community could give me their perspective on this pc. Originally, I was saving up around $600 for my own build (http://pcpartpicker.com/list/FMVr99), but is this a better option for a primarily gaming pc (overwatch, blade and soul, bf4, etc.)?

The additional accessories are nice :p

i3 4330 3.5 GHz
gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H motherboard
(4) 2GB DDR3 RAM = 8GB
Asus GTX 560 Ti graphics card
850 watt gold certified Raidmax semi modular power supply
cooler master HAF 922 case
dvd/cd drive
OCZ agility 3 SSD 180GB
AULA wings of liberty mechicanl keyboard blue switches
2.1 logitech computer speakers
Dell dual monitor mounts
(2) 24" led dell monitors
 
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Are you planning on upgrading this in the future?

Honestly, the CPU in this ibuypower rig is much better than the other two options, but the...
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Baweek

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Or even this custom ibuypower rig for $550
(made in 2014)

Case - Nzxt - Phantom 410 Atx/micro Atx/mini-itx Mid-tower Case - Black
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-4770K Processor (4x 3.50GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Processor cooling - Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System - ARC Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
Video card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 - 2GB
Memory - 8GB DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2
Motherboard - ASUS Z87-K
Hard Drive - 2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s
Power Supply - 700W OCZ ModXStream Pro - 80 PLUS
Optical Drive - LG Blu-ray Reader Combo
OS - Windows 10
 
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Are you planning on upgrading this in the future?

Honestly, the CPU in this ibuypower rig is much better than the other two options, but the GPU leaves a lot to be desired unfortunately. You're original build you were looking at, changing the GPU to a RX 480, that'll save you some money there, and allow you to have a better GPU than any of these builds. That will also allow you to upgrade to a 7xxx or (maybe) 8xxx core series processor later on down the line to get more CPU power in your rig. If you end up going with a 480, I would also go for a custom card that has at least an 8-pin power connector, should make sure things run smoothly and as well as possible!
 
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