Deciding between Prebuilt PC (Digital Storm) vs. Building my own

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ChuckyPC

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I am deciding to put down around $2,500 to get myself a gaming pc. Which should i go for...? Prebuilt or build my own is really the main question...

Digital Storm: http://www.digitalstorm.com/velox.asp (the lvl 2 one)

My build: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ymMzM8

I know that the parts are literally identical, but I really just do not know if i should build myself or not. The DS liquid cooling seems nice, but is that a make or break?

Give me your suggestion!
 
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Hlsgsz
Build it yourself. liquid cooling is more trouble than it's worth. What if you want to upgrade?
Heres the altered component list. With what you save compared to that prebuilt and a little extra, get yourself this gorgeous 27" 1440p G-Sync IPS 165Hz monitor:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB...
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You know the answer (based on the price). You don't need custom water cooling. Use AIO cooler like H100i V2 to save money. You can do 2 way gtx 1080 sli with that budget. You can also add some more storage with that budget. I recommend changing the case to either Fractal Design Define S, Phanteks Eclipse P400s, or Corsair Carbide 400C for better looking case (and cheaper too). Hope this helps
 
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Build it yourself. liquid cooling is more trouble than it's worth. What if you want to upgrade?
Heres the altered component list. With what you save compared to that prebuilt and a little extra, get yourself this gorgeous 27" 1440p G-Sync IPS 165Hz monitor:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($345.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.84 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($154.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($669.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($154.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 27.0" 165Hz Monitor ($769.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2720.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-06 18:43 EDT-0400
 
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Since everyone else already commented on the hardware side of it, I'll stick to the experience. Building your own PC is a unique experience that you will never forget. The emotional roller coaster that comes with building is exhausting, but it's so worth it. The excitement, frustration, terror, and relief you experience throughout the build followed by the joy you feel when it's finally done is like nothing else. I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and relive my build day over and over. After doing it myself, I'll never again buy a pre-built PC. Not a chance. That proud feeling you get after realizing you just created a machine with your own two hands is like a drug, and it's sooo good.
 
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I just checked digital storm the cheapest one right know cost about 960$ for a I5 6500, GTX 1060, 1 TB of 7200 RPM of storage, hand made, And has 8 GB of storage. i added a 120 GB ssd and it cost just under 1000$ which if you were to build it yourself it would only be 50$ cheaper. so if you are coming from the consoles and are too scared to build it yourself, or too lazy, I would go with digital storm
 
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This is essentially a copy/paste from another forum response to if you read that one please understand it's just not worth writing twice. Here is my Digital Storm Experience and perhaps you can use that to make a determination.

All I can say is whatever you do make sure you do NOT buy from Digital Storm. The web site looks slick, it looks like they build a killer machine, but they don't. I recently spent $5K on a PC (i7 6700 Skylake, Z170 Asus MB, Twin GTX 980 Strix cards, PCI-E HDD and an M.2 HDD, liquid cooled, the works). Almost immediately the CPU and Graphics cards were overheating. Tech support via telephone could not help. Eventually the machine got so hot it simply shut down. After almost a month I finally got my machine back from them and as soon as I fired it up I could hear the internal fans off balance and grinding. The fan on the lower Strix card was impacting the PCI-E HDD and I have to keep the side open to keep adjusting. Do yourself a favor. Build your own, that way you know for sure it was built right and not by some hack who just puts it together for a living.
 
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