$1500 Australian budget gaming/streaming/editing pc

PH1LLK · Oct 11, 2016

Hey guys, I need some help, I'm buying a pc this week, I have a $1500 Australian budget and was thinking about getting this

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/36950/pccg-primera-480-gaming-system/

If someone can make a better build, please let me know.

I will be using this for gaming/editing/streaming, thanks in advance.

BadActor · Oct 11, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($418.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($385.00 @ Umart)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($75.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($129.00 @ Umart)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($36.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1426.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-11 21:23 AEDT+1100

PH1LLK · Oct 11, 2016

That looks good ! Do any of the pc's on pccasegear website for that budget compete with that ? Or am I better off building something like that, thank you for your help !

BadActor · Oct 11, 2016

You'll almost always be better off building yourself. You can get exactly what you want and have control over the quality of the parts you use. In this case, you're getting an i7 and more memory for less money.

Isokolon · Oct 11, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($418.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($126.50 @ Skycomp Technology)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($98.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($385.00 @ Umart)
Case: Thermaltake Urban R31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($62.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($129.00 @ Umart)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM 59.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($19.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1466.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-11 23:05 AEDT+1100

PH1LLK · Oct 11, 2016

Thanks for replying, I know building will always be better, I don't know how to build a pc and don't have much time to atm either so I prefer to either buy a prebuilt one or get a shop to custom build one for me, I heard a lot of good things about pccasegear so I checked them out, so if someone can choose one they think is the best within the $1500 budget from www.pccasegear.com

That way I can have an idea for a good prebuilt and have ideas for a custom built pc, thanks for your help, sorry for long post.

Isokolon · Oct 11, 2016

PC Case Gear - Shared Shopping Cart
1 x In Win 503 Mid Tower Case Black - $89.00ea
1 x Intel Core i7 6700 - $425.00ea
1 x Gigabyte B150M-D3H Motherboard - $129.00ea
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Armor OC 6GB - $429.00ea
1 x Noctua NF-S12B Redux 120mm 1200RPM PWM Fan - $19.00ea
1 x XFX TS Series Pro 550W Power Supply - $79.00ea
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 - $69.00ea
1 x Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - $109.00ea
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit OEM DVD - $139.00ea
Total: $1,496.00 - @pccasegear.com 11/10/2016

PH1LLK · Oct 11, 2016

Isokolon, I'm sorry if I explained it wrong, the 1st build you and bad actor posted are fine, what I ment to say was, if you had to choose a prebuilt pc from pccasegear for a $1500 budget what would you pick, here are some links.

http://search.pccasegear.com/search#w=480%20gaming%20system

Or

https://www.pccasegear.com/category/1411/systems

Thank you so much for you time and help guys..

Isokolon · Oct 11, 2016

oh I thought these guys offered a "shop your parts and we will build it or you" service.

looking at the prebuilds, they got really really bad value.
this is around the best they got in the category.
compared to building it yourself, you downgrade to 8 GB RAM, an i5-6500 and a weaker GPU

I'd look at other placed for prebuilds tbh

PH1LLK · Oct 11, 2016

Ok interesting because the a lot of people speak highly of pccg and think they are the place to go for prebuilds compared to

www.scorptech.com

In terms of building myself I can go to a shop called Msy, they can build my computer custom and they have prebuild pc aswell, check these out, click on the Gaming ones if you can thanks.

http://www.msy.com.au/viconline/content/31-system-packages

Tell me what you think of those compared to the other prebuilds from pccg. Thankyou

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