Prebuilt Machine Question - is it any good?

[southfla79]

I was in CompUSA last night and saw this pre-built machine.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1277091

It's on sale for $1499.99. That's within the budget I'd like to spend for a new machine but not sure if it's overpriced or if it'll last a few years.

Any input?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Forgot to mention the primary use is gaming and some video/photo editing.

 

[slhpss]

nvm original post I wrote... just noticed it's dual video cards... that's a pretty good system for the price

 

[striker410]

NO! Terrible buy! That is a rippoff of astronomical preportions!
Lemme break down the price for you.
i7-2600k $330
6770 $110 x2, $220
16GB ram $80
HAF 912 $60
Windows 7 pro OEM $150
2TB HDD $200
Blu-ray $80
Mobo $100
H50 cooling $35
They are making around ~$250, not including the fact that they get huge discounts from OEMS by buying in bulk. Also, it's a terrible configuration. For the money, you could do much better.

Bottom line: If you want a decent PC, it's best to build your own. In ~4 hours you can have everything assembled and running, even for a noob. You save a huge amount of money and get a better PC. Your call.

 

[striker410]

nvm original post I wrote... just noticed it's dual video cards... that's a pretty good system for the price

looks to be a corsair H50 or something similar. It's closed loop and the GPU's are air cooled.

 

[slhpss]

so... it's an h50 cooler... I was just about to ask whether it was real liquid cooling or not...

yeah I would probably pass... though if you're not into building your own it will work for gaming and it will last a while... all pre-built PCs are going to have markup

 

[spasmolytic46]

NO! Terrible buy! That is a rippoff of astronomical preportions!
Lemme break down the price for you.
i7-2600k $330
6770 $110 x2, $220
16GB ram $80
HAF 912 $60
Windows 7 pro OEM $150
2TB HDD $200
Blu-ray $80
Mobo $100
H50 cooling $60
They are making around ~$250, not including the fact that they get huge discounts from OEMS by buying in bulk. Also, it's a terrible configuration. For the money, you could do much better.

Bottom line: If you want a decent PC, it's best to build your own. In ~4 hours you can have everything assembled and running, even for a noob. You save a huge amount of money and get a better PC. Your call.

If you do this build yourself forget 2 6770's. A single 6950 is better and costs the same. You also might want to cut the ram in half, most people don't need more than 8GB.

 

[diellur]

It's a good system, but not worth the price. If $1.5k is your budget, have a look at this:

https://secure.scan.co.uk/aspnet/Shop/SavedBasket/Show.aspx?id=58d7661a1e194d318ec4e146bd716a55

Swap out the GTX 570 and stick in a GTX 580, that'll do you for a few years.

 

[southfla79]

Thanks all. I was looking into pre-builts due to the noobish factor but after reading the responses, the consensus is to pass on that