Putting Together a New Rig

[Defiantslave]

Built this system on cyberpower.... Seems like a spectacular deal. I can't possibly buy these parts myself for this price. Am I missing something here?


CAS: Raidmax Viper Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ 1x USB 3.0 Port & Side Window Panel (Black Color)

CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)

COOLANT: Standard Coolant

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4670 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150

FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

FREEBIE_VC: FREE $75 Value In-Game Hawken, Planetside 2 and World of Tanks w/ NVIDIA GTX 650 or above [+0]

HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

HEADSET1: ZALMAN ZM-HPS200 GAMING HEADSET [+0]

KEYBOARD1: (Keyboard & Mouse Combo) Razer Cyclosa Gaming Keyboard & Abyssus Gaming Mouse [+0]

MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V2)

MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Intel Z87 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Military Class 4, OC Genie II, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, HDMI, 2 Gen3 PCIe x16, 2x PCI-e & 2 PCI (Pro OC Certified)

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+0] (64-bit Edition)

POWERSUPPLY: 650 Watts - Thermaltake SMART Series SP-650PCBUS 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply [+33]

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+114] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

$807... still under $900 with shipping.

Really looking for a gaming rig with some longevity. After reading a lot of posts here, it seems the i5 with the GTX 660 2GB is a decent combo. Probably could save a bit with maybe a cheaper CPU/GPU, but for the extra cash, this seems like it might be viable a bit longer..... Could always throw in a second GTX660 at some point too eh?



EDIT* Can actually upgrade the MB to an ASUS Z87-K Intel Z87 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x PCIe x16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe x1 & 3 PCI (Pro OC Certified), if thats a better MB...?

 

[tiny voices]

THermaltake isn't a great PSU company. Stick with Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic. Get 750w if you plan to add another gtx660 later on.

The gtx660 is good for a mix of medium and high settings in modern games.

Raidmax makes TERRIBLE cases. Go with antec, Corsair, NZXT, Fractal Design, Coolermaster

 

[Defiantslave]

Thanks tiny... They have some other selections and I can still keep this around $850....

I don't really mind building it myself.... I'm sure I can get it done properly.... Just seems for this price, its a waste to do myself.

 

[mc962]

it seems to me like the price is that low because they dont use great parts for the case and psu (at least according to tiny voices). if you got a better case and psu, that would probably bring up the price. but at the same time the computer would likely last longer

as far as not being able to get parts that cheap; look around for deals at places like microcenter, newegg, amazon. you'd be surprised what you could find