Looking for a prebuilt gaming computer with a budget of $900-$1200

[clockworkorange]

Hello everyone,

I was checking on ebay to see what deals they had on any prebuilt gaming computers around $900-$1200. I was thinking of building my own but I just wanted to see if there was any on the site worth the price. I came up with these 3 choices after looking for a bit. I like the fx-6300 because I hear it overclocks well.
What do you guys think? Please let me know, thanks.

I put them in the order of which I liked the most.

1st choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Gaming-Computer-AMD-FX-6300-XFX-Radeon-7950-3GB-GDDR5-Overclocking-PC-/111136927201?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item19e046ede1

2nd choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5GHz-4-1GHz-Turbo-FX-6300-Six-Core-AM3-Gaming-PC-Computer-HDMI-8GB-RAM-1TB-/200897984680?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item2ec673f8a8

3rd choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Gaming-Computer-AMD-FX8350-Vishera-8GBs-RAM-AMD-HIS-7790-/281144927942?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item41758b26c6


Honestly I feel like I wanna move fast on the first one seeing now how many offers it has had now already. Surprised it's still there. Might be bought up quick tho...

 

[Nuffehh]

The 1st one is better for gaming, better graphics card, SSD, and a 3.5GHz 6-core is well enough for gaming.

The 2nd has integrated graphics card so that isn't a option to go for.

The 3rd has a worse (not that much worse) graphics card than the 1st choice, so go for the first if you want the best performance, also 8 cores isn't really needed for gaming. You'd only need that for video rendering/graphics. (Even then, the processor for the first one would be good enough for that, definitely good enough.)

My choice would be the 1st

Mainly because you can most games at 1080p at ATLEAST 60 FPS, at the VERY LEAST 50 FPS for most games.

 

[iNova]

Would not recommend ebay. If you saw the Ebay murder.

 

[iNova]

Try CyberPowerPC or Alienware. NO Alienware is NOT overpriced IMO

 

[clockworkorange]

The 1st one is better for gaming, better graphics card, SSD, and a 3.5GHz 6-core is well enough for gaming.

The 2nd has integrated graphics card so that isn't a option to go for.

The 3rd has a worse (not that much worse) graphics card than the 1st choice, so go for the first if you want the best performance, also 8 cores isn't really needed for gaming. You'd only need that for video rendering/graphics. (Even then, the processor for the first one would be good enough for that, definitely good enough.)

My choice would be the 1st

Mainly because you can most games at 1080p at ATLEAST 60 FPS, at the VERY LEAST 50 FPS for most games.

Thanks for your answer. I'll probably make an offer here soon on that one. I see that there are 6 declined offers and 2 pending at the current moment, so I'd probably have to offer close to the buy-it-now price I'm guessing. What questions would be best to ask about it before I really decide to buy?

Would not recommend ebay. If you saw the Ebay murder.

What is the Ebay murder?

 

[biohazard918]

First off i do not like the idea of buying a pc on ebay one of the main reasons to buy a prebuilt gaming pc is the warranty and support the system builder provides an ebay sell is not going to get you that. Second the last two machines are just bad they have crummy gpu's. As for the first one its clearly the best of the lot but i feel the need to point out the lack of a hard drive the 128gb sdd in it is not big enough to hold much of a games library i have something like 400gb of steam games on my pc. So you will most likely have to buy a hard drive to pair with that sdd and thats another 60 to 70 dollars. As for alienware goes as a DIY builder their prices make me gag.

My suggestion is this http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel_B85_Core_i5_Configurator if you buy the entire machine from ibuypower you can get an upper mid range gaming pc with your budget. I have 2 idea's to get more bang for you buck however one is Semi DIY where you buy the core of the machine from ibuypower and source the GPU, SDD, and OS separately. And the other is a normal DIY system build.

Ok first start with the http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel_B85_Core_i5_Configurator select the i5-4430 , 8gb of ram, AMD Radeon HD 6450 and the 600 watt psu. It should total $648.

To this i suggest you add
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($305.38 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $574.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-08 23:53 EDT-0400)
Total would be $1212.27 i realize this is over your max budget if you don't want to pay that much just substitute a 128gb ssd for the 256gb to knock 60 to 70 bucks off the price.


My second suggestion is a full DIY build its fairly easy to build a pc these days here is the list of parts i suggest.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75 PRO3-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($77.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($61.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($305.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $1074.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-09 00:02 EDT-0400)

The performance of the two builds should be damn near identical and the full DIY would save you just under $120 how ever the DIY build is a smaller micro atx machine which i consider a plus. Just to compare if you were to get all this from ibuypower it would run you $1402.

As far as over clocking goes the haswell based cpu's ibuypower is selling don't overclock all that well and the increase in price is not worth it IMO. If you really want to over clock it wouldn't be very hard to fit a Core i5-3570K and an appropriate motherboard and decent cooler into the DIY build's budget ether way the i5's are much better gaming cpu's then the FX 6300 which is closer to the i3's in terms of gaming performance and what i would consider a budget part. Also the radeon 7970 is highly overclock able and at around 300 dollars a fantastic value.

 

[biohazard918]

The first pc is gone did you get it?

 

[iNova]

The 1st one is better for gaming, better graphics card, SSD, and a 3.5GHz 6-core is well enough for gaming.

The 2nd has integrated graphics card so that isn't a option to go for.

The 3rd has a worse (not that much worse) graphics card than the 1st choice, so go for the first if you want the best performance, also 8 cores isn't really needed for gaming. You'd only need that for video rendering/graphics. (Even then, the processor for the first one would be good enough for that, definitely good enough.)

My choice would be the 1st

Mainly because you can most games at 1080p at ATLEAST 60 FPS, at the VERY LEAST 50 FPS for most games.

Thanks for your answer. I'll probably make an offer here soon on that one. I see that there are 6 declined offers and 2 pending at the current moment, so I'd probably have to offer close to the buy-it-now price I'm guessing. What questions would be best to ask about it before I really decide to buy?

Would not recommend ebay. If you saw the Ebay murder.

What is the Ebay murder?

A guy sold a truck on Ebay, the 2 guys murdered the seller.

 

[ncasolo]

Hello everyone,

I was checking on ebay to see what deals they had on any prebuilt gaming computers around $900-$1200. I was thinking of building my own but I just wanted to see if there was any on the site worth the price. I came up with these 3 choices after looking for a bit. I like the fx-6300 because I hear it overclocks well.
What do you guys think? Please let me know, thanks.

I put them in the order of which I liked the most.

1st choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Gaming-Computer-AMD-FX-6300-XFX-Radeon-7950-3GB-GDDR5-Overclocking-PC-/111136927201?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item19e046ede1

2nd choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5GHz-4-1GHz-Turbo-FX-6300-Six-Core-AM3-Gaming-PC-Computer-HDMI-8GB-RAM-1TB-/200897984680?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item2ec673f8a8

3rd choice: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Gaming-Computer-AMD-FX8350-Vishera-8GBs-RAM-AMD-HIS-7790-/281144927942?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item41758b26c6


Honestly I feel like I wanna move fast on the first one seeing now how many offers it has had now already. Surprised it's still there. Might be bought up quick tho...

There have been a number of comments encouraging you to look at some systems in various places other than what was listed. I'll echo those comments, but suggest you can get more bang for your buck if you don't get Alienware.

If DIY scares you because you're not sure you can do it yourself, it is a lot easier than you'd think. No I don't know how to setup a motherboard, but I can read an instruction manual. Most of the parts are simple to plug in because they only plug in one way in one spot. My last build was the first one I really did by myself. I always had someone else assemble what I ordered. I had it built in about 3 hours.

If you don't want to go the way of DIY that's fine too, but I would order it from a website that allows you to really customize what you want. Ask the question (an answer I don't have) "What websites allow me to customize my PC at a good price?" Do a little research on what sites are suggested and then figure out what you want to spend/what to order.

One very important piece of advice I have... do NOT impulse buy a PC. You'll wish you had done this or that or something else. I spent 3 months customizing the PC I have that is now 9 months old. On a $1000 budget I would build the exact same PC today that I built 9 months ago.

 

[John Bong]

absolutely pass on alienware...
this system will blow away any Alienware offering at this pricepoint:
http://www.gaminggurupc.com/product-p/moxypremade.htm