Originally posted by bcbully What about this guys?! It's $1,100, but looks pretty solid. Maybe just a graphics card upgrade?
The one quiz linked from avadirect is better and cheaper. Plus you dont have generic terms for components like " 600w power supply" . Which mean - its crappy so we wont tell you what it is- Same with the motherboard.
If you dont want to put one together yourself that ok, but do yourself a favor and at least know what components your buying. And have some control over whats in there. Sites like avadirect.com have a wide range of choices that you pick from. That way a generic shitty PSU or MOBO is only put into your system if YOU choose it.
It is your money to spend how you wish, just dont be shocked if you get subpar hardware by going with what you have linked above rather than take time to pick and choose the right components. Once again I would go with what Quiz posted over anything else linked in this thread.
Yeah, I know Quiz knows... When talking quality of components, what are we talking about? Odds of something breaking? Where does what Quiz linked rank next this one, in terms of power? Will the one Quiz linked give better frame rates on a game like Planetside 2?
The one Q linked will give better preformance for sure, jsut the simple fact that it got a R9 card instead of a R7 helps. it also got better memory , beter disk, better ...everyting ..for less.
Originally posted by Eladi The one Q linked will give better preformance for sure, jsut the simple fact that it got a R9 card instead of a R7 helps. it also got better memory , beter disk, better ...everyting ..for less.
Pretty much this ^
Quiz pick has a better Graphics Card and an actual MOBO and PSU that you know what they are. Buying a prebuilt with generic terms for components in a nutshell is risky. If it were top of the line or even decent they would list the brand and model, they dont because its pretty much a cheap shitty part.
The risk comes in when down the road the PC you just overpaid $1000 on goes belly up, or starts acting funny, doesnt boot, ect. it will more than likely be one of the crap components in the system.
If it were my money I would buy what Quiz linked, or whatever he suggests for the budget. If nothing else he knows his stuff on PC building.
In truth, price alone will not save you from dealing with generic components for a prebuilt system from most vendors as they will throw in the cheapest thing they can in the retail machines. It's the nature of the beast when buying a sub $1000 prebuilt and something I assume the OP is prepared to deal with based on their criteria for purchase. To get around that you would need to go directly to the vendor's site and use one of the custom configurators to select the brands you want as more money down doesn't really mean better quality components just more expensive ones. As a PC gaming site its no surprise a degree of elitism will rule the day when talking over such machines vs what you can build for yourself.
Originally posted by bcbully What about this guys?! It's $1,100, but looks pretty solid. Maybe just a graphics card upgrade?
That's way over your budget, and Ivy Bridge-E is wildly inappropriate to your budget. Replacing the video card yourself will push it even further over budget. If you've decided to go with a bigger budget, that's fine, but let's talk about machines that fit the new budget in that case.
Don't try to buy some off-the-shelf build. If you're not willing to assemble parts yourself, then get a computer built to order from a place that will let you pick parts. If a prebuilt computer won't tell you exactly which power supply and motherboard they're using, it's probably because they're cheap junk and they don't want you to know. A cheap junk motherboard probably isn't the end of the world, though motherboard problems can be a major pain to track down. A cheap junk power supply can fry everything in your computer, or worse, slowly damage other hardware causing weird problems that drive you nuts until you give up and toss the whole computer in the garbage.
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Yeah, I know Quiz knows... When talking quality of components, what are we talking about? Odds of something breaking? Where does what Quiz linked rank next this one, in terms of power? Will the one Quiz linked give better frame rates on a game like Planetside 2?
Pretty much this ^
Quiz pick has a better Graphics Card and an actual MOBO and PSU that you know what they are. Buying a prebuilt with generic terms for components in a nutshell is risky. If it were top of the line or even decent they would list the brand and model, they dont because its pretty much a cheap shitty part.
The risk comes in when down the road the PC you just overpaid $1000 on goes belly up, or starts acting funny, doesnt boot, ect. it will more than likely be one of the crap components in the system.
If it were my money I would buy what Quiz linked, or whatever he suggests for the budget. If nothing else he knows his stuff on PC building.
That's way over your budget, and Ivy Bridge-E is wildly inappropriate to your budget. Replacing the video card yourself will push it even further over budget. If you've decided to go with a bigger budget, that's fine, but let's talk about machines that fit the new budget in that case.
Don't try to buy some off-the-shelf build. If you're not willing to assemble parts yourself, then get a computer built to order from a place that will let you pick parts. If a prebuilt computer won't tell you exactly which power supply and motherboard they're using, it's probably because they're cheap junk and they don't want you to know. A cheap junk motherboard probably isn't the end of the world, though motherboard problems can be a major pain to track down. A cheap junk power supply can fry everything in your computer, or worse, slowly damage other hardware causing weird problems that drive you nuts until you give up and toss the whole computer in the garbage.
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Video Card – nVidia GeForce GTX 560 series or higher / AMD HD 6870 or higher
Sound Card – DirectX compatible
Internet – Broadband (10Mbit/sec or higher)
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