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Stevenson44

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Hello hello!

So I recently decided to buy a gaming PC and found this one in my price range:

http://www.wintroniccomputers.com/page/ecom-catalog?catid=976&pid=3797

Case CoolerMaster HAF912 Gaming Mid Tower Case

Power Supply CoolerMaster Silent Pro 850 Watts POWER SUPPLY

Motherboard Asus F1A75-M PRO DDR3+SATA3+USB3.0 HDMI Motherboard

CPU AMD A8-3870 Quad Core 3.0GHz Socket FM1, 4Mb L2 Cache, 100W 32nm (AD3870WNGXBOX)

Memory Corsair Gaming Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz (4X4G) Dual channel kit

Hard Drive Kingston 128G Solid State Drive(SSD) + WD 2TB 64MB SATA3

Video Card SapphireAMD HD7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video card

Optical Drive LG Black 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer (SATA)

CPU fan AMD fan for High-performance CPU Cooler for AMD Socket FM1 CPU

Audio 7.1 Channel HD Audio

Cables High Density Cables for Performance Operating System

Includes:

1- Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit

2- Word Perfect Office 12 Suite Including:

- Word Perfect

- Quattro Pro (spread Sheet)

- Corel PRESENTATION 12

- TRELIX


It's $950 before tax. Is this good bang for my buck? Can I play games like Guild Wars 2 and Diablo 3 on max settings? Should it be easily upgradable in the future?

Just looking for some insight before I swipe the card lol.
 
The wintronic system is definately better. However, I would see if you can upgrade the video card. Would type of games do you play? Sorry if I asked this in your other thread.
 
See good and bad and not needed on both systems. You ought to try to build it yourself and pick parts out individually.
 
Oh man, I am getting so dang tired of explaining why building a PC is better.Okay, here it goes:Building a computer is easy.It really is, nobody listens.Also, you get to pick the exact parts, like the case, a good power supply.Seriously, 3 hours of building AT THE MOST.In fact, for me, building a PC for the first time took about 1 and a half hours, plus watching a 40 min video on how to build it.
 
byteninja2 said:
Oh man, I am getting so dang tired of explaining why building a PC is better.Okay, here it goes:Building a computer is easy.It really is, nobody listens.Also, you get to pick the exact parts, like the case, a good power supply.Seriously, 3 hours of building AT THE MOST.In fact, for me, building a PC for the first time took about 1 and a half hours, plus watching a 40 min video on how to build it.
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If you're tired of it, you'll want to leave this forum because you will spend a lot of time explaining that to people.
 
I would really consider building your own computer. For one, it gives you more knowledge about how computers work. Secondly, you can pick out parts to fit your own needs. Lastly, it's more fun :), at the end of the build you can look at it and say..."I built that...".
 
S3AnD3 said:
I would really consider building your own computer. For one, it gives you more knowledge about how computers work. Secondly, you can pick out parts to fit your own needs. Lastly, it's more fun :), at the end of the build you can look at it and say..."I built that...".
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+1 I have never seen a forum so crowded with peopole who build their computers, but say that prebuilt is good, even when it isnt.It really is fun, hanging out with guys who know computers, I only hang out with these guys because i am knowalgable, because I built a PC.
 
byteninja2 said:
but say that prebuilt is good, even when it isnt.
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So long as you can be sure that the people building the PC for you are using quality parts and are charging a decent price, then it's fine to buy pre-built. Of course it's going to be more expensive; the people building need to charge mark-up and make some money out of it at the end of the day - that's what I do when I build people systems. I usually stick to building my own though because I like to choose what I have in my system; but not everybody has got the time to build or particularly wants to, in which case buying pre-built is fine.
 
bigfellla said:
Confused as why you chose that CPU, plus a discrete GPU? Just doesn't make sense for a gaming rig.
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Well he didn't really choose the CPU or the GPU as such. He chose the complete computer, probably because it was advertised as "Gaming Computer" or something :P.
 
Stevenson bro, thats not a gaming machine and to be honest for the money you can do a lot better. Even if you get a parts list from us and go back to the OEM builder. Better than that current rig. It seems to me as if they're trying to off-load stock on you.

My suggestion is to get a parts list here based on your use and budget, and then see what that particular company can do it for (dollars wise) and see what their mark up is.
 
First off, thanks for your replies!

I have no problem building a computer but I dont know what parts to get lol. My budget is about $900 before tax.

If someone could put together a parts list from newegg.ca with that budget in mind I would gladly go that route.

Im on this forum for your guidance.:P
 
 
vistakid10 said:
CPU http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
RAM http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
Board http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546

Hard drive http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
Case http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139011&Tpk=carbide 300r
Graphics card http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986
Power supply http://secure.newegg.ca/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=view

DVD http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

Total $996

Is $900 a strict budget or can you go over? If so, by how much? If this rig is too expensive we can change things to make it cheaper (cheaper GPU and graphics card is what I'm thinking right now).
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Thanks so much!

I will proboably order this all by the end of the week. Is this everything needed to build a complete PC or is there any miscellaneous items I need as well?
 
Don't order that. Seagate drives are getting worse and worse as far as I know, and I'm beginning to lose trust in them. I've seen far too many premature Seagate deaths, and they recently lowered their warranty. Western Digital has as well, but their high-end drives are still of very good quality. If the original build I posted in your other thread was too expensive, I can bring the price down. ;) Also, the build above doesn't include Windows; I assumed that you would probably need that.

In response to your post: you may also need a wireless card if you plan on keeping the computer away from a wired internet source.
 
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Here's what I put together:

Case - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154094
^It has a handle, so it would be good for the portability you wanted. ;)
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157306
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129230
Power Supply - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703035
CPU - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
^This CPU is special in that it allows you to overclock, which you probably will not need to do. If you need to save money, you can shave a good $30 off the total cost if you go with a cheaper CPU.
RAM - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148540
Hard Drive - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136798
^You could also choose a 500GB version of this drive to save ~20$. Either way, this is definitely the type of drive to go with. It has a 5-year warranty, so you're basically guaranteed that this thing is built to last at least until you're ready to upgrade again.
DVD Drive - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
^This one has received a very large number of positive reviews, so I figure that it is probably a good option.

The total cost is $935 without shipping, rebates, and Windows, but that can be lowered if necessary. ;)
 
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