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[Darian DelFord]

Unfortunately I am not skilled enough to make my own or I would and cheaper as well.

Can anyone recommend any good sites or had great experiences with building your computer online and having it shipped to you?

Like

http://www.ibuypower.com

or

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com

or

http://www.originpc.com



Just as an example of what I am talking about.my budget is less than 2000.

Thanks for any help or ideas

[Flapdrol]

Assembling a pc doesn't require skill.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Darian DelFord, on 14 June 2015 - 04:37 AM, said:

Unfortunately I am not skilled enough to make my own or I would and cheaper as well.

Can anyone recommend any good sites or had great experiences with building your computer online and having it shipped to you?

Like

http://www.ibuypower.com

or

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com

or

http://www.originpc.com



Just as an example of what I am talking about.my budget is less than 2000.

Thanks for any help or ideas

Putting a PC together is like lego, it's really really simple these days. You'll pay a substantial premium for a prebuilt machine.

As an example - You could go so many different ways.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220-X 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($59.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($97.95 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card ($669.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower Case ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1896.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 11:15 EDT-0400

[Lord Letto]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($183.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($377.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X OC Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X OC Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1990.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 12:24 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($183.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($377.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($393.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.88 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Antec SPOTCOOL Fan ($13.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050014-WW 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1984.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 12:32 EDT-0400

Edited by Lord Letto, 14 June 2015 - 08:32 AM.

[Summon3r]

OP.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take the plunge and build your own. i took the dreadfully intimidating plunge myself about 5 months ago and wow what a CAKE WALK!!!! if you can build lego as a kid or put together piece of furniture from the store you can build a million pc's and get insane bang for your buck!!!!

youtube, this forum, and pcpartpicker are the way to go you will have a new pc built in a couple of hours!! and it will be a beast

[Tarl Cabot]

See, ya get more replies in this subforum

Thought I would repost my suggestions if the OP wants a pre-built.

Tarl Cabot, on 13 June 2015 - 03:32 PM, said:

Should post this in hardware - start with your price range.

The price difference can be approx $300-$500 between a prebuilt and self built, maybe more, depending on sales prices and such.

https://www.cyberpow...ers_Day_Z97-I7/

https://www.cyberpow..._Day_Special_I/

Major differences - Will revise it, or others can.

$110 difference - i7 (4core+4Hyperthread) vs i5(4core) and a 500mhz speed difference.

Hmm, Nvidia 970 vs Nvidia 750 Price differences vary from $213 to $163 (currently not sure why the huge difference between both machines but likely due to the price difference for the built-in GPU on the CPU, weird).

If you go with the Nvidia 970 the i7 would be $1359 before taxes/etc vs i5 $1172. Stay with the K series, as that allows OC when you are up to it.

edit - I would suggest changing the PSU to one of the Corsair, as I am not sure who the basic PSU mfg.

The major differences with the build your own will be solid state drive and 16gigs of ram vs 8gigs of ram, a Blu-ray/DVD/CD drive and the video cards.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 14 June 2015 - 12:19 PM.

[Catamount]

Just in case the absolute cacophony above me doesn't get the point across: BUILD YOUR OWN

If you need help, hit a snag, whatever, we're here for you the whole way through.

[Howzer]

As someone who asked a similar question 1 year ago, I can tell you first hand that you can definitely build your own. I used the same videos from earlier in this thread and was greatly helped by several members of this thread including Catamount and Lord Letto. On top of the better parts, you also understand more about the computer and have a sense of pride from building it. I am never going back to pre-built.

[MavRCK]

And get some good cpu thermal compound:

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16835426020

[Darian DelFord]

Thanks Tarl for sending me here, had no idea it was even here

I really am not as good with computers as I used to be (Used to be a beast in DOS 3.0)

Thank you for all the replies, will be combing through them the next couple of days.

Question thought, I plan on having a standard 1 or 2 TB drive however I also want at least a 250 GB SSD

Would MWO run better on the SSB vs the normal drive?

Have always heard that SSD's are better for programs that you access frequently

[Brixx]

Darian DelFord, on 15 June 2015 - 06:14 AM, said:

Thanks Tarl for sending me here, had no idea it was even here

I really am not as good with computers as I used to be (Used to be a beast in DOS 3.0)

Thank you for all the replies, will be combing through them the next couple of days.

Question thought, I plan on having a standard 1 or 2 TB drive however I also want at least a 250 GB SSD

Would MWO run better on the SSB vs the normal drive?

Have always heard that SSD's are better for programs that you access frequently

Loading times are way faster, aside from that you won't notice that much of a difference. It won't give you an FPS boost or anything but you'll be done with loading into a match after like 5 seconds.

[Euphoric1RW]

I used this site to build my first PC a long time ago, the guy always maintain the site and updates the build, so give it a look if you like, the newegg tutorials look good as well. http://www.mysuperpc.com/

[Summon3r]

SSD will speed up you load times of the game and getting into maps/drops by a large margin but wont give an actual game performance increase, which with your solid budget and if you decide to build yourself will be an utter beast mode gaming rig

[Darian DelFord]

Summon3r, on 15 June 2015 - 08:15 AM, said:

SSD will speed up you load times of the game and getting into maps/drops by a large margin but wont give an actual game performance increase, which with your solid budget and if you decide to build yourself will be an utter beast mode gaming rig

My last one lasted 10 years with a few minor tweaks over the years

But my GeForce 9800 GTX is getting a bit dated

Tired of playing the game at 10 FPS

[Summon3r]

Darian DelFord, on 15 June 2015 - 08:20 AM, said:

My last one lasted 10 years with a few minor tweaks over the years

But my GeForce 9800 GTX is getting a bit dated

Tired of playing the game at 10 FPS

well like i said with a 1500-1999 budget you are easily looking at an I7 + gtx 980 rig and millions of fps (well 60+ in pgi/mwo universe lol)

[Lord Letto]

#BeastMode
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($183.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($177.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card ($605.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.88 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Antec SPOTCOOL Fan ($13.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050014-WW 62.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1996.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 18:29 EDT-0400

[Summon3r]

what Lord Letto just posted and if you wanna cut a few bucks just go with 1 vid card and still be ridiculous beast mode

[Flapdrol]

Darian DelFord, on 15 June 2015 - 06:14 AM, said:

Would MWO run better on the SSB vs the normal drive?

Have always heard that SSD's are better for programs that you access frequently

Loadtimes are better, and it massively speeds up the patching.

[Catamount]

I like the spirit of Letto's build, but I also see little reason to get a 295x2 right now given the offerings that are coming to the market in literally a week. The 295X2 is only going to be in the very rough ballpark as a single Fury X (maybe less at sub-4k resolutions), but the latter will not have to rely on superb Crossfire scaling and play at only 4k to look good.

[xWiredx]

Zero reason to entertain the idea of a 295x2. The 980 Ti and Fury X cards would be far better ideas. Obviously OP can get away with not even needing a top-tier card for 1920x1080. If resolution is 1440p then he might want to consider a 980. The CPU in the build is somewhat important, stick with an unlocked Haswell i7 in this price range.