Where to buy a new rig

Makkir · March 2016

Traditionally have used dell and HP. I currently have a 3 yr old computer with a 500 series gtx nvidia card. Budget not really an issue but I dont want to over pay either..ideally looking no more than like 1300.

Id like a set up that would handle ESO on high settings, and also run BDO (and ARK survival would be nice but not a deal breaker)

dell and hp price a newer desktop at about 1200 (gtx 970, i6, 8 or 16gb ram i cant recall). i dont need a monitor, mouse or keyboard and im not buying parts and assembling myself. Is there someplace else online to shop or some other setup thatll be a bigger bang for my bucks? Id like this to last another 2 or 3 yrs before replacing again. thanks

Makkir · March 2016

this any good?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-16gb-memory-2tb-hard-drive-black-blue/4592900.p?id=1219775848732&skuId=4592900#spoke/featuresSpoke

Kwivur · March 2016

https://www.xidax.com/... I bought the X-8 a few months ago and it comes with a lifetime warranty.

wayfarerx · March 2016

If you're not adverse to a little DIY, I use this site: https://pcpartpicker.com/.

It will do compatibility checks between the different components you pick and let you customize everything down to the CPU fans. Lots of fun!

Mojmir · March 2016

wayfarerx wrote: »

If you're not adverse to a little DIY, I use this site: https://pcpartpicker.com/.

It will do compatibility checks between the different components you pick and let you customize everything down to the CPU fans. Lots of fun!

So much this,new egg has the best customer service and some good deals.

Makkir · March 2016

wayfarerx wrote: »

If you're not adverse to a little DIY, I use this site: https://pcpartpicker.com/.

It will do compatibility checks between the different components you pick and let you customize everything down to the CPU fans. Lots of fun!

i shy away because i wouldnt even know where to start.

Mojmir · March 2016

Makkir wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

If you're not adverse to a little DIY, I use this site: https://pcpartpicker.com/.

It will do compatibility checks between the different components you pick and let you customize everything down to the CPU fans. Lots of fun!

i shy away because i wouldnt even know where to start.

building a pc these days is alot easier than say 10yrs ago, alot of questions can be answered through googling or Toms hardware website.

Makkir · March 2016

i spent about 1000 after coupon for this set up at CyberPowerPC...in all honesty after shopping around it doesn't seem that bad a deal...

BLKFRISALE1: ZALMAN ZM-HPS200 Gaming Headset [+0]
BLKFRISALE2: TP-LINK 802.11AC Archer T2U AC600 Wireless Dual Band, 2.4GHz 150Mbps/5Ghz 433Mbps USB Adapter [+0]
BLKFRISALE3: GAMDIAS Ares 3 Adjustable RGY Backlit Colors, Consecutive Attack Button Gaming Keyboard [+0]
BLKFRISALE4: GAMDIAS Ourea w/ 6 Programmable Buttons, Weight System FPS Gaming Mouse [+0]
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake) [+70]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory [+69] (Corsair Vengeance LPX)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+62] (Single Card)

Ixtyr · March 2016

Makkir wrote: »

wayfarerx wrote: »

If you're not adverse to a little DIY, I use this site: https://pcpartpicker.com/.

It will do compatibility checks between the different components you pick and let you customize everything down to the CPU fans. Lots of fun!

i shy away because i wouldnt even know where to start.

I built my first ever PC about 18 months ago. It's shockingly simple. All you really need to do is make sure your parts you purchase are compatible (which is basically checking to see if your motherboard supports an Intel chip or an AMD chip, and which socket type within that).

Otherwise, it's really only just a matter of snapping a couple pieces together. Entire building process took me a little over an hour, including cable management. Tweaking the BIOS options and then installing the OS took a bit longer, but that's because I chose to overclock.

Check out YouTube videos and enthusiast websites. LinusTechTips on YT has a number of entire videos devoted to 'how to build' your PC. Do a bit of research and you'll actually get far better components and a better build for the same amount you'd spend on a pre-built.

If you're really not interested in that, then I'd say the rig you picked out was pretty good. . .though, if you said budget wasn't a huge issue, I'd seriously recommend looking into something with a better GPU, and probably a better CPU as well. I'm not a big fan of AMD lately, since they seem to keep falling further behind Intel in nearly every major measurable category.

Makkir · March 2016

@Ixtyr thanks for the insight, but my last post shows what I just purchased a few moments ago from CyberPowerPC....They have some St Patty "sales" going on right now.

Ixtyr · March 2016

Makkir wrote: »

@Ixtyr thanks for the insight, but my last post shows what I just purchased a few moments ago from CyberPowerPC....They have some St Patty "sales" going on right now.

Ha! Guess my timing was off tonight. Nice purchase, though, that's a pretty solid PC.

kenjitamura · March 2016

Makkir wrote: »

i spent about 1000 after coupon for this set up at CyberPowerPC...in all honesty after shopping around it doesn't seem that bad a deal...

BLKFRISALE1: ZALMAN ZM-HPS200 Gaming Headset [+0]
BLKFRISALE2: TP-LINK 802.11AC Archer T2U AC600 Wireless Dual Band, 2.4GHz 150Mbps/5Ghz 433Mbps USB Adapter [+0]
BLKFRISALE3: GAMDIAS Ares 3 Adjustable RGY Backlit Colors, Consecutive Attack Button Gaming Keyboard [+0]
BLKFRISALE4: GAMDIAS Ourea w/ 6 Programmable Buttons, Weight System FPS Gaming Mouse [+0]
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake) [+70]
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory [+69] (Corsair Vengeance LPX)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+62] (Single Card)

This new rig of yours is missing something crucial; something it is unthinkable now of days to build a high end gaming PC without. A solid state drive.

SSD=Solid State Drive
HDD= Hard Drive/ Hard Disk Drive

Something like these:
Samsung EVO 850 M.2
PNY CS1311 SATA
OCZ Trion 150 SATA

An SSD is several times more responsive (latency/seek times) than an HDD that also achieves much higher bandwidth throughput. For every day PC use it makes your computer feel like it's on nitrous and it has even been shown to reduce the amount of "hitching" in gameplay.

Hitching is what it looks like when a character in a game is moving faster than the environment around the player can be loaded by the HDD and so the GPU duplicates frames to keep up the FPS. This results in what looks like skippy/jerky gameplay.

Since a solid state drive costs more per gigabyte many people will install the Operating System and Programs to the solid state drive because they're most sensitive to seek times. And then media like pictures, videos, and music get stored on a separate hard drive since they don't really benefit much from being on a SSD vs being on an HDD.

Makkir · March 2016

@kenjitamura thanks for the info. I updated my order in time! Cost be about 1200 I think.

CPU: Intel(R) Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache
LGA1151 (Skylake)
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling
Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
HDD: 240GB Intel 535 SSD + 1TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Combo Drive)
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory [+69] (Corsair
Vengeance LPX)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe
x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply -
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) (Single Card)
WNC: TP-LINK Archer T8E AC1750 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Card [+69]

Makkir · March 2016

I cant wait to experience Cyrodiil's lag in high graphic quality!!!!!!!!!!

Kwivur · March 2016

This

Xeven · March 2016

Newegg brah. No tax, free shipping, awesome deals. All my rigs were built from Newegg parts.

mattymaats · March 2016

I got my current PC from these guys and it's great and it was the best rig I could get for the price. I got one of their best 2015 models which had the i5 6600k OCed to 4.5 and an OCed GTX970 and it cost me just over £800. I would recommend taking a look as they do some cheaper models and you can change around the builds to suit your budget.

I would recommend going for the coolmaster CPU cooler and slightly better thermal paste as it really helps as they will overclock your PC if you want them to.

this will have the cheapest option to start from as it's set price even if the parts go up in price due to being reviewed

If you do go down the route of building your own PC their builds will help a lot with what you should be looking at but I'd 100% recommend these guys for a good value gaming PC.