For me, I'm looking to pick up a small gaming system. I currently have a PC for games, but it's not quite up to snuff for any current stuff. One big requirement for me is that it has to be portable. Last time I went to a LAN party there were guys with huge boxes with tons of lights and fans. I'd feel stupid lugging that around.
Getting pretty close to pulling the trigger on a Syber Vapor K. Good specs, nice video card, good size. Would make for a nice general gaming box, or can stick it under the TV and use Steam's Big Picture.
I tried putting something together using pcpartpicker, but the pricing difference between build-my-own and the Syber was so small (< $200 bucks), there's probably no point in building it from scratch.
I see where you're coming from but, with the extent of gaming that I do, a manually-built system would cost me more in time and effort than it would ever save me in raw equipment pricing.
I figure a system would last me 3-4 years. By then, I'd be shopping around for a brand new Next Big Thing rather than trying to dust out my current shit pile and trying to upgrade it.
I don't know they don't list what brands they are using are specific parts.
You could try looking at this there are also some different cases some smaller some more compact that you could look at but I personally like that one. There are also a lot of places to save money with that one but this gives you the option of an SSD and a fully modular gold plus rated power supply and a few other premium things.
For me, I'm looking to pick up a small gaming system. I currently have a PC for games, but it's not quite up to snuff for any current stuff. One big requirement for me is that it has to be portable. Last time I went to a LAN party there were guys with huge boxes with tons of lights and fans. I'd feel stupid lugging that around.
Getting pretty close to pulling the trigger on a Syber Vapor K. Good specs, nice video card, good size. Would make for a nice general gaming box, or can stick it under the TV and use Steam's Big Picture.
I tried putting something together using pcpartpicker, but the pricing difference between build-my-own and the Syber was so small (< $200 bucks), there's probably no point in building it from scratch.
I'd still consider building a computer from scratch for three potential reasons:
1. You could get more powerful parts (either more ram or a better graphic cards)
2. Or you could buy the material that would help you move your potentially new gaming system (specially made case, bag, etc...)
3. Get another monitor (because you never have enough of them).
I see where you're coming from but, with the extent of gaming that I do, a manually-built system would cost me more in time and effort than it would ever save me in raw equipment pricing.
I figure a system would last me 3-4 years. By then, I'd be shopping around for a brand new Next Big Thing rather than trying to dust out my current shit pile and trying to upgrade it.
I don't know they don't list what brands they are using are specific parts.
You could try looking at this there are also some different cases some smaller some more compact that you could look at but I personally like that one. There are also a lot of places to save money with that one but this gives you the option of an SSD and a fully modular gold plus rated power supply and a few other premium things.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- CPU | Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor | $159.99 @ Micro Center Motherboard | MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | $65.98 @ Newegg Memory | A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $42.99 @ Newegg Storage | Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $79.99 @ NCIX US Storage | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $52.49 @ OutletPC Video Card | MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card | $329.98 @ SuperBiiz Case | BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $77.99 @ SuperBiiz Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $64.99 @ NCIX US Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) | $86.98 @ OutletPC | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $991.38 | Mail-in rebates | -$30.00 | Total | $961.38 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-11 09:27 EDT-0400 |