Ovrtaker

Yeah I saw that it was $100 off at the time of posting, I just used the prices discussed in the video - $950 for the system, $915 for their build. Check my expansion card, it's got Bluetooth . I've experienced a few too many integrated Wi-Fi failures to go that route. I purchased my copy of Windows 7 off ebay in mid-2011 and have never had a problem - now running Windows 10! I also built my first PC in 2009 and hadn't done a clean install of Windows until last week (and that was only because I was tired having three copies of Steam without any showing up in Control Panel), so I guess I'm probably an outlier in the OS-problems department. I'd also suggest to anyone I know to get a legitimate copy of Windows 7 for $20 then upgrade to Windows 10 for free (which is still possible and is way cheaper).

Taking your notes into account, here (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MwrYxY) is a system comparable or better at $915 (extras mentioned below). Some math: -$200 due to pre-mining graphics card pricing $56 for Windows 10 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Microsoft-Windows-10-Home-64bit-License-and-Activation-Key-/272799962615?epid=900230617&hash=item3f842515f7:g:dI8AAOSwWkJY9YcR) $15 for identical Dell keyboard (https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Wired-Keyboard-KB216-580-ADMT/dp/B00ZYLMQH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503872986&sr=8-1&keywords=dell+kb216) $9 for Dell mouse (https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Dell-Optical-3-Button-Compatible/dp/B009W2U5BQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503873036&sr=1-3&keywords=dell+mouse) ~$20 for external dvd burner (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=external+dvd+burner) ~$15 difference for Office 2016 (http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-desktop-computers/new-inspiron-gaming-desktop/spd/inspiron-5675-gaming-desktop/ddcwrdsk931s?selectionState=eyJGUHJpY2UiOjg0OS45OSwiT0MiOiJkZGN3cmRzazkzMXMiLCJRdHkiOjEsIk1vZHMiOlt7IklkIjoxNDYsIk9wdHMiOlt7IklkIjoiUjVENUhOOCIsIlByaWNlIjoxNTAuMH1dfSx7IklkIjoxMTYsIk9wdHMiOlt7IklkIjoiNDZBUEY2NSIsIlByaWNlIjozMC4wfV19LHsiSWQiOjc0OSwiT3B0cyI6W3siSWQiOiJBUjUifV19LHsiSWQiOjU3MiwiT3B0cyI6W3siSWQiOiJGRzAwMTkifV19XX0%3D) ~$0 because Windows Defender blows McAfee away $20 for assembly time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- $75 disparity between LTT price and total price of this system. This includes $40 for "assembly time" and a dvd drive which I don't feel most people need to account for, but the point here is that $75 is still a huge disparity. On top of this, this is not how I would spec a machine for this budget - why get an RX 580 over the $150 cheaper GTX 1060? The largest problem of all is that I just did about an hour of research to find these parts and this spec. I don't feel that anyone at LTT spent even half that time doing research for this video. P.S. You made some good points on where HW improvements could be made. Mind if I PM you if I end up building a rig sometime soon?

Where the heck did they build their $915 pre-mining PC? I can put together a comparable system for $906 right now (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hgx2d6). Also, based on quite a few sources (http://upgradeyourtech.com/amd-radeon-rx-580-price-trackers/ and http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-580-570-custom-model-prices-leak/ for example) the price of an RX 580 has gone up around $200 since the mining craze started. A copy of windows is just $50 or so off ebay and a DVD drive is around $20 (though I didn't put one in the PC I made), so I'm very curious where the $160 extra dollars were spent... Anyway I made this account since a lot of the recent LTT videos seem like they're either D4NK MAY-MAYS ("Chopping Up a GTX Titan... AGAIN!", "The CHEAPEST PC Case on the Market", "The Crappiest SLI Setup of ALL TIME") or complete misinformation from the consumer ("$1000 Gaming PC BUILD GUIDE!", "5 YEARS OF GAMING LAPTOPS TESTED!", "The Escalade of Gaming PCs - Maingear Omen X"). It makes me sad since I've followed the channel for years now.