If you had to pick a pre built?

[blaine green]

Hello, let me start off by saying my bad if this is not being posted in the right section :/ I'm saving up money to build my dream PC and wanted to buy a pre built one from a local store in the mean time while I get my funds correct. I was wondering  which one of these two in anyone's opinion would be better overall for gaming (online mostly, no streaming.recording or video editing).

http://www.staples.ca/en/CyberPowerPC-Fang-III-Desktop-32GHz-Intel-Core-i7-3930K-16GB-RAM-2TB/product_162543_2-CA_1_20001 

    vs      

http://www.staples.ca/en/ASUS-Desktop-39GHz-Intel-Core-i7-3770K-16GB-RAM-3TB-HDD-128/product_100691_2-CA_1_20001?externalize=certona

  or would you think a cheaper one would suffice? like perhaps http://www.staples.ca/en/CyberPowerPC-Gamer-Xtreme-Desktop-34GHz-Intel-Core-i5-3570K-8GB-RAM-2TB/product_156250_2-CA_1_20001

Sorry in advance if anything on this post does not meet posting rules/requirements, first time poster, thanks.

 

[blaine green]

Fang 3 link wasn't working for me so re posting

http://www.staples.ca/en/CyberPowerPC-Fang-III-Desktop-32GHz-Intel-Core-i7-3930K-16GB-RAM-2TB/product_162543_2-CA_1_20001

[WoodenMarker]

The links aren't letting me see the products.

 

What's your budget? For gaming, it's probably better to make your own anyway.

[BroKenFingers]

Can I just say that it would still be better to build your own system..with a budget between 2000 -2500..you could build a very nice interim system..that will remain viable even after your dream system has been built.

Just my thoughts..if I had to..I would not choose either..Sorry. Good luck  :) Let us know what you did ...

[blaine green]

Thank you guys, I have decided to take your advice and go wth a custom build, I went for my dream pc (go big or go home right?) which for me, happens to be something like this.

 

dual sli gtx 780s(air cooled, probably gigabyte)

i7 3930k

32 gig g.skill ripjaws ram

Asus rampage extreme iv (motherboard)

corsair ax 1200i (1200w digital psu, platinum)

h100i liquid cooling

3tb hdd

two 250g ssd

OS - windows 8

 

Will be overclocking of course

 

I understand this is not everyone's dream build, but here she is. Again, thank you for the advice, take care.

[Matman24]

That is an absolute monster! of a build! Although I have to ask, why do you need a 3930k? Something like an i7 3770k (or a 4770k if you want to go with Haswell) would offer better gaming performance, for a much cheaper price. 32 GB of RAM is also kind of useless, unless you plan on doing ridiculous amounts of video editing/photo editing later on. 16GB would be more than enough. 

[blaine green]

@Matman24 Thanks! I agree, I just wanted the extra 2 cores (useless for gaming I know as games in 2013 don't even push 4 cores) for some reason I think they may come in handy if I ever decide to do anything that benefiets multiple cores I will have 12 logical cpus instead of 8. (Sorry for typos! take care Matman24.)

[BroKenFingers]

Got a case pick out yet...?

[blaine green]

Hello BroKenFingers, I had the NZXT phantom 820 picked out but I'm looking around and I think I may go with something else that provides the same amount of cooling but not totally 100% sure yet, the front case fan looks like it's not a standard fan and I would likely have to go to nzxt to order another one if I had to replace it (if they even produced them :/).

[BroKenFingers]

Hmmm...the fan does look "custom-ized"..but I think it will support any 200mm fans..have you had a look at the Switch 810..?

[Carter]

Have you thought about the cooler master haf series in terms of cases? Obviously they have other gaming cases, maybe the cosmos series, there are some great cases out there if you have the budget.