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$950 Gaming PC with Peripherals and Monitor - Help?

Happy Camper
By Happy Camper
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It's cheap, has decent cable management, doesn't look or feel like crap. 

What other cases would you recommend?

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What other cases would you recommend?

For what budget? And is there anything you don't like about the Source 210? 

 

Corsair 230T, Corsair Spec-01/2/3, Corsair 200R/300R/330R, 450D, Air 540, 

Rosewill Challenger,

Enermax Ostrog,

Fractal Design Core 2300, Fractal Design R5 (R4 if it's cheaper), 

Cooler Master N600,

NZXT S340, H440, 

Phanteks Enthoo Pro 

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And is there anything you don't like about the Source 210? 

 

I just want to give my friend some extra options in case he likes a different case more than the 210.  Also, I noticed that the 210 doesn't have USB 3 on its front IO panel. Should I be concerned?

 

In your opinion, should I include rebates in the price of the PC?

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I just want to give my friend some extra options in case he likes a different case more than the 210. Also, I noticed that the 210 doesn't have USB 3 on its front IO panel. Should I be concerned?

In your opinion, should I include rebates in the price of the PC?

It depends if he actually needs front usb3.0 headers....if he doesn't and the ones on the motherboards I/o are fine then it really doesn't matter. Also, I believe the source 220 has usb3.0 (albeit it's not priced as well usually).

What do you mean should you include rebates....unless your friend is a complete moron he will get the rebate money back (even if it does take a couple months). So the question is can he afford to put out the total amount of money without rebates and wait for the rebate money to return?

PSU Tier List | CoC

Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210.

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It depends if he actually needs front usb3.0 headers....if he doesn't and the ones on the motherboards I/o are fine then it really doesn't matter. Also, I believe the source 220 has usb3.0 (albeit it's not priced as well usually).

What types of things might require USB3.0?

 

How widespread will Mantle be?  Should I consider replacing the GTX 970 with an R9 290x?  I know that with non-Mantle games the 970 will perform better, but how many games support and will support Mantle?  Also, what other benefits are there to the 970?

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