Hp prebuilt Cheaper than custom build?

[Arty]

http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&catEntryId=923155&quantity=1

configured with 970. +4790k

 

1189$

 

4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4790K processor quad-core [4.0GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]

 

12GB DDR3-1600 DIMM (1x8GB+1x4GB) RAM

 

2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6G Hard Drive

 

GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 [DL DVI-I, HDMI, DP, DP, DP]

500wat psu

 

non essital but stuff they included. 

SuperMulti DVD Burner

 HP WLAN 802.11 b/g/n 1x1 MCard BT

 7-in-1 Media Card Reader, 4 USB Ports (Top), Audio [Top 2USB2.0, 2USB3.0]

 Integrated Sound, Bang & Olufsen Audio

 HP USB volume control Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse

 

 

i can't seem to match this price in custom parts........this does seem like a good deal other than probble upgrade route

[Giki]

http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&catEntryId=923155&quantity=1

configured with 970.

 

1189$

 

4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4790K processor quad-core [4.0GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]

 

12GB DDR3-1600 DIMM (1x8GB+1x4GB) RAM

 

2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6G Hard Drive

 

GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 [DL DVI-I, HDMI, DP, DP, DP]

500wat psu

 

non essital but stuff they included. 

SuperMulti DVD Burner

 HP WLAN 802.11 b/g/n 1x1 MCard BT

 7-in-1 Media Card Reader, 4 USB Ports (Top), Audio [Top 2USB2.0, 2USB3.0]

 Integrated Sound, Bang & Olufsen Audio

 HP USB volume control Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse

 

 

i can't seem to match this price in custom parts........this does seem like a good deal other than probble upgrade route

The problem is gonna be the motherboard and yes you can build that for cheaper doing a custom build.

[Arty]

The problem is gonna be the motherboard and yes you can build that for cheaper doing a custom build.

with all the same parts? and everything they included.?

i tried i failed. Show me pls

[Giki]

with all the same parts? and everything they included.?

i tried i failed. Show me pls

Yep all but the case oh and I'll just make it 16GBs of ram lol

[Misanthrope]

I think the PSU in 500watts psu stands for "Potato, sucks, unreliable"

 

Same goes for motherboard probably, also they love to use non-standard cases and psus so you can't really drop a new mobo or psu later on. Trust me it's more trouble than the couple bucks you might save.

[Arty]

Yep all but the case oh and I'll just make it 16GBs of ram lol

obs simlar speced system.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($27.00 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: LEPA N 500W ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Encore ENEWI-1XN45 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $926.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:16 EDT-0400

[Arty]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($27.00 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: LEPA N 500W ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Encore ENEWI-1XN45 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($7.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $926.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:16 EDT-0400

 

hmmm 

if you exluded all the other stuff they put in and change the 2tb to 1tb seems about right

and this prob better anyway due too. upgrades + most people already having mouse/key

and nobody needing dvd drive

[Lolzious]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KFztYJ

 

HP wants $1219 (normally $1300) for almost the exact build.

[Clyne]

Hmm.........

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($23.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.57 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $896.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:20 EDT-0400

Windows off reddit....

If you want the total set or something

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($23.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.57 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($8.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $924.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:21 EDT-0400

Again key off reddit.

[QueenDemetria]

i can't seem to match this price in custom parts........this does seem like a good deal other than probble upgrade route

At this point I cant recommend mass prebuilts for gaming, especially HP's. They offer a good value up front, but not in the long run. The cases have terrible airflow, so expect to be constantly cleaning the vents, loud fan noise, and hot components. The PSU's are still made by LiteON, which are about as bad as $15 no name PSU's. Lastly, the motherboards are still Pegatron rubbish, which the only good thing I can say about  them is that they won't die, but you wish they would after you have to deal with them. By the time you fix all of this machines problems, you will spend more than a custom machine up front. There is a reason why custom machines cost more, because you get quality components that are designed well. HP just makes things look pretty, they don't care if it prematurely fails(and neither does their tech support, so that's not a selling point either).

[Arty]

 

Hmm.........

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($23.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.57 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $896.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-26 16:20 EDT-0400

Windows off reddit....

 

 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KFztYJ

 

HP wants $1219 (normally $1300) for almost the exact build.

not including all the other junk they there in

dvd/perpheicals./ 7in1 etc  but upgradeable this better. in long run for sure.

[Giki]

hmmm 

if you exluded all the other stuff they put in and change the 2tb to 1tb seems about right

and this prob better anyway due too. upgrades + most people already having mouse/key

and nobody needing dvd drive

Well seems like other people have already come up with builds for this lol but I figure you could get a small SSD aswell with that build.

[Clyne]

not including all the other junk they there in

dvd/perpheicals./ 7in1 etc  but upgradeable this better. in long run for sure.

Updated post but whatever

[Giki]

 

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Just so people know if you don't have a micro-center nearby Staples has price matched(+10% off) two CPUs for me from micro-center even though I don't live near one... you just need to do the online chat thing and ask them to price match give them the the info that they ask for and they should(They have for me but they might not for you...) give let you get it for the cheaper price!

I got my i7-4770k for 270$(with tax) from them.

[Lolzious]

not including all the other junk they there in

dvd/perpheicals./ 7in1 etc  but upgradeable this better. in long run for sure.

Let's be honest, that shit isn't needed 75% of the time. Not only that, but you could add a cheap mouse and keyboard + DVD drive for like $30

[Guest]

"128GB SATA 2.5 Solid State Drive"

What the hell is SATA 2.5?

 

/jk