Good alternative to a overpriced cyberpowerpc build

[teagansalter]

Hi guys,

my friend is looking at cyberpowerpc'S 675 dollar build, I'll link it here http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Dragon but first of all I could build one for him with better stats anyway right? And second of all holy shit that thing is ugly, so can anyone compose a parts list for around the same price with some better stuff and a nice looking build? Also I want to hook him up with a Intel processor and a nvidia card, none of that team red shit. Thanks guys!

[GreezyJeezy]

you can get the same exact thing for cheaper by building your self  

[007agentHP]

NCIX $50 Build service

[Herman Mcpootis]

you can get better parts for the same price if you build it yourself.

[pcshme33]

Tell him to build it himself, or just have you do it with him. That thing is a total rip off.

I tried to cram the i5 with the 1060 in there for the most for his budget. If he can spend like $30 more for the up most performance. I don't know what colors you wanted, so I just went with all black as it was easy and fast to do lmao.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nmwy4C

[MoonlightSylv]

This'll perform much better, build it yourself, it's not that hard, I'm 13 and I can do it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ Video Card  ($250.00) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $672.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 22:21 EDT-0400

Edited August 13, 2016 by ShadowTechXTS

[DominicNikon]

i say build it your self, if he does not believe you can get better i guess show people on here saying build it your self

[teagansalter]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

This'll perform much better, build it yourself, it's not that hard, I'm 13 and I can do it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ Video Card  ($250.00) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $672.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 22:21 EDT-0400

you experience any bottleneck with this build?

 

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, teagansalter said:

you experience any bottleneck with this build?

 

Nope, the i5 6500 is plenty powerful enough for that GPU.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, teagansalter said:

you experience any bottleneck with this build?

 

Something you might want to consider is an SSD now or later, although it doesn't affect gaming performance.

[DominicNikon]

2 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

This'll perform much better, build it yourself, it's not that hard, I'm 13 and I can do it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($34.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ Video Card  ($250.00) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $672.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 22:21 EDT-0400

im 14 and i can do it too bad pic tho

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.99 @ NCIX US) store your OS here
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.85 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($249.99 @ SuperBiiz) wait for stock to arrive
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Rosewill 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $674.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 22:27 EDT-0400

[Gokufighther]

i dont see why too many people are saying that you can get something better and cheaper for less... this is about what you would pay building it yourself if you included the cost of windows, the keyboard, and the mouse...

[glitchmaster0001]

i do all used PC builds and they are all under $300 and the performance they throw out is insane value for money. look at my latest project and how much performance it outputs. and it only costed me $130 to build including taxes. 

 

[Funtron5000]

Just now, Gokufighther said:

i dont see why too many people are saying that you can get something better and cheaper for less... this is about what you would pay building it yourself if you included the cost of windows, the keyboard, and the mouse...

Yeah. I just priced out most of the build from their specs not including mouse, keyboard, and Windows (CyberPowerPC gives you these). Pre-built is not bad value here.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Viper II ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Other: RX 460 ($110.00)
Other: Asetek 550LC ($55.00)
Total: $662.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 22:31 EDT-0400

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, Funtron5000 said:

Yeah. I just priced out most of the build from their specs not including mouse, keyboard, and Windows (CyberPowerPC gives you these). Pre-built is not bad value here.

its because this community is directed towards DIY PCs. the only time a DIY PC is cheaper than a prebuilt is in the PCs above $1000. or if you do an used parts PC build. 

[Gokufighther]

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1J4DY5

 

not a bad alternative if you want to grab windows for $30 off kinguin instead of off of cyberpower pc.

 

this is about what you would pay for something like this btw, you just dont have to worry about building it yourself and you get a 3 yr warranty...

[DGB]

its not that hard to make one on his own. Im 14 and i could do it.

 

[Gokufighther]

Just now, DGB said:

its not that hard to make one on his own. Im 14 and i could do it.

 

yeah, but if you include the cost of a mouse, keyboard, wifi dongle, mousepad... etc, even if you go cheapo and get like a cm storm 2, a usb wifi dongle like that one and a steelseries mousepad, you are adding around $50 to a build... not to mention he has to actually build it, and i doubt he would be looking on those websites if he knew how to do it (unless he wanted price comparisons, but either way, it should be known by now that the price difference isnt much)

 

if you check how much this build would cost him, it is definitely right around that price

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/dLhF8K
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/dLhF8K/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($19.98 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($7.97 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($39.99 @ Best Buy) 
Other: RX 470 ($199.99)
Other: Steelseries mousepad ($13.99)
Total: $985.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 23:02 EDT-0400

 

and that isnt even a good keyboard and mouse, not mechanical (its like 1/2 way, and the mouse sucks!!!)