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Loki_DC
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Hey Linus I am new to pc gaming on a desktop and have recently purchased a new desktop from a big box store. I'd like to ask if you think it sounds pretty good for the price: 8th gen intel i7 8700, 16gb ram, 1 tb hdd, 120gb ssd, Asus prime h310 plus motherboard, and a nvidia 1060 3gb card all in a decently large and vented case with rgb all for around $1200 including a 2 year warranty. I now i could build one probably better but I am new to this scene so i wanted a pre built to get me started. How much better could i do if I buit it on my own or finding a cheaper pre built or same price one thats just as good or better. I have another week to be able to take it back if you or anyone can give me a better idea than to run with what i have and upgrade overtime.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor $309.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $69.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $132.99 @ Amazon
Storage Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $38.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card $364.98 @ Newegg
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $61.00 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $94.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1247.61
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $1187.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-04 16:28 EDT-0400  

This is what you could get for the same price and similar parts. A bigger ssd and a 1070 instead of a 1060 3gb. 

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That motherboard's VRM will overheat all the time with an 8700 whenever anything CPU demanding runs. This will induce CPU throttling.

 

Is this a gaming rig? If yes hen the CPU and GPU balance is wayyyyy off.

 

That 2 year warranty is also worth $200 btw

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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31 minutes ago, Loki_DC said:

Hey Linus I am new to pc gaming on a desktop and have recently purchased a new desktop from a big box store. I'd like to ask if you think it sounds pretty good for the price: 8th gen intel i7 8700, 16gb ram, 1 tb hdd, 120gb ssd, Asus prime h310 plus motherboard, and a nvidia 1060 3gb card all in a decently large and vented case with rgb all for around $1200 including a 2 year warranty. I now i could build one probably better but I am new to this scene so i wanted a pre built to get me started. How much better could i do if I buit it on my own or finding a cheaper pre built or same price one thats just as good or better. I have another week to be able to take it back if you or anyone can give me a better idea than to run with what i have and upgrade overtime.

Sorry to say but you got ripped off like badly ripped off

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19 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor $309.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $69.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $132.99 @ Amazon
Storage Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $38.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card $364.98 @ Newegg
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $61.00 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $94.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1247.61
  Mail-in rebates -$60.00
  Total $1187.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-04 16:28 EDT-0400  

This is what you could get for the same price and similar parts. A bigger ssd and a 1070 instead of a 1060 3gb. 

Windows 10 HOME can be got  for 10 USD on scdkeys.com thats where many pc services and butiques get keys

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46 minutes ago, petarslayer said:

Windows 10 HOME can be got  for 10 USD on scdkeys.com thats where many pc services and butiques get keys

Yeah some would rather get a key that isn't grey market. That's why I put the official Windows and if they want to do an alternative then they can do so. 

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9 hours ago, Loki_DC said:

...

Build something like this instead...

A ryzen 5 2600 + rx580 should be plenty fr basic 1080p gaming.

I have even added a 1080p 144hz Freesync monitor ND peripherals while staying under ur budget...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($61.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.08 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Acer - ED242QR Abidpx 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair - STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1140.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-05 01:04 EDT-0400

CURRENT RIG-

CPU: Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 OC 4.3GHz

CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Macho HR-02 Rev.A 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus - Rampage III Gene Micro ATX LGA1366 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Video Card 
Case: BitFenix - Phenom M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Super Flower - Leadex Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

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