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Maxisthemoose
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I dont really know where to put this, but when I was just browsing Newegg when I say a deal that was a prebuilt for 1300$ and I thought, wow. Prebuilts have come down in price a lot.

 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?reviews=all&item=N82E16883230377

 

Then I thought eh, might as well try and build the same thing for less, but then when I put the closest parts I could find to what is in the Prebuilt, It came out to be 1400$... Crazy

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor $309.89 @ B&H
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $29.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $116.78 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $61.99 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $40.15 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card $679.98 @ OutletPC
Case Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply Thermaltake - Smart 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $37.58 @ Amazon
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $12.00
Keyboard Redragon - S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse $29.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1459.13
  Mail-in rebates -$55.00
  Total $1404.13
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-04 23:49 EST-0500  

 

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Uh yeah you can get a New 1080 for under $500 in the US. Dunno why there is a $700 blower style card in that list lol. Also, a 212 is basically the same as the stock cooler lol so you can spend that money on 16GB of RAM, and throw that PSU in the trash

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($133.88 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card  ($494.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.39 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Redragon - K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Redragon - Centrophorus M601 Wired Optical Mouse  ($11.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1348.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-05 05:45 EST-0500

 

I'll just leave that there. $50 more but a good amount of upgrades (better board, RAM, PSU, SSD, GPU cooler). I even got the same case, though there are cheaper options.

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6 hours ago, Maxisthemoose said:

Then I thought eh, might as well try and build the same thing for less, but then when I put the closest parts I could find to what is in the Prebuilt, It came out to be 1400$... Crazy

Your GPU choice is hurting the cost of the build. 1080s don't core $700 in America, they should be around $500. Though I'd go with a 1070ti for around $430 and just overclock it anyway. Likewise with the Ryzen 2700 instead of 2700x.

Also replaced the Thermaltake Smart PSU with a much better quality PSU.

For $1200 you can get something that would be better than the prebuilt.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor $264.90 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard $89.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $82.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card $419.98 @ Newegg
Case Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ SuperBiiz
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $12.00
Keyboard Redragon - S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse $29.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1205.71
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1185.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-05 05:55 EST-0500  

 

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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i mean. its not hard to get something better for less........

 

keep in mind prebuilds grab the cheapest they can in terms of PSU and Motherboard. its not like they are going to allow people to overclock it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($105.10 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($40.15 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cougar - Solution 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.19 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($12.00) 
Keyboard: Redragon - S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1276.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-05 06:11 EST-0500

 

 

also prices do vary wildly from region to region. 

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