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Is this pre built pc overpriced ?

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    That's a refurbished model, not brand new. I would say it's closer to €1700 brand new, but it's not a crazy price for a pre-built with those specs. PC Specialist are a good operation and don't use crap power supplies so I don't think there'd be anything to worry about. The HDD would be a bog standard 7200rpm drive, SSD could be anything, probably a Kingston as that's their cheapest option on their website when building I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/4WzqwV
    Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/4WzqwV/by_merchant/

    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€249.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.46 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€157.16 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€122.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€94.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€142.81 @ Mindfactory)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (€459.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case (€77.84 @ Mindfactory)
    Power Supply: Corsair CXM 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€97.77 @ Mindfactory)
    Total: €1435.86
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 17:03 CET+0100

    Dropping down to a 1070 card and with optimal components etc best i can do as an alternative.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭minitrue


    This is probably more comparable to what they are offering you (most likely a chunk better then what they are offering, I went up past the cheapest few 1080s anyway and the case/psu is an unknown). It's probably not what I'd order with that money but it helps put their offer on the refurb into better perspective for you perhaps.
    CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€337.84 @ Mindfactory)
    Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€55.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€89.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Mushkin Striker 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€72.11 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€58.50 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card (€663.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.78 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€61.94 @ Mindfactory)
    Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer (€14.59 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (€105.51 @ Mindfactory)
    Total: €1512.24


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭minitrue


    Meant to say, I just slapped in a m-atx board, I'd guess they will give you an atx board, but who knows ;)

    If the list of parts you came up with is an indication of the sort of stuff you would like then I doubt what they are offering is going to make you extremely happy but as TerrorFirmer says it's not a crazy price for a prebuilt.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Yea im more worried about the quality of the components tbh, small things like ram and psu etc and i'd like a nanoxia deep silence 3 case.

    PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/JsrdJV
    Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/JsrdJV/by_merchant/

    CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (€264.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.46 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€147.84 @ Mindfactory)
    Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€89.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€94.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€85.41 @ Mindfactory)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (€459.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case (€77.84 @ Mindfactory)
    Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€72.84 @ Mindfactory)
    Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer (€14.59 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Total: €1340.90
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 18:41 CET+0100

    I think this will do the job, already have windows 10 i can use.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Will you definitely be overclocking? Because if not, you're wasting a lot of money on the processor, board and cooler. Also keep in mind that an i7 will easily outperform the i5 in games and editing/rendering, so you might consider a basic H110 or H170 board and i7-6700?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Will you definitely be overclocking? Because if not, you're wasting a lot of money on the processor, board and cooler. Also keep in mind that an i7 will easily outperform the i5 in games and editing/rendering, so you might consider a basic H110 or H170 board and i7-6700?

    Works out about the same price from what i can see, not checked prices too much though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,812 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Will you definitely be overclocking? Because if not, you're wasting a lot of money on the processor, board and cooler. Also keep in mind that an i7 will easily outperform the i5 in games and editing/rendering, so you might consider a basic H110 or H170 board and i7-6700?

    I wouldn't really recommend H110 boards anymore; B250 boards are coming in around the same price but support DDR4-2400.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,472 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Its a Coolermaster HAF case so pretty good.
    In fairness it does look like a good deal.


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