My [New Pc] halp?

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/PRE-BUILD_Gamer_FR920BF

i thought this looked pretty promising besides:

-core i3 ( im not too knowledgable about intel processors let alone any)
-The gfx card ( i have a 2GB msi GEFORCE GTX660 Twin Frozr) for that
-the power supply ( i have an 850watt PS as well)

the reason why i won't go with a cheaper barebones system or take the time to build something piece by piece, is because i severely lack the knowledge to do so. and i honestly am strapped for time, (i don't know how to save). i can order this by today and have it by tuesday. if you guys know any other pre-made gaming pc manufacturers where i can get a good rig ranging from 500-900 dollars it'd be very appreciated. - Kristina

Why not i7 if you'll get GTX 660? xd

it's a premade with same day shipping (which would be nice) plus i don't think i'll have enough for a monitor if i do go to an i7 :[ i already own the GTX660 though

Well I do have GTX690 and i7-3770k.

Well, whatever floats your boat(but I think it's ok already)

I'm pretty sure you could've gone up to an i5 and bought a much better motherboard, ram, and downgrade the silly case and toss the optical drive for an identical price if you just put it together yourself.. but if you really want to get a prebuilt it's not a terrible price there. Oh, and for the love of god please get a better PSU. With a non 80+ cert PSU if you snag a new graphics card and load it up in there, you're taking a MAJOR RISK. Hell, even without it you're taking one. NEVER EVER skim on your PSU as bad chinese made ones can do some serious damage, while running up a power bill that would've costed you even more than just upgrading it would've in a year. The video card is what's going to really do you in pricewise in the end (The 610 they're giving you there is a joke, and has a street price of ~40 dollars by the way), I'd suggest snagging a 7850 from newegg while they're still on sale for 169usd. There's also the Nvidia alternative but I don't work with the Nvidia brand enough to suggest anything and know for sure if it's worth getting or not.

Alternatively, if you want to pour an extra 100 into your build.. I'm going to link a video to the same person I link to in all these tech threads!

Electric wrote:

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/PRE-BUILD_Gamer_FR920BF

i thought this looked pretty promising besides:

-core i3 ( im not too knowledgable about intel processors let alone any)
-The gfx card ( i have a 2GB msi GEFORCE GTX660 Twin Frozr) for that
-the power supply ( i have an 850watt PS as well)

the reason why i won't go with a cheaper barebones system or take the time to build something piece by piece, is because i severely lack the knowledge to do so. and i honestly am strapped for time, (i don't know how to save). i can order this by today and have it by tuesday. if you guys know any other pre-made gaming pc manufacturers where i can get a good rig ranging from 500-900 dollars it'd be very appreciated. - Kristina

Do you have a 660 or 660 ti

if you have a 660 get the i3 if you have a 660 ti get a i5.

considering that you are limiting yourself to a specific budget, id suggest AMD instead of intel because they usually offer better prices for equal stuff
but i guess if you have a NVIDIA card youd want to go with intel...

boytitan2 wrote:

Electric wrote:

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/PRE-BUILD_Gamer_FR920BF

i thought this looked pretty promising besides:

-core i3 ( im not too knowledgable about intel processors let alone any)
-The gfx card ( i have a 2GB msi GEFORCE GTX660 Twin Frozr) for that
-the power supply ( i have an 850watt PS as well)

the reason why i won't go with a cheaper barebones system or take the time to build something piece by piece, is because i severely lack the knowledge to do so. and i honestly am strapped for time, (i don't know how to save). i can order this by today and have it by tuesday. if you guys know any other pre-made gaming pc manufacturers where i can get a good rig ranging from 500-900 dollars it'd be very appreciated. - Kristina

Do you have a 660 or 660 ti

if you have a 660 get the i3 if you have a 660 ti get a i5.

The 660 isn't a ti

I figured after going through everything I'd be wasting money on that rig only because of the convenience at when I'd get it. So I looked around and found this, instead with practically the same time frame to be shipped to me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227437

Electric wrote:

I figured after going through everything I'd be wasting money on that rig only because of the convenience at when I'd get it. So I looked around and found this, instead with practically the same time frame to be shipped to me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227437

The graphic card it comes with sucks.

boytitan2 wrote:

Electric wrote:

I figured after going through everything I'd be wasting money on that rig only because of the convenience at when I'd get it. So I looked around and found this, instead with practically the same time frame to be shipped to me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227437

The graphic card it comes with sucks.

that's why i bought the 660

update, i decided to order all the items i need for a custom pc individually. here's my build: ( if anything's off or could be better please let me know)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/176Ha

Electric wrote:

update, i decided to order all the items i need for a custom pc individually. here's my build: ( if anything's off or could be better please let me know)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/176Ha

Why are you getting a graphics card you have a  660 remove it that is a crap card well no crap just over priced  and it gets out performed by the cheaper year old gtx 550ti by around 1-2% in games.

Get one of these 3 cases instead better air flow,better priceing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL030813&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL030813-_-EMC-030813-Index-_-ComputerCases-_-11147153-L0G

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146080

If you don't have a 660 get the 650ti boost very similar performance and u save 40 bucks.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX650Ti-Dual-Link-Graphics/dp/B00BZB0HDS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371419800&sr=8-2&keywords=650ti+boost

i thought it would be better if i got a low end gfx card, then save most of my intensive stuff for the 660, i made that amd build and an intel build

the intel build:

 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1772s

boytitan2 wrote:

out performed by the cheaper year old gtx 550ti by around 1-2% in games.

i didnt read up on nvidia cards because i build around an amd processor myself but:

usually while the performance of the older cards is about the same as the newer cards in the medium budget, they offer different features. this most likely shows in the direct X department and possibly in energy consumption.
especially with some cards eating considerably less energy while having the same or slightly worse performance, the price will be much lower in the long run due to your electricity bill being noticably lower in comparison to the older models.

at least for AMD ATI cards this is true and i would be suprised if that wouldnt be true for NVIDIA cards, too.

Aurum_Sol wrote:

boytitan2 wrote:

out performed by the cheaper year old gtx 550ti by around 1-2% in games.

i didnt read up on nvidia cards because i build around an amd processor myself but:

usually while the performance of the older cards is about the same as the newer cards in the medium budget, they offer different features. this most likely shows in the direct X department and possibly in energy consumption.
especially with some cards eating considerably less energy while having the same or slightly worse performance, the price will be much lower in the long run due to your electricity bill being noticably lower in comparison to the older models.

at least for AMD ATI cards this is true and i would be suprised if that wouldnt be true for NVIDIA cards, too.

gtx 650 does have lower power consumption but really power consumption does not matter on your electricity build as much as people think its more of a factor on how much your gona have to shell out for a psu. Also I forgot 650 can't be use in sli or over clocked as much as a 550ti neither matter tho because she has a 660.

Electric wrote:

i thought it would be better if i got a low end gfx card, then save most of my intensive stuff for the 660, i made that amd build and an intel build

the intel build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1772s

No elec that is fucking stupid the gpu runs according to what your doing if your not doing intensive stuff the gpu wont run 100% you don't need a lower mid tier gpu if u have a mid tier gpu. You can use the 660 all the time.

Intel build is stronger than your amd build get it but get a different case and heatsink stop going cheap on the case and heat sink get one of the cases I listed and get this heat sink

http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-RR-212E-20PK-R2/dp/B005O65JXI/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1371423161&sr=8-18&keywords=intel+core+i7+heatsink

Thread is done now go buy the parts.