Newegg has the following combo up for $650 after rebate, any opinions on it? It will be a major upgrade from my current computer that was rescued from a dumpster and force fed a Radeon 7770 HD. I do game a bit, mostly World of Tanks, Armored Warfare, some alphas and whatever was on sale on steam.
Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I54690K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600
ASUS Z97-E LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
HyperX FURY 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Memory Model HX316C10FB/8
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED Red SPCC+PLASTIC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX PS2 (not included) Power Supply
SanDisk Z400s 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD8SBAT-256G-1122
MSI GeForce GTX 960 GTX 960 GAMING 2G LE 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card
Rosewill Valens-600, Valens Series 600W Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified, Single +12V Rail, Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready, SLI & Crossfire Ready
Looks good, is there a question?
Side note, I have been looking too but can't justify it just yet as my rig still works OK.
Just wondering how good of a deal it is. I was looking for some really big discounts for Black Friday.
That looks like a really good deal.
My kid wants a gaming rig too. Is it this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2591720
Yes, that's the one. I'll probably stick another 8 gigs of RAM in there when I get the rebate back.
I have an old copy and license of windows 7 laying around from my linux computer on my toolbox so the plan is to install 7 and get a windows 10 upgrade.
Seems like it should run most stuff in 1080p decently. Really, the main way you could improve on that for gaming now is in getting a higher-end video card setup.
If you had to run databases or websites or 3D rendering, that would be a horse of a different color.
It's a decent build. Nothing special about it.
I hate toshiba drives. Very high failure rate.
The video card and the processor are the best parts there.
Street cost break down:
Processor $200
Video card $200
Mother Board $110
Memory $50
Toshiba $50
SanDisk $80
PS $75
Case $35
I've been tempted many times to pull the trigger on a Haswell Extreme 6-core setup, but my needs are different than the average gamer. I need as much CPU and RAM as I can afford, and 3 or more display support. However, I don't really need to have good gaming performance.
