Buying a new desktop computer

[phallan]

Hey! Yeah well so I'm selling my MSi GE620DX laptop and planning on building my own PC!

I have put together these two, and I'd like to have your opinion(s) on what the major difference is and if the costdiff is worth it.

• CyberLink DVD Suite 7, 6Channel, OEM CD
  QPAD FH Komplett L.E.
  Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2200 2.1
  Cooler Master Elite 430 Midi Tower Black
  Silver Power SP-SS500 500W PSU
  ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Socket-1155
  Intel® Core i7-2700K Processor
  QPAD CT Pro Gaming mouse pad Intel Bundl
  Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB
  Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti 1GB PhysX
  Sony Optiarc DVD±RW Writer, AD-5280S
  Seagate Barracuda® 500GB
  No OS selected
  3 Year warranty

This one costs $1300

• CyberLink DVD Suite 7, 6Channel, OEM CD
  PC BOX LARGE
  QPAD FH Komplett L.E.
  Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2200 2.1
  Antec P280 Miditower Svart
  Corsair TX V2 650W PSU
  Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, Socket-1155
  Intel® Core i7-2700K Processor
  Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB
  ZOTAC GeForce GTX 570 1280MB PhysX CUDA
  OCZ SSD Agility 3 Series 2.5" 60GB
  Seagate Barracuda® 500GB
  Sony Optiarc DVD±RW Writer, AD-5280S
  SteelSeries QcK Deathwing Edition
  Operativsystem ej valt.
  World of WarCraft Battlechest
  Garanti 3 års inskicksgaranti

And this one $1650
Thank you

Phal

[phallan]

Sorry had forgotten the prices, added now

[phallan]

*bump* could use a reply, I'm about to buy a computer anyday now =)

[Raptor]

I wouldn't want any arse-inkicking warranty but other than that, they seem largely the same. Not sure why there's a 300 dollar diference?

I'd prefer the Cooler Master case because I know what to expect with those cases. Also, I'd go for VLC (Free download) insead of that DVD suite but I guess you get it for free with your machine. And I wouldn't want to be caught dead with 2.1 sound; 5.1 or I'd rather not game at all

[phallan]

Yeah, some of these options are not made by me - including all of those you listed ^_^ - the only difference I can see is the graphics card..I guess that's where the price difference is?

phal

[Raptor]

Ah, ok. Well I guess it becomes a budgetary decision then.  The other one also seems to come without a Steelseries mousemat? You should check if that justifies the 300 extra dollars.

By the way, a bad mouse on a good mouse mat still makes for a bad combo.

I'd also recommend a 64bit OS to be able to address all that RAM ...

[phallan]

got a 64bit OS on cd =) and the cataclysm steelseries mouse, aswell as a razer metal mousemat so I dont think I need those things =)

is the i7 2700k going to be a strong enough processor for lets say bf3 etc?

[Raptor]

Judging from the recommended system requirements and the specifications of the processor in question, I'd say yes.

Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3

    OS: Windows 7 64-bit
    Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
    RAM: 4GB
    Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950.
    Graphics card memory: 1 GB
    Sound card: DirectX compatibl sound card
    Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

[phallan]

Thank you, hm..

Would you say they're worth the price they've put on 'em?

Like, is it a good computer for 1350, and a good computer for 1600?

Why and if the case, why not?

Sinc, phallan

[Raptor]

I would never buy a gaming computer that I did not put together myself. Especially not by Komplett.

But yeah, given the price of the parts and the total price of the computer, I'd say you'd spend about as much trying to build it yourself.

I think you'll have a nice gaming rig if you buy either one of these.

[phallan]

Oh, what's wrong with Komplett? =)

[Raptor]

Oh, what's wrong with Komplett? =)

I stopped ordering from them a long time ago so I can't quite recall any specifics but I believed they were overpriced and not very professional in handling the orders and dealing with warranty cases.

That was the Komplett for my region. Yours might be different.

[mroilfield]

I might be mistaken but I believe part of the price difference is the second comp comes with world of warcraft battle chest