advice for new gaming rig

[nickyy92]

guys,have tried customizing a gaming rig with aftershock on their site and its around 5k,want more advice weather i can get a similar set up for a lower price.budget for me is around 4-5k,thanks in advance

specs

-ASUS Z170 Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard

-Intel Core i7-6700K Processor 4.0Ghz (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)

-NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X

-Corsair H80I Closed loop Water Cooling

-16GB DDR4 2133mhz

-250GB Samsung EVO 850 M.2 SSD (540MB Read / 500MB Write)

-TOSHIBA 2TB 3.5 INCH HDD (Buffer Size 64MB)

-250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD (540 Read, 520 Write speeds)

-Windows 10 Home 64 Bit

-ROG SWIFT PG279Q GAMING MONITOR (Gsync, 165hz, IPS)

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen launching in 3-4 months' time...

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Well if u can stated what's your usage? It can get even lower just to fit your needs. But if want top end PC its pretty much the same build as them with a few parts might be better than them.

 

[timpeh82]

guys,have tried customizing a gaming rig with aftershock on their site and its around 5k,want more advice weather i can get a similar set up for a lower price.budget for me is around 4-5k,thanks in advance

specs

-ASUS Z170 Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard

-Intel Core i7-6700K Processor 4.0Ghz (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
$905 for both mobo and chip

-NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
FE 1080 can get around $1000? or slightly lower
-Corsair H80I Closed loop Water Cooling
cpu cooler at $155
-16GB DDR4 2133mhz
Kingston 16gb at 2133mhz will be $104

-250GB Samsung EVO 850 M.2 SSD (540MB Read / 500MB Write)
$140

-TOSHIBA 2TB 3.5 INCH HDD (Buffer Size 64MB)
$97

-250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD (540 Read, 520 Write speeds)
$140

-Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
$155

-ROG SWIFT PG279Q GAMING MONITOR (Gsync, 165hz, IPS)

$1230
I count casing at $150
total cost is $4000
you are paying $1k to them for 3 years onsite warranty
You ok to pay people $1k to cover warranty?
based on PC themes prices btw

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

$1230
I count casing at $150
total cost is $4000
you are paying $1k to them for 3 years onsite warranty
You ok to pay people $1k to cover warranty?
based on PC themes prices btw

u forget to count in monitor and psu

 

[timpeh82]

u forget to count in monitor and psu

added monitor at $1230
forget psu tot
assume company use cheapo psu
just add $100
lol

 

[MianBaoFren]

u forget to count in monitor and psu

still not @ $4k leh...

 

[nickyy92]

$1230
I count casing at $150
total cost is $4000
you are paying $1k to them for 3 years onsite warranty
You ok to pay people $1k to cover warranty?
based on PC themes prices btw

thanks for the heads up,im just customizing on their site to have a rough idea on the price im looking at,havent really got the time to do more in depth price research,will do so once i have time.started this thread to have more advice and suggestion on this price point for this setup consider 'overpaid'?

 

[nickyy92]

Well if u can stated what's your usage? It can get even lower just to fit your needs. But if want top end PC its pretty much the same build as them with a few parts might be better than them.

yup,basically for high end gaming purpose.usually more of open world,FPS

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

ASUS Z170 Maximus VIII Hero + i7 6700k @905
ASUS GTX 1080 Stirx Advance @1188
G.skill Trident Z 3200Mhz 64GB (2x32GB) @718
Samsung 950 pro 512GB @525
Toshiba 2TB @97
Cryorig A40 @179
NZXT S340 @169
SF Ledex 750W GOLD @179
Win10@reddit

Total: 3960

All prices are quote from PCThemes.

can look for acer XB271HU @ challenger (prices wise last saw was 1099)