just as a quick reference: there are better ways to price everything out as mentioned earlier in this piece by piece... but just as to check and a way to come up with alternatives to what im considering, i sometimes like to look at what i can come up with in relation quickly. Put in quick similar filters on newegg and came up with "
ASUS Desktop Computer ROG G20AJ-B07 Intel Core i5 4th Gen 4460 (3.2 GHz) 8 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Windows 8.1"
I know the price is a bit different, however consider the difference
quad-core processor vs dual
1tb 7200rpm vs 512gb
8gb ddr3
gtx 750 gpu (which is pretty comparable to the one listed but very slightly better)
and a slick ROG case
drop the windows 8
I AM NOT saying I'd shell out the extra cash just for the one i found after a few seconds of comparison... only that for a very close price without any research I was able to find something significantly better for roughly the same cash. Meaning, look around and pick and choose your components specifically for pre built computers and upgrade what needs to be upgraded for less than paying big money unnecessarily for a prepackaged subpar system, or pick your components out yourself and build the pc at home, of wait for holiday sales for either
It used to be an exhaustive process but now there are a million ways to compare specifications and prices pretty quickly, take a little time to get comparison down, and you can obtain a much better computer for cheap as opposed to buying without proper research.