Need advice on prebuilt PC

[Savo]

I'm considering a few options, including building one myself, but one that has recently gotten my attention is this $899 ibuypower PC. I missed out on it last time it was up because of how fast it sold out, but its come up again.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227412

The primary problem I have is that the video card isn't exactly cutting edge, being only a 7770. However, after a bit of thinking, I came to the realization that I could crossfire it. The 7770s are only $134-$150, so down the road I could slap another one in there and amp my performance. The only problem with that is that the motherboard has x16 and a x4 PCI slots. I am told that I could still receive a nice performance boost though even if both aren't x16.

I'm on a bit of a shoestring budget, so I'm looking to keep the price down as much as possible. Part of what makes this one attractive is that it comes with a 4 gb Xbox which I can promptly turn around and sell to make back some of my cash. My budget for a PC really only comes out to about $800, so would I theoretically be better off buying this one or buying $800's worth of components and the operating system and building it myself?

I am more or less hoping to get something that I can game fairly decently with for the time being and when I have more disposable funds I'll be able to look into upgrades.

 

[RoboGeek]

i live in the UK so im not sure what the prices are like in the us compared to us but im under the impression that its cheaper in the US.

the computer itself does seem a bit expensive for what it is, the graphics card is very dated and the RAM speed is a bit slow for what your paying.

In general you always save a lot building the computer yourself but you should always make sure you know what your doing first

 

[keiskay]

if you dont feel like building yourself, there are websites that allow you to do configurations and build a better computer for the same price or less.

i use this one http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Z77_Configurator/ a lot since you can build a good pc fairly cheap, but if you want serious power try avadirect.

the configurator i linked to is almost better then your computer just needs a new card and power supply and its ready to go.

 

[evilneko]

You can probably save yourself some money by looking for a computer with a decent CPU and memory, and then just upgrading the video card yourself. Depending on how much RAM is you might even consider skimping on that in the initial purchase and upgrade it separately too. RAM is also the absolute easiest thing to upgrade.