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I'm finally ready to upgrade from my ancient Intel Core2 Duo E8400. I've kept it alive as long as I can with video card upgrades, SSD, etc. but I'm finally ready up move up.

I've been pricing builds on cyberpowerpc because I'm not overly interested in building my own again. That said, configured similarly (1 TB 850 Evo SSD, 16 GB Ram, 980 video card, MB with similar features) the prices for a 4790K, 5820K and 6700K seem to be within a couple hundred dollars of each other. Here are the builds

6700K $2316

5820K $2462

4790K $2490

My uses will be primarily gaming (ESO, D3), web browsing, some productivity, occasional video ripping. Nothing too drastic, but I think I keep getting carried away when I start my builds.

Any input would be welcomed.
 
Whichever platform you choose, I would not recommend ordering from CyberPower PC at all for one big reason (even though those PCs may use decent-quality parts):

HORRIBLE assembly quality. You see, CyberPower's assemblers are notorious for leaving far too many nuts and bolts loose before the PC leaves the assembly line due to the site's total lack of quality control. When shipped, some of those parts work themselves completely off, resulting in SEVERE damage to some of the critical parts. What's worse is that such damage may not be earrantied at all. So you could end up paying far more money than those prices imply.
 
Holy crap you're paying a lot of money for someone to assemble it for you.
 
Any chance you can increase your budget? I totally understand that you want someone to build it for you. That's fine. But the problem is that your choice of builder is cheap for a reason. Cutting corners is a motto in other words.

If you have to go DIY, I recommend the following:
Puget Systems
Digital Storm Online
Maingear

Yes they cost significantly more but they're significantly better.

But between the three platforms, definitely the 6700K. However, the main reason for the price difference is that the 6700K is basically using a budget mobo whereas the 4790K is using a high-end motherboard.

If you have to buy from that craptastic vendor, at least get yourself a good PSU: The only really good PSUs they have there are the eVGA G1, G2, and GS PSUs. If your system was lower-end, the XFX would be good as well.
 
Thanks for all the input.

If I decide to build it myself again, here's what I put together on PC Hound. What do you think? I changed the MB and PS, but of course am willing to listen to any suggestions anyone has. I haven't been keeping up as well with technology as I did back in the 486 days.

https://pchound.com/grcrJH/

Is a sound card required? I'm not an audiophile by and means. In the past I've had problems with onboard sound and programs like Ventrilo and Team Speak, although I guess I could re-use the sound card in this box if I had to.
 
Dangman said:
If you have to go DIY, I recommend the following:
Puget Systems
Digital Storm Online
Maingear
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Falcon Northwest is also excellent...they built my first custom gaming system way back in 2001 or so...build quality was amazing and the cable management was flawless
 
polonyc2 said:
Falcon Northwest is also excellent...they built my first custom gaming system way back in 2001 or so...build quality was amazing and the cable management was flawless
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They do great work but even among higher PC Boutiques they're far more costlier than I would like. It's already hard enough to convince people not to go with those ultra cheap PC boutiques based on price alone.
 
If you live near a Micro Center you can buy the parts yourself and have them build it for you for a nominal fee. I believe they also even offer a warranty on the completed system.
 
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