My son is wanting to order a custom build. I've never been much of a PC gamer and I'm a Mac guy anyway so no idea if everything is as it needs to be. Will ship at $900. Not so much looking for a spec by spec analysis, just a quick look to see if everything looks ok taken as a whole:

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Gaming Chasis: CYBERPOWERPC X-Saber 520 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Large Side Panel Window (Black Color)
Neon Light Upgrade: RGB Multi-Color (16 color) LED interior light strip with Remote Controller
Extra Case Fans: Default case fans
CPU: AMD A10-7700K 3.40GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Quad-Core APU w/ Radeon R7 6GCN Cores Graphics
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant
Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING FM2+ ATX- USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb/s Display Port, GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 PCI
NFC: None
RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
Sli Bridge: None
Power Supply: 600 Watts - EVGA 600B 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: None
Internal Wireless Network Card: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI-E Wireless Adapter Network Card
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Internal Network Card: Intel EXPI9301CTBLK Network Adapter 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express
Keyboard: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
Mouse Pad: Corsair Gaming MM200 Mouse Mat - Standard Edition PN:CH-9000079-WW
Bluetooth: USB Bluetooth EDR Dongle Thumb Size
USB Hub & Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)

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Posted by Devious

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:13 pm to Scoop

Please don't buy this

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:15 pm to Devious

What is the way to go for $1000 or so?

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Posted by DoUrden

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:18 pm to Scoop

The best bang for the buck is to build it and there are people on here than can point you in the right direction and help along the way. I just pointed a friend to this board because she wants to build her first computer. I have built two with the help of this board.

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Posted by Devious

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:22 pm to Scoop

Do you need all of the periphs? If not, 1000 will build a very nice pc. If so, you can still build a better rig than the one you listed.

What games will your son play? Will the pc be used for anything else?

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Posted by Scoop

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:27 pm to Devious

Gonna hand it over to him:

Only gaming, first person shooters, and games like skyrim, RPGs I guess you'd say, and just pretty much all kind of games, once I have it in wanting to try out a bunch of new types I could never really get into console gaming.

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 7:57 pm to Devious

It' needs to be built on this site- "www.cyberpowerpc.com" and its needs to be built tonight

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:30 pm to Scoop

Funnily enough, when I see these Cyberpower build specs posted, I usually skip straight to the GPU to see how bad it is. It's actually not the worst part of this particular build. That CPU. Jesus Christ.

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Not so much looking for a spec by spec analysis, just a quick look to see if everything looks ok taken as a whole

That's the wrong way to do it. Weaknesses in certain areas will severely hinder performance. Over-abundance in other areas indirectly hinder performance by contributing to an overall poorly balanced build for X amount of money.

I'll just leave this here:

PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($215.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($307.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $961.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 21:29 EDT-0400

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It' needs to be built on this site- "www.cyberpowerpc.com"

Eek... why?

This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 8:33 pm

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:34 pm to ILikeLSUToo

Is the price the problem because it's not as much as stated above its like 850ish

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Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:35 pm to ILikeLSUToo

Is the price the problem because it's not as much as stated above its like 850ish, and it needs to be built there because that's the only place I can get it built and shipped

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