For gaming I'm sure you've read this.
"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html
Then it appears you are paying for paint job and other things which are FREE and should NEVER EVER appear on a product list.
If you want to pay nearly double for a game rig, go right ahead.
Bob
From originspc which gets great reviews on cnet. I understand its cheaper to self build but putting that aside (unless its ridiculously cheaper), what do you think of this build for 3500 dollars?
Customizations: Corsair 650D
Exterior: Not Painted
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ORIGIN High-Performance Ultra Silent Fans - Black
EVGA Z77 FTW (USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s)
ORIGIN FROSTBYTE 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems
Overclocked Intel Core i7 3770K Quad-Core (4.1GHz-4.4GHz), 8MB Cache
750 Watt Corsair TX750M
Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GTX 680
ORIGIN Professional Graphics Card Overclocking
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600Mhz (2x8GB)
Genuine MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition
256GB OCZ Vector
2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache
24X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability (No DVD Playback Software for Windows 8
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On Board Audio
Onboard Network Port
ORIGIN Wooden Crate Armor
1 Year Part Replacement and Free Shipping Warranty with Lifetime Labor/24-7 Support
ORIGIN Recovery USB Flash Drive
No Part Upgrade Service
ORIGIN PC T-Shirt XLarge
Steam (The Ultimate Online Game Platform)
Origin PC NEXUS In-Game Support Chat Client
FREE Massive Multiplayer Online Game: Runes of Magic
FREE Massive Multiplayer Online Game: League of Legends
FREE Assassin's Creed III Download w/Purchase of Nvidia Graphics Card
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