In with the new, out with the old.

[JohnGabriel]

I hate that they have around 15 different motherboards within $40 of each other. I guess if I don't know whats what then I should just take the most expensive and hope that means its the best.

[MiRai]

Last time I opened up my computer I left my reading glasses in there and couldn't find them for weeks.

>_>

I just want to buy one already assembled, even bought off the shelf. Like Alienware or CyberPowerPC, are those companies good?

Unfortunately, I have no personal experience with either (or any system builders in well over a decade for that matter ), but I can tell you that they can be very expensive at times.

For example, in your current build, to upgrade from a Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD to an 850 Pro 1TB costs $536, which is more than the drive itself retails for. In the US, an 850 Pro 256GB goes for ~$150, and the 1TB version of the drive goes for about $500. The difference between them is $350, but CyberPower charges almost $200 more.

In addition, they do price their GTX 980 accordingly (~$600), but then charge an extra $600 on top of that if you want the Titan X instead, which ends up making the Titan X cost over $1,200 at CyberPower when it retails for $1,000 if you were to purchase it standalone.

Of course my examples come with no tax or shipping cost (both of which can be common if ordering online from e-tailers like Amazon or NewEgg), but these are the little things that add up to make pre-built systems cost more in the end. I guess you're essentially paying for the peace of mind of having things tested and working beforehand, although anything could break in transit.

Here is a link to a CyberPowerPC build within my budget (which is pretty much whatever). If you guys can look at it and give any advice on anything I could improve I would greatly appreciate it.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1GX9LU

Especially concerned if that's the right graphics card I want, and CPU/motherboard/RAM combination.

I can't answer if it's right for you since I don't know what you want or what your expectations are when playing games, but it's definitely more powerful than your prior machine.

I hate that they have around 15 different motherboards within $40 of each other. I guess if I don't know whats what then I should just take the most expensive and hope that means its the best.

Generally, it does mean the best in terms of components that can be found on the PCB, but sometimes you pay the premium for little-to-no benefit in everyday applications.