PowerSpec G416 a good buy?

[Autumn Antonia]

Hello, I'm quite new here, and to PC gaming in general, and I do hope I'm posting this question in the right forum. I'm hoping to receive some advice on whether this computer I've had my eye on is a worthwhile purchase or if I should abstain. It's the PowerSpec G416, from MicroCenter, and it costs $1,200- really $1,500 once you factor in tax and a three year warranty. This is, needless to say, quite a chunk of change, so I want to be very carefull before committing the money.

The computer can be found here: http://www.microcenter.com/product/457543/G416_Desktop_Computer

Here's a basic rundown of the specs:
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
CPU: Core i7 6700K
CPU Speed: 4.0GHz
RAM: 16GB
HD Capacity: 2TB
SSD Capacity: 256GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

To be honest, I know very little about computers, and am new to PC gaming in general (life-long console gamer). Although, to my understanding, this is, by current standards, a fairly powerful machine. The SSD in particular is enticing. Is this a good deal? Is there anything in particular I should know about this computer that a newbie such as myself might miss?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

[Lord Flashheart]

It seems a good general gaming pc. Maybe wait until the pascal gpu is released before deciding and that is soon. See what the indpenedent benchmarks say. What monitor resolution?

[Birdy.J]

Originally posted by OfLittleRelevance:

Hello, I'm quite new here, and to PC gaming in general, and I do hope I'm posting this question in the right forum. I'm hoping to receive some advice on whether this computer I've had my eye on is a worthwhile purchase or if I should abstain. It's the PowerSpec G416, from MicroCenter, and it costs $1,200- really $1,500 once you factor in tax and a three year warranty. This is, needless to say, quite a chunk of change, so I want to be very carefull before committing the money.

The computer can be found here: http://www.microcenter.com/product/457543/G416_Desktop_Computer

Here's a basic rundown of the specs:
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
CPU: Core i7 6700K
CPU Speed: 4.0GHz
RAM: 16GB
HD Capacity: 2TB
SSD Capacity: 256GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

To be honest, I know very little about computers, and am new to PC gaming in general (life-long console gamer). Although, to my understanding, this is, by current standards, a fairly powerful machine. The SSD in particular is enticing. Is this a good deal? Is there anything in particular I should know about this computer that a newbie such as myself might miss?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

The SSD is optional unless you want fast loading or you are impatient

[Autumn Antonia]

Keeping in mind, again, that I'm a newbie... I had to look at the product code on the side of my monitor and do a google search to find out my screen's resolution.

*hangs head in shame*

Anyway, it looks like I have a screen resolution of 1366x768. Also, it's a 32'' monitor with a response time of 5ms. To my understanding, this is serviceable for general gaming needs but nothing to write home about. Consequently, I would need a better monitor for the G416 to be used to its full potential. Is this correct?

As for independent benchmarks, wouldn't I already have to own the computer to run those programs and find out what they say?

It is a concern to me that the SSD is small and the 970 won't be a high end graphics card for much longer. If I drop an additional $400 I could get a 480GB SSD and 980 graphics card, but I doubt I would notice any immediate difference (especially since my current steam games are quite low end) or for that matter that I would run up against the stated hardware's limits anytime soon. It would then seem wiser to wait until those same upgrades could be done for less.

My questions then are whether or not the 256GB SSD would run out of room too quickly to be of much use for a gaming PC (I was told that it can hold four to five games, which is rather limited) and if there's any reason this computer would be difficult to upgrade. I would hope to keep this computer respectably high-end for at least the next four or five years.

From my internet searching, I can't find any better computer for the same price. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places? I like the feature where you can use filters to narrow down your search and find the computer for you. Using said feature, the websites for Dell, HP, Best Buy, and NewEgg don't seem to have any better options. I had some concern that the G416's regular price of $1,500 was over-inflated and that the sale price was more reflective of its market value, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It looks like it genuinely is a good sale.

I'm pretty convinced at this point that this is the computer for me, and am just looking for anything I missed in my vetting process before committing to the purchase.

[Alexalmighty502 Sup Acc]

as others said before you should really wait for the 1XXX gpus and a 250 gb ssd is fine just use it for your 1-3 main games and put the rest on the hdd

and the gtx 970 is fine for 1080p gaming

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by OfLittleRelevance:

Keeping in mind, again, that I'm a newbie... I had to look at the product code on the side of my monitor and do a google search to find out my screen's resolution.

*hangs head in shame*

Anyway, it looks like I have a screen resolution of 1366x768. Also, it's a 32'' monitor with a response time of 5ms. To my understanding, this is serviceable for general gaming needs but nothing to write home about. Consequently, I would need a better monitor for the G416 to be used to its full potential. Is this correct?

As for independent benchmarks, wouldn't I already have to own the computer to run those programs and find out what they say?

It is a concern to me that the SSD is small and the 970 won't be a high end graphics card for much longer. If I drop an additional $400 I could get a 480GB SSD and 980 graphics card, but I doubt I would notice any immediate difference (especially since my current steam games are quite low end) or for that matter that I would run up against the stated hardware's limits anytime soon. It would then seem wiser to wait until those same upgrades could be done for less.

My questions then are whether or not the 256GB SSD would run out of room too quickly to be of much use for a gaming PC (I was told that it can hold four to five games, which is rather limited) and if there's any reason this computer would be difficult to upgrade. I would hope to keep this computer respectably high-end for at least the next four or five years.

From my internet searching, I can't find any better computer for the same price. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places? I like the feature where you can use filters to narrow down your search and find the computer for you. Using said feature, the websites for Dell, HP, Best Buy, and NewEgg don't seem to have any better options. I had some concern that the G416's regular price of $1,500 was over-inflated and that the sale price was more reflective of its market value, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It looks like it genuinely is a good sale.

I'm pretty convinced at this point that this is the computer for me, and am just looking for anything I missed in my vetting process before committing to the purchase.

That PC is good enough as is, though a bigger SSD would be a good idea if you have large games like BF4, ARK, etc so on.

But yes, that system would be wasted on a resolution below 1080p
you could get away with a cheaper pc at that resolution.

You should just wait until the new NVIDIA GPUs are released and are in stock
it'll be worth the wait.

[Bubblez]

honestly its a really good computer, i think the problem is the monitor, try to get something with a 1ms response time, i suggest the "aoc 28" u2879vf" moniter, its 4k, pretty big, and is a fair price at best buy for the quality.

[_I_]

its good
but if you are near a microcenter, they can build it for you for around $900