Intel i5 Gaming PC, 4460, Gigabyte R9 280, H97M, 8GB, 128G SSD $829 +Shipping @ CPL Online

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Today we have an Intel i5-4460 and R9 280 gaming PC on special. It includes Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz, Asrock H97M Anniversary Motherboard, Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB OC, Crucial 8GB RAM, SanDisk 128GB SSD in a Coolermaster Silencio 352 Case powered by Silverstone 600W Strider Essential PSU at only $829.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Socket 1150

MB: Asrock H97M Anniversary mATX Motherboard

RAM: Crucial 8G 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM

HDD: SanDisk 128G SSD

Graphics: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB OC Graphic Card

ODD: No ODD

Case: Coolermaster Silencio 352 mATX Case

PSU: Silverstone 600W Strider Essential 80+ Bronze

WTY: Manufacturer Parts Warranty + 1 Year Return to Base Labor Warranty

For delivery orders, spare boxes will not be shipped. Manuals/CDs and spare parts/cables will be shipped inside the case.

Limited units available. To take advantage of this offer, payment MUST be made TODAY via BPay (supports credit cards and bank accounts) or bank transfer.

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5 Jun 2015

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steveau on 05/06/2015 - 10:06

Can any ozbargainer advise on whether this is a good deal or not? Is the hard drive tiny at 125GB? Thanks.
- JMERC on 05/06/2015 - 10:11
  
  +8
  
  I'm no PC expert, but I just did a quick price check on the parts @ PCCaseGear and found it all adds up to around $950. So quite a bit of savings to be made there.
  
  I'm not sure of your current computer knowledge, but for the HDD (which is an SSD) - I think most people would end up buying a 1TB Harddrive to stick in there and only use the SSD for items which they want to load super fast e.g. The operating system or certain video games.
  
  Considering if I should I buy this, but I'm in no rush to upgrade even though my PC is 5 years old. Maybe if it was down to $700 I couldn't resist then…
  - iWouldDie4u on 05/06/2015 - 10:16
    
    $700 yes please! I am in the same boat with a + 5yr pc.. Looking to upgrade soon :)
- Cooties on 05/06/2015 - 10:15
  
  +2
  
  Depending on how much shipping actually is - it seems like a decent enough deal. Like JMERC said, 128GB SSD is about normal to run your OS and core programs off… but if you're like me with a Steam library of too many games then you're going to want to supplement it with a conventional larger capacity HDD.
  
  8GB of ram is fine and the processor is decent… no idea on the power supply or motherboard. It should be able to handle most games you throw at it easily
  - steveau on 05/06/2015 - 10:16
    
    Thanks heaps to both of you. I have a 1TB external hard drive. Would that work… or would I need to upgrade it with an internal hard drive?
    - nmartin84 on 05/06/2015 - 10:23
      
      +3
      
      If you don't want to continue to use it as an external drive you could simply remove the case and put it inside the machine anyway.
      
      But generally people don't use external drives with their computer as normal storage because it runs slower, if it is USB and you were just going to put media files and work documents on it that would be fine, games…not so much.
    - Cooties on 05/06/2015 - 10:27
      
      +4
      
      If its just for storing photos, music or whatever external is fine. But if you're installing programs/games/anything that you use often it's better to go with internal
      
      When you add shipping (worked out to be 75 bucks for me), Operating system, internal HDD and Optical drive this probably isn't a deal I'd be rushing out to get… It's not a rip off by any means but still there's a few things to consider
    - steveau on 05/06/2015 - 10:30
      
      Yeah it's just for media storage. Thanks for all the feedback, appreciated!
- Lacerta on 05/06/2015 - 10:20
  
  +3
  
  Note that you will have to buy windows separately and install it yourself.
  
  The 128GB ssd is more than large enough for windows and a couple of games. SSDs have less storage capacity than HDDs, but they boot much more quickly. If you are currently looking for a new PC, you should seriously consider getting one with a SSD.
  
  I think the idea of this deal is that you add your own DVD/Blu-ray drive, your own large hard drive to store photos & videos on, and your own operating system.
  
  If you have never installed windows before, I would advise against this deal.
  - iWouldDie4u on 05/06/2015 - 10:21
    
    It is fool proof… You put the cd in and follow the prompts.
    - salem on 05/06/2015 - 10:24
      
      ODD - no ODD
      
      You'll need to muck about getting it on a USB, or buy an optical drive (or reuse one from your existing PC)
    - Yekul on 05/06/2015 - 10:24
      
      +1
      
      As above said, it's really incredibly easy (mind you, without an ODD putting in the CD makes it difficult for computer illiterate people… )
      
      If you really don't know what you're doing, just ask them to include a dvd burner for ~$30. That way no need to load Windows off a USB etc.
    - nmartin84 on 05/06/2015 - 10:24
      
      There is no ODD, you download the installer from Microsoft onto your USB stick and install it that way.
      
      Still fool proof. :D
    - Lacerta on 05/06/2015 - 10:25
      
      I would like to point out (again) that this computer does not come with a DVD drive.
jv hi fi on 05/06/2015 - 10:34

Interested in this, can CPL upgrade with more RAM? Or I can do so myself…
- ItsMeAgro on 05/06/2015 - 11:35
  
  Very easy to upgrade RAM.
  
  You'll want to see it done in a youtube video, but it's really just like replacing the battery on your phone.
  
  (though very few people will benefit from more than 8GB - what do you want that much for?)
  - WorkAround on 05/06/2015 - 13:27
    
    +1
    
    If you upgrade the RAM yourself you end up paying a little extra since you'll pay for 8GB from CPL, then purchase another 8GB yourself when a once-off 16GB kit would have worked out slightly cheaper (if you compare the same model for 8GB/16GB kits). Or you could just slap another 16GB kit on top and end up with some weird abomination of 24GB RAM that isn't on an X58 platform. :P
    
    mgowen's right though - hard to find a need for more than 8GB of RAM unless you're some sort of power user and it's easy to install RAM with some help from Youtube.
    - jv hi fi on 05/06/2015 - 17:23
      
      Thanks guys, will have a think. was thinking of futureproofing with 16gb ram as I thought 8gb was norm at the moment.
webtherapist on 05/06/2015 - 10:36

any SSD deal?
TRD on 05/06/2015 - 10:50

Hi any deals for i5 with gtx 970?
drup on 05/06/2015 - 11:30

-1

Im not gonna neg this or say anything that may get me into toruble because it does sound like a good deal. I would however urge everyone to jump on to the Australian Whirlpool forums and research this company CPL.
- Gnostikos on 05/06/2015 - 12:38
  
  +2
  
  A lot of the suspicion surrounding CPL on OzB arose from an infamous online sob story back in 2013 when some monumental retard accidentally or deliberately damaged his own custom PC from CPL himself, posted pictures of the damaged box/contents here with a bunch of circumstantial speculation and then tried to claim it was damaged during transit (nothing to do with CPL) and forced CPL's hand into refunding him by unleashing a torrent of unadulterated whinging and butthurt on OzBargain and getting a whole lot of lemmings to neg every subsequent CPL deal for months, for absolutely no reason.
  
  CPL were extremely level-headed and fair with said 'tard, despite even himself eventually admitting he was a self-entitled, hysterical douche and CPL never so much as said a bad word against him.
  - riscy on 05/06/2015 - 15:30
    
    +2
    
    I personally would not buy from CPL ever again after I bought over $1000 worth of parts for a new PC, including a new joystick. The joystick was out of stock so I waited two weeks then they sent the parts. When it arrived and I opened the joystick box I found it was the wrong one, in fact it was a much cheaper version. They said I'd have to send the old one back and they could send a replacement. I said I don't want a replacement now, just give me a refund (it would be cheaper for them and save on shipping).
    
    Well after that it took a month of pissing about with e-mails and phone calls to agree on how much I should be refunded. They insisted I should pay a restocking fee for them sending the wrong joystick (because I opened the box). Eventually I gave up and ended up being out of pocket because of the restocking fee, they were out of pocket because they had to refund the shipping back to them and we all lost out in the end.
    
    What disappointed me the most was that every time I rang it sounded like everything was in hand, the refund would happen today the joystick would be sent today, yet the reality was that it was a week later before they did anything. Poor communicators.
    
    So for my $3000 video editing PC I bought recently, I went with Scorptec who I have worked with many times in the past and everything went fine and I got the parts quickly.
    
    CPL, never again.
  - salem on 05/06/2015 - 16:01
    
    I'd never heard that tard story, but have read plenty of other bad stories both on whirlpool and Ozbargain, as well as a few good stories. As usual for a lot of places, it seems that if everything goes well, it goes well. But if there's a hiccup, they don't seem to handle it diplomatically.
WorkAround on 05/06/2015 - 13:20

+4

$246 CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Socket 1150
$99 MB: Asrock H97M Anniversary mATX Motherboard
$83 RAM: Crucial 8G 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM (Kingston @ MSY)
$75 (IJK/Mwave) HDD: SanDisk 128G SSD
$239 Graphics: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB OC Graphic Card
ODD: No ODD
$72 Case: Coolermaster Silencio 352 mATX Case
$79 @ CPL PSU: Silverstone 600W Strider Essential 80+ Bronze ($85 @ PCCG)
WTY: Manufacturer Parts Warranty + 1 Year Return to Base Labor Warranty

Total: $893 + Assembly (~$70) - Prices from MSY except where stated. BYO OS but if you're a student you can nab Windows 8.1 Pro Student for $70.

Better late than never right? :P Do keep in mind CPL's price includes assembly (other places will charge extra unless you feel like buying the parts and doing it yourself) but as always it may be easier to obtain support (whether it is technical or warranty) from a local brick and mortar store if you're purchasing from interstate.

No optical drive = buy a cheap external USB one for ~$30 if you must. Bonus is you can use it with other computers/laptops/Ultrabooks that don't have an ODD either.

This was posted 8 years 10 months 22 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.