(12-14-2013, 01:01 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote:EmuMind Wrote:but there barely seems to be any additional cost in receiving it pre-built
I have a hard time believing that. I've never seen less than a 25% markup on prebuilt systems. For a high end system that adds up to a lot of money. Put the same parts into a newegg cart and compare prices. How much extra is it?
As far as overclocking goes pushing haswell beyond 4.2/4.3GHz is not even remotely practical anyways (delidding + liquid cooling) so don't worry about it.
I'm in the UK so newegg isn't an option unfortunately. If I go via Amazon and buy all the parts individually it's less than 5% cheaper without overclocking which was surprising to me.
Thanks for the help everyone, I think I'm just about settled on a system. It won't be much different from my original post!