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CustardOnChips said:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-gamer-intel-c...A little more expensive but a much better gaming cpu and storage (though you'll need a wifi card if planning on using wireless)
Jinx said:
CustardOnChips said:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-gamer-intel-c...A little more expensive but a much better gaming cpu and storage (though you'll need a wifi card if planning on using wireless)
Edited by CustardOnChips on Friday 27th November 23:04
mikef said:
jonjac said:
I would definitely recommend building one if you have any desire to do so--you will end up with a much better machine!
Disagree. OP, spec up a custom build at somewhere like PCSpecialist and I’ll bet it’s less than 50 quid more than building yourself with the same parts - they are bulk-buying components at a discount. For that it will be a very tidy build internally, fully tested, come with a warranty and be guaranteed to perform out of the box. And you’ll only have to wait in for one delivery.I build my own gaming machines because I can, but I would never claim to end up with a much better machine for a given spend
So putting your own computer together is fun but I pretty much guarantee you won't undercut some of the cheaper suppliers.
The only use I found in being able to build them myself is to know exactly what I want in them.
julian64 said:
Yep double agree. I just speced two i7 9700K with 3070 16GB for my two sons. Bought all th estuff from aria/scan/ebuyer/overclockers, was sitting waiting for the 3070 to be available. Then my wife looked around and found the aria range of prebuilt PC's done by an offshoot company for just about the same as I was knocking myself out to build them.
So putting your own computer together is fun but I pretty much guarantee you won't undercut some of the cheaper suppliers.
The only use I found in being able to build them myself is to know exactly what I want in them.
People still doing Intel? So putting your own computer together is fun but I pretty much guarantee you won't undercut some of the cheaper suppliers.
The only use I found in being able to build them myself is to know exactly what I want in them.
Linus just did a video on the big suppliers, and a couple of them undercut what you could build yourself. There's often a "catch" though with them selling old new stock, but that doesn't change the fact you can get an as good or better machine than what you'd build yourself.
ZesPak said:
julian64 said:
Yep double agree. I just speced two i7 9700K with 3070 16GB for my two sons. Bought all th estuff from aria/scan/ebuyer/overclockers, was sitting waiting for the 3070 to be available. Then my wife looked around and found the aria range of prebuilt PC's done by an offshoot company for just about the same as I was knocking myself out to build them.
So putting your own computer together is fun but I pretty much guarantee you won't undercut some of the cheaper suppliers.
The only use I found in being able to build them myself is to know exactly what I want in them.
People still doing Intel? So putting your own computer together is fun but I pretty much guarantee you won't undercut some of the cheaper suppliers.
The only use I found in being able to build them myself is to know exactly what I want in them.
Linus just did a video on the big suppliers, and a couple of them undercut what you could build yourself. There's often a "catch" though with them selling old new stock, but that doesn't change the fact you can get an as good or better machine than what you'd build yourself.
On the subject of buying bits from suppliers, one word of advice.
I tend to buy processors only from companies who don't make a ranged of 'overclocked' machines.
.Diablos-666 said:
I’m in the market for a gaming PC, I did want to use an Xbox but not too happy with the graphics so far.
Are either of these options a good deal?
For gaming the 3600 chip is as good as the 3700X - given the rest of the spec looks similar save the cash and put it towards a 3000 series GPU when they are available.Are either of these options a good deal?
These are the parts I’ve ordered, should get everything in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I haven’t messed up...
AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
MSI Mag B550 m Mortar mATX
Planteks Eclipse P400a
PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil
EVGA 650w PSU
G.skill ripjaws v 2x8gb
Seagate barracuda 2TB
Samsung 970 evo 1TB
AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
MSI Mag B550 m Mortar mATX
Planteks Eclipse P400a
PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil
EVGA 650w PSU
G.skill ripjaws v 2x8gb
Seagate barracuda 2TB
Samsung 970 evo 1TB
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