Pre-Made PC online - Yes or No - Is this Pre-Made good?

[Tealife]

Been checking out PC's online, not super techy so I dont know whats worth it or not. Looking to get a decent gaming PC with a budget of $2000 (american)

 

Thoughts on this? (Hope link works)

https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=2103479

 

(Link doesnt work for others it seems, screenshots below in post)

[corrado33]

Link doesn't work for me.

[Cereal5]

You're probably better off building your own. Digital storm is a pretty expensive system integrator. (Link doesn't work).

[corrado33]

11 minutes ago, Tealife said:

Been checking out PC's online, not super techy so I dont know whats worth it or not. Looking to get a decent gaming PC with a budget of $2000 (american)

 

Thoughts on this? (Hope link works)

https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=2103479

Honestly man, building a PC is really really simple. It's like "adult legos". Use pcpartpicker and ask for suggestions on what to buy here (or just copy the build you want from that site). Even if you aren't techy, you can do it, especially with our help. 

[Tealife]

Screenshot of things.

[Psittac]

Building a PC is cake walk unless you get a faulty part, then finding out what that problem is exactly really test's your skills.  Having spare part's to swap out and test known good pieces makes it much easier.  With that said I've built a dozen computer's over the past decade+ and other than my first PC or two I haven't had any issues out of the box. If you want a middle ground between building online and buying pre-built I would go to a shop (IE: Microcenter etc) and let them pick the part's for you.

 

Pre-built systems will always cost more, that's just a given.  But there are indeed good system builders that use enthusiast grade component's and do clean builds.  NZXT bld is one I was keen on when I almost bought a new PC during the crypto craze (gpu's were impossible to get without a kidney, SI's still had them in stock though).  Linus is in the middle of a series where he takes on a few of the System Integrator's so I would watch that to see who they find to be the best.

[Tealife]

Thanks for all the replies, as for building one, I dont see myself doing it. (way to scared Id break something) I know Im paying extra not making it myself, I just have to deal with that.

Looking for generalized opinions on the shared screenshots, if the internal components are good and will run together without issues. Also if its in the general right price range for the parts.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

28 minutes ago, Tealife said:

Thanks for all the replies, as for building one, I dont see myself doing it. (way to scared Id break something) I know Im paying extra not making it myself, I just have to deal with that.

Looking for generalized opinions on the shared screenshots, if the internal components are good and will run together without issues. Also if its in the general right price range for the parts.

Building a PC is easy and fun. For $800 less you can get the same performance of the rig you want to buy from DigitalStorm.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tbvQYT
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tbvQYT/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($170.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  ($57.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB AMP Edition Video Card  ($358.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140mm Fan  ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $1094.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 12:37 EST-0500

 

There are many guides on how to build a PC. Bitwit's is very good.