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[LogicalDrm]

11 hours ago, Alex657 said:

ok thank you.

I think Memory Express is the mental successor of NCIX. Or what I've seen from Scrapyard wars. If you have that in your area, you could just go in there and ask them how much it costs if you pick parts and pay them for building and installing OS. The local stores here offer that kind of things besides selling premade builds. The difference is that the warranty is not single for whole build as it is with brand-name prebuilds. Its like you would build it yourself, warranty is per component.

 

So here building a PC is €80, installing OS is €35.Looking at Memory Express site, they have rates of $50 for just building and $25 more with OS installation. https://www.memoryexpress.com/TechZone/Index.cm.aspx That also says clearly that you can do it completely custom or with their tools.

 

I personally don't understand to complete hate on prebuilds. I have started with prebuilds. The one we got was from smaller boutique so it was already using standard components and upgrading was rather easy.

[Alex657]

23 hours ago, minibois said:

Looks mostly good, but it doesn't have an SSD. An SSD is like a fast hard drive, which I see as basically mandatory in a PC in this day and age, so I could recommend that specific PC.

Other than missing the SSD (90 CAD value), it's okay.. But PC's from Asus, Dell, Acer, HP, etc. are often restrictive in upgrading, so you often can't change out parts much, which makes it hard to recommend a system that is crippled from the get-go by not having an SSD.

 

The price is also not great, since I can see you can get a system with similar specifications for around 1242 CAD:

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$198.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$210.99 @ PC-Canada
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$88.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.87 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$68.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Twin Fan Video Card	$214.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$127.12 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$108.50 @ Vuugo
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$134.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1242.70
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-08 17:41 EST-0500

 

Such lists may not be relevant if you're not going to build your own PC, but do give an image on how much certain components are worth.

(This list is now in Canadian dollars, not American dollars like before).

 

I would recommend you watch a couple of how to build PC videos, check in with some friends/cousin/uncle/etc. to see if they have built a PC in the pas before and look into building your own PC.

Takes some more effort, but you can get a great system for often (much) lower prices than a pre-built.

Oh and btw the list that you showed me here, how are the components.. good or bad, like for exemple do you know if it can it run the majority of the games out there

 

[minibois]

1 hour ago, Alex657 said:

Oh and btw the list that you showed me here, how are the components.. good or bad, like for exemple do you know if it can it run the majority of the games out there

 

It's a pretty decent option, but some components are not what I would actually choose, but more to show you how that PC didn't make much sense for the price.

If this is a gaming PC, I would probably recommend this over that other list:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$249.99 @ Memory Express
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$132.00 @ Vuugo
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$108.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.87 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$68.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB GAMING AMP Video Card	$316.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.50 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$108.50 @ Vuugo
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$134.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1309.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-09 18:02 EST-0500

Better CPU (for gaming), RAM too match it, board which better matches the CPU (so you're not overpaying for a board) and a GPU that makes more sense for a gaming rig (where GPU is probably the most important piece.

The Windows license I added to of course match the pre-built, but you could always save some money by getting an eBay key. Whether you should do it like that or through an official key is up to you to research.

You could always save some money by only later getting an HDD, once you need it.

 

But even if this PC is the best, depends on your use. The case to be honest might just be kind of expensive and you could probably save a bit of money there if you don't need a glass panel. 

[Alex657]

45 minutes ago, minibois said:

It's a pretty decent option, but some components are not what I would actually choose, but more to show you how that PC didn't make much sense for the price.

If this is a gaming PC, I would probably recommend this over that other list:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$249.99 @ Memory Express
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$132.00 @ Vuugo
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$108.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.87 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$68.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB GAMING AMP Video Card	$316.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.50 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$108.50 @ Vuugo
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$134.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1309.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-09 18:02 EST-0500

Better CPU (for gaming), RAM too match it, board which better matches the CPU (so you're not overpaying for a board) and a GPU that makes more sense for a gaming rig (where GPU is probably the most important piece.

The Windows license I added to of course match the pre-built, but you could always save some money by getting an eBay key. Whether you should do it like that or through an official key is up to you to research.

You could always save some money by only later getting an HDD, once you need it.

 

But even if this PC is the best, depends on your use. The case to be honest might just be kind of expensive and you could probably save a bit of money there if you don't need a glass panel. 

And if i click on the item, will it send me directly to the website where i can order them?

[minibois]

9 hours ago, Alex657 said:

And if i click on the item, will it send me directly to the website where i can order them?

PCPartPicker by default is just setup to choose the cheapest retailer, but you can choose to have it select one particular retailer too.

I have never actually purchased anything through PCPP, so I am not sure what the best way to purchase all the parts.

 

Usually I just search up all the items at the retailer I want to buy from.

Just go to the product page for each item and look for the model number and search for that on what retailer you want to use (or you can search for the product name too, just gotta keep in mind RAM names can be sort of cryptic at times).

[YourRealDad]

You mentioned games you play as being Fortnite, CS:GO, and Overwatch.

Might I ask, what resolution and settings are you planning on playing these games at?

 

I recently bought a prebuilt from ibuypower, and could not be happier.

Plugged it in, it booted, and I was re-downloading my Steam library in no time.

 

Have built plenty of computers before, but my new job promotion and increased hours leaves me no time to actually build one, once parts arrive on different schedules from different vendors.

 

Not sure on their shipping policy to Canada, and I bought it on a end of year sale for $1050 with free shipping (which was about equal to DIY price I ran through PCpartpicker), but is now listed as $1099.

 

Save yourself around $300 for better gaming performance over what was listed in OP.

Consider this:

https://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gaming-RDY-SMRBG202

 

This rig will tear though the games you mentioned at 1080p, and give you still great performance at 1440p, for those games.

Currently averaging around 40-45fps in RDR2 in 1080p Ultra, which personally I'm just fine with.

Could turn down some things for that super-sweet 60fps point, but I don't care.

 

Problems I see with the OP listed build is 2400MHz RAM, which exact Make/Model GPU you'll be getting is non-existent, same for PSU, nor does it even have any indicator of what exact motherboard.

[YourRealDad]

whoops double post