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Have you ever built a PC?  

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  1. 1. Have you ever built a PC?

    • Yes
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    • No
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  2. 2. Would you recommend building a PC to someone that needs a PC?

    • Yes
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    • No
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In this forum you will only get yes. If you're comfortable building your own PC, it's always the better choice. Even if it's only for saving money.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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Yea I've built my own PC.

I would recommend a PC to people who need it, but wouldn't necessarily recommend building a PC to anyone who needs a PC.

The difference in price between building a PC vs. buying a pre-built (whether it is from a large brand like HP, local shop, whatever) is often minimal. Except you save a lot of time in not having to build it, save a lot of hassle in not having to troubleshoot it and have some warranty service too.

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3 minutes ago, Torotoplayer said:

Collecting data for the PCMR.

Lose that term.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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24 minutes ago, Torotoplayer said:

Collecting data for the PCMR.

We are the PCMR

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I'm just speaking from experience so what I say may not work 100%

Please try searching up the answer before you post here but I am always glad to help

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Yup, I've built 2 PCs till now. My own first build after 2-3 years of pocket money savings and learning:

My specs:

Ryzen 3 2200G OC @ 4.0GHz, iGPU @ 1500MHz

Gigabyte Aorus B450M

Corsair CX450

Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB 3000MHz

Deepcool Gammax GTE V2

1TB WD Blue

 

And built my friend's rig just a month ago, advised him parts and took help from this forum:

Ryzen 3 3500X

Gigabyte GTX1660 Super OC 8GB

Asrock B450M Steel legend

Hyper X Fury 2x8GB 3200MHz

Deepcool Gammax GTE V2

Gigabyte 550W Bronze 80+

2TB Seagate Barracuda

240GB Crucial BX500

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Guy at work this morning "Hey man this iBuyPower PC looks amazing, think I should get it?" 

 

Me "No, you are overspending by $500, if you buy the components Ill slap it together for free and get it working"

 

Guy at work this morning "Id rather have the warranty"

 

Me "Each component comes with a warranty should it fail, but to each their own!"

 

The older Ive gotten, the more I pay people less and learn the DIY methods myself in all aspects.

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1 minute ago, Downkey said:

My parents are too strict to let me build one, lol.

Was same here too xD. But I saved almost 70% of the total cost, gave them my master plan and pestered them almost 2-3 months for them to agree. Well, they keep taunting me about how my marks dipped a bit due to this, but I really had a wonderful time building and configuring it to my satisfaction all by myself :D

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Kind of a dumb question to ask on a tech forum. Everyone here will say that you should build one, and most people here probably have.

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I build my own but I stopped building for others long ago.

 

One of the reasons is because I became the warranty. If I refused to be the warranty all I got was negative press. 

Also people have stopped talking to me because I recommended certain specs to do the job. They went with less and blamed me when the computer could not do the job. Refusing to build for not following my advice was almost as bad. 

 

For a long time I built 3D capable computers for companies as well but that got old to so I started using the IT company they used to build the PC so any issue that came up the IT company dealt with it. For this I got really nice presents on holidays from them.

 

I still do charity builds but I get no complaints on them.

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59 minutes ago, Downkey said:

My parents are too strict to let me build one, lol.

Sucks man, my parents were apprehensive like that when I was in high school and built my first system, but I earned the money myself and knew I was saving a lot of money to get a much better system so I did it anyways. But I was 17, if I did that when I was say 14 I probably would have gotten in trouble for it. 

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51 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Kind of a dumb question to ask on a tech forum. Everyone here will say that you should build one, and most people here probably have.

And his data will be biased towards building a computer...

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Interested in building your own PC, then go right ahead, but I wouldn't recommended someone else to build it on their own, when they're not comfortable or don't have the time. They can go with pre builts, and choose what ever they think it's good for them.

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20 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

 I was say 14 

I am 14, but I don't think my age would matter, my dad doesn't like how I care about tech releases and actual products. idek why

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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Sure I would recommend building a PC, but only if you're like... technically savy? Like I wouldn't recommend my parents build their home PC

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Well, I'm 57 and been building since the 286 era.

 

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not willing to care about details....my wife, or my children.

 

Like anything in life, if you are willing to invest a little time into doing it right, you will reap rewards.

If you just think you are going to dilettante it, well...you will get the expected results. 

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I'm surprised there isn't a "sometimes" answer for the second question.

I would recommend building to some of my friends, but not all.

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yeah, the returns for building (savings and improved performance) are really for a certain set of users.

 

Low end browser systems simply cannot be built any cheaper, or any better than the majors...They have scale on their side and lower operating costs (discounts on oem software etc. etc.)

 

It is the high end systems that benefit most.

 

 

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Yep, I'm on my third major build update at this point.

Would I recommend someone to build their own? I dunno, I guess it'd genuinely depend on the context. I voted no as I'm in the "maybe" field there.

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3 hours ago, Torotoplayer said:

Collecting data for the PCMR.

These forums are such a skewed audience, the data you're collecting is basically just a circle jerk. 

 

For instance, I would not recommend building a PC for anyone who just needs a web browsing machine or a machine for school. Building a PC on your own is not always guaranteed to be cheaper, PCMR needs to get that through their thick skulls. 

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No,
But I have watched and been in the tech and hardware side for a long time now, so I will probably do it very fast once you give me parts

I have taken apart hundred of computers tho and just played with random old hardware, replaced my cooler, troubleshot some pcs and such. The reason I didn't build my own pc from 0 to 100 ever is that I had a few old pcs my dad gave me through out the years and the last pc when I was 10, then half a year ago I started to get annoyed by my first gen pc and wanted to build a new one but didn't have money for it, so I bought my current pc from someone else used.. tho a sick deal. Great gaming chair + 144hz 1080p monitor + k65 lux reds switches rgb + g305 + PC with 1660ti + i5-9400f + 16gigs ram + b365-f rog strix all for just 550$ almost brand new so I'm happy. Planning to get a new sick PC once ddr5 is more common than 4 for a new build. :) 

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I'm not clear if the second question means ME building the PC, a shop building the PC or the end-user building the PC.

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11 hours ago, Downkey said:

My parents are too strict to let me build one, lol.

same 

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