Buying a gaming pc in the market place. Help.

[WildeRain]

7 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Junk, way way way out of date and poor for today. Skip

No gpu no power supply @IkeaGnome  @Downkeythoughts?

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, WildeRain said:

No gpu no power supply

You'd be much better off with the HZXT build you posted earlier

[WildeRain]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

You'd be much better off with the HZXT build you posted earlier

I appreciate you guys I hope you know that. Thank you for the help. 

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, WildeRain said:

I appreciate you guys I hope you know that. Thank you for the help. 

Our pleasure, we are here to help you out

[WildeRain]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Our pleasure, we are here to help you out

What's with the Dell g5? I keep seeing that for 500 but no gpu.

[Radium_Angel]

Oh, something that may help if you are still looking about, something we should have said before:

 

If the CPU doesn't say AMD Ryzen (if you are looking at AMD builds) then skip entirely.

If the CPU is Intel and it's older than 6th gen, also skip

Less than 8GB? Skip (unless the system is super cheap)

No pre-builts if you can at all avoid it.

 

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, WildeRain said:

Dell g5

That's a laptop, mega skip.

[WildeRain]

4 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

That's a laptop, mega skip.

Just incase you haven't seen this is what I was suggested for a cheap build when I got out of the store.

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, WildeRain said:

cheap build

Is this the same place that told you your system was toast?

[WildeRain]

4 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Is this the same place that told you your system was toast?

Yeah same place. Also. Thoughts? 

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, WildeRain said:

Yeah same place. Also. Thoughts? 

I'd say they are trying to sell you something rather than fix your existing system, so I"d not buy from them just out of principle.

 

As to that Dell G5, it's....ok. it's a Dell consumer-line which means all the parts are bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of quality and *maybe* in terms of upgradability.

It's an option sure, but I'd rather a custom-built than a pre-built (and I say this as someone who uses Dell's pre-built Precision line of workstations)

[WildeRain]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

I'd say they are trying to sell you something rather than fix your existing system, so I"d not buy from them just out of principle.

 

As to that Dell G5, it's....ok. it's a Dell consumer-line which means all the parts are bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of quality and *maybe* in terms of upgradability.

It's an option sure, but I'd rather a custom-built than a pre-built (and I say this as someone who uses Dell's pre-built Precision line of workstations)

Can we not take the things inside it and put it in a custom case like a phantom case. Cause that's my case.  Prebuilt systems. Can we not take them apart?

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, WildeRain said:

Can we not take the things inside it and put it in a custom case like a phantom case. Cause that's my case. 

With generic parts? Yes. With something that is pre-built? Possibly, but some manufacturers (I'm looking directly at you, HP and Lenovo) use non-standard sizes and connectors, thus making transfer problematic.

Dell is a toss-up, something the parts are standard, and many times they are proprietary 

[IkeaGnome]

28 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

As to that Dell G5, it's....ok. it's a Dell consumer-line which means all the parts

My worry here is unnamed PSU and dell proprietary connectors. Might not make a good transplant donor if it uses them.

 

Edit:,should have kept reading. You touched on this

[WildeRain]

5 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

With generic parts? Yes. With something that is pre-built? Possibly, but some manufacturers (I'm looking directly at you, HP and Lenovo) use non-standard sizes and connectors, thus making transfer problematic.

Dell is a toss-up, something the parts are standard, and many times they are proprietary 

Ok so no prebuilt and buy custom built ones. Got it. I'll continue the quest tomorrow and I'll he here but you dont have to. You dont have to reply you guys done enough or alot for me. Thank you very much for your time. Alot of help. Thank you!

[Radium_Angel]

All good little buddy, keep on posting, we'll help, we don't mind at all