Prebuilt vs custom

[Cactu]

So my Friend is debating having me build him a rig vs a prebuilt because of the warranty and tech support, what should he do?

Budget is 500$

This is what I made http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ghftdC

But what do you guys think prebuilt for warranty and support or custom for price to performance?

[DryzonDigital]

Are you serious? Custom ofc. If he goes pre-build he will regret it every day.

[FloRolf]

custom usually even has better warranty imho. For example corsair gives like 7 years on all their products.

[Cactu]

Are you serious? Custom ofc. If he goes pre-build he will regret it every day.

But he isn't a techie so he can't troubleshoot it so he is pretty much fucked

[Cactu]

custom usually even has better warranty imho. For example corsair gives like 7 years on all their products.

Well he wants someone to call when his computer breaks and I can't do that

[CalumGiff]

So my Friend is debating having me build him a rig vs a prebuilt because of the warranty and tech support, what should he do?

Budget is 500$

This is what I made http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ghftdC

But what do you guys think prebuilt for warranty and support or custom for price to performance?

good budget build and custom obvs lul

[improbablepants]

Custom, much better performance

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XG9PD3

[improbablepants]

But he isn't a techie so he can't troubleshoot it so he is pretty much fucked

thats why youre his friend

[Cactu]

thats why youre his friend

I can't troubleshoot for him because he is moving soon

[DryzonDigital]

But he isn't a techie so he can't troubleshoot it so he is pretty much fucked

 

With a little patience and guidance (from you?  ) he can put a pc together no problem really, 65% of the joy is building it if you ask me. If he is the kinda guy that can't be arsed to do that "much" which isn't really anything, just build it for him and be the best friend in the world.

[oThatsEric]

But he isn't a techie so he can't troubleshoot it so he is pretty much fucked

ask here

[paprikman]

Go with custom build, if u know where to place mobo, how to seat the cpu and so on.

Pre-built pcs are madden for people, who don't now anything about how pc is designed.

[AlanTheEmu]

I've bought a pre-built before and I voided the warranty within 3 months because the GPU was awful (GT440) go custom if he runs into problems that he can't figure out that's what we have these forums for.

[neebuilda]

So my Friend is debating having me build him a rig vs a prebuilt because of the warranty and tech support, what should he do?

Budget is 500$

This is what I made http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ghftdC

But what do you guys think prebuilt for warranty and support or custom for price to performance?

Get the fx-6300 instead and spend the savings on a hyper 212evo so you can over clock to 4GHz. Just bump the multiplier up to 20 and that's it. You can go much higher but that's the simplist thing to do to bring it up to and beyond the fx-6350.

[Wander Away]

I can't troubleshoot for him because he is moving soon

As long as he follows the right guide, take the right precautions, and none of the parts doesn't come DOA, he should be fine.

(gotta pray for it to be not DOA though...)

A friend of mine had a DOA gpu from EVGA, but thanks to their amazing customer service, he got it replaced extremely fast. 

That's why we're sticking with EVGA. 

[IMPERIUS]

Custom, much better performance

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XG9PD3

For 500€ you can get an i5 system. That made me think, go "fuck it" and buy the prebuilt for the CPU and not care about other components or get the pentium but other parts are reusable?

[LegacyStijncat]

Well he wants someone to call when his computer breaks and I can't do that

Dudududududuudu

[Cactu]

Dudududududuudu

Lol ok