Build PC from parts or prebuild online?

mszypkowski · December 22, 2015

So I'm thinking of building my first gaming pc, and I'm wandering whether or not to customise one online like at overclockers.co.uk or by my parts seperately first and build it myself from scratch. Which ones better/cheaper to do? Is there any pros/cons to either one?

BLCT · December 22, 2015

Building a PC is cheaper, and you can get better performance (bang for the buck) with your money.

TheRandomness · December 22, 2015

Build your own. It's easier than you think.

zyntaxable · December 22, 2015

It's waay cheaper to purchase all the parts individually and build the pc yourself. Usually prebuilt pc's have horrible component combo's, for instance an i7 6700k with a gtx 950, powered by some no name psu.

Xenift · December 22, 2015

Definitely from pc parts purchased.

Heck just name your price and we can plan the damn build for you.

SiriousArts · December 22, 2015

I would also go with building. It is not that hard anymore these days. Watch 1-2 tutorials on how to do it and you should be fine.

If you are still insecure on how to do it maybe ask a friend who knows sth about it to help you or ask here on the forums. Here are a lot of people who can give you tips and answers to specific questions/problems during the build.

kameshss · December 22, 2015

It's real easier and bang for buck.

Watch Linus's tutorials and you'll be good to go.

When deciding on parts, tell us your budget with all required information that is listed here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/

stealth80 · December 22, 2015

So I'm thinking of building my first gaming pc, and I'm wandering whether or not to customise one online like at overclockers.co.uk or by my parts seperately first and build it myself from scratch. Which ones better/cheaper to do? Is there any pros/cons to either one?

Build your own, seriously, you get to cherry pick your parts and you don't have to worry about some RMA parts in your build or cheap components.

Give us your budget and we can cherry pick parts to help you. Also do you need every thing like windows, keyboard, mouse and monitor?

mszypkowski · December 22, 2015

I would also go with building. It is not that hard anymore these days. Watch 1-2 tutorials on how to do it and you should be fine.

If you are still insecure on how to do it maybe ask a friend who knows sth about it to help you or ask here on the forums. Here are a lot of people who can give you tips and answers to specific questions/problems during the build.

I don't think I'm too worried about building it I was just worried that there might be something different when you order it pre built like that. I bought a nice laptop recently and wanted to upgrade it only to find that all the storage components were soldered onto the mobo

mszypkowski · December 22, 2015

Build your own, seriously, you get to cherry pick your parts and you don't have to worry about some RMA parts in your build or cheap components.

Give us your budget and we can cherry pick parts to help you. Also do you need every thing like windows, keyboard, mouse and monitor?

I want it good enough to play like star craft 2, witcher 3, or league of legends on high settings at least and on a budget of up to £800 max? Is that possible?

SiriousArts · December 22, 2015

I don't think I'm too worried about building it I was just worried that there might be something different when you order it pre built like that. I bought a nice laptop recently and wanted to upgrade it only to find that all the storage components were soldered onto the mobo

Well, when ordering pre-build, you are more likely to run into issues like that. When you build yourself, you shouldn't have any problems. You can select your parts in a way that there are still capabilities to uprade later.

I want it good enough to play like star craft 2, witcher 3, or league of legends on high settings at least and on a budget of up to £800 max? Is that possible?

I guess, this is possible I'll look for something in a minute.

mszypkowski · December 22, 2015

Build your own, seriously, you get to cherry pick your parts and you don't have to worry about some RMA parts in your build or cheap components.

Give us your budget and we can cherry pick parts to help you. Also do you need every thing like windows, keyboard, mouse and monitor?

Yes I'll also need windows and a keyboard. I've got the monitor and mouse.

SiriousArts · December 22, 2015

This would be my build:

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I know its slightly over 800. Depending on what is more or less important for you, you could get a cheaper GPU or less storage (e.g. 64gb ssd).
I chose 1x8 gb of ram as it probably is enough for now, but you can still easily upgrade it to 16, 32 later.
For the Case I chose the 200R just because it's fairly cheap yet good and also supports some cable management.

For Windows, I recently just bought a Win 7 Professional Key for 20-30€ and used it to activate Win 10 as they currently still support upgrading from 7 to 10 and thereby allowing win 7 keys. i am not sure though where to best get a Win7 key in the UK and I also dont know how long Microsoft still supports this.

The keyboard really depends on what you want. Mechanical/non mechanical, rgb-backlighting or not etc. Thats something you should probably try out at a local store.