2000 USD rig with insane specs

[Juanitology]

So this is the kind of "ultimate" PC you can get in my country right now, it costs just about 2000 USD http://www.bangho.com.ar/desktop-gamer-gm-y-960/p

Spec list:

• Core i5 6400 (non-overclockable) with stock cooler
• 16GB DDR4 2133MHz
• 1TB HDD
• 120GB Kingston budget SSD
• Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming3
• 600W Thermaltake power supply

Made the build in pcpartpicker and it came to 800USD. But the government is trying to push this kind of bullshit down our throats and putting heavy tariffs of money and inconvenience on imports to help the national industry... Anyone travelling from the US/Canada to Argentina that would be willing to bring me some small stuff like ram/ssd/cpu/gpu?

 

 

 

 

[vorticalbox]

I'm not but wow.. just wow. $2k for non k i5 and not even a GPU.

[Jade]

A GPU isn't "small" when you're travelling -- especially internationally.

[Mello]

1 minute ago, vorticalbox said:

I'm not but wow.. just wow. $2k for non k i5 and not even a GPU.

it has a GTX 960 4GB

still not worth.

[EunSoo]

2 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

I'm not but wow.. just wow. $2k for non k i5 and not even a GPU.

It has a 960 that the OP forgot to mention but yeah. That is outrageous

[RooR]

I am about to start building PC's for those in south america.

 

[Praesi]

Wow...that´s fucked up.....

[Mello]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bg7kWX

These are almost the exact same parts.

[STRMfrmXMN]

28 minutes ago, Terodius said:

So this is the kind of "ultimate" PC you can get in my country right now, it costs just about 2000 USD http://www.bangho.com.ar/desktop-gamer-gm-y-960/p

Spec list:

• Core i5 6400 (non-overclockable) with stock cooler
• 16GB DDR4 2133MHz
• 1TB HDD
• 120GB Kingston budget SSD
• Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming3
• 600W Thermaltake power supply

Made the build in pcpartpicker and it came to 800USD. But the government is trying to push this kind of bullshit down our throats and putting heavy tariffs of money and inconvenience on imports to help the national industry... Anyone travelling from the US/Canada to Argentina that would be willing to bring me some small stuff like ram/ssd/cpu/gpu?

 

 

 

 

To be fair it's a prebuilt.

 

I don't know how the market is but wow, overpriced much? To be fair, due to our mostly free market system in America, things are rather cheap. Is it possible to convert your funds for a computer to American dollars and buy parts and have them shipped somehow? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but it may legitimately be cheaper.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Was looking at some distributor data from Argentina earlier this week and I was amazed at the level of antiquity in there.

I was seeing GT210s, 2005-2007-ish CPUs selling for ridiculous prices (aside the ridiculous fact that they're still FOR SALE).

 

Argentina has it rough when it comes to tech. Don't know about the rest, though.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

3 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

To be fair it's a prebuilt.

 

I don't know how the market is but wow, overpriced much? To be fair, due to our mostly free market system in America, things are rather cheap. Is it possible to convert your funds for a computer to American dollars and buy parts and have them shipped somehow? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but it may legitimately be cheaper.

There may be some savings to be made by buying parts, that much is true. But mostly this is still the size of the market and shipping costs, and especially a 35% import tax on any IT hardware (you know, the kind of protectionist policies that are so in fashion lately... you can see how all the "let's bring the jobs back here" works out ).

There are some ways to sidestep it (like importing disassembled components, assemble them locally, especially on the subsidized far south, and then package and sell it), but it's not that widely used for your average PC component. And is also often abused (like importing assembled stuff and only re-box them locally to get the benefits). And even in that case, if your only competition are heavily taxed imports, there isn't much of an incentive to undercut prices by that much...

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Well, apparently that shop is still robbing people: the first random online retailer I found gave me this (they didn't have the 960, so I replaced it with a 1060 3GB):

 

Spoiler

That's ARS 19,780, so approx. USD 1276. Which is @Mello's price times 1.35 - the whole difference is accounted by import tax (and you get a GPU upgrade).

 

Moral of the story: build your own rig  

 

 

... and this is what  ~ARS 29,999 would get you buying parts separately (unlocked i7, Z170 board, GTX 1070, didn't touch the rest, I guess it would be worth rethinking the PSU):

Spoiler

 

Edited December 9, 2016 by SpaceGhostC2C
Added 2nd part list

[dizmo]

Hah, brutal. You're almost better off flying to the US, and bringing the parts across yourself.

None of the countries around you have lower import fees?

 

1 hour ago, RooR said:

I am about to start building PC's for those in south america.

 

You'd still face the same problems. Import taxes. There's no legal way around them and to do it illegally would just lead to potential jail time.

45 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

To be fair it's a prebuilt.

 

I don't know how the market is but wow, overpriced much? To be fair, due to our mostly free market system in America, things are rather cheap. Is it possible to convert your funds for a computer to American dollars and buy parts and have them shipped somehow? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but it may legitimately be cheaper.

Wouldn't matter as they'd be taxed upon arrival to the country.

[Juanitology]

On 12/9/2016 at 3:54 PM, STRMfrmXMN said:

To be fair it's a prebuilt.

 

I don't know how the market is but wow, overpriced much? To be fair, due to our mostly free market system in America, things are rather cheap. Is it possible to convert your funds for a computer to American dollars and buy parts and have them shipped somehow? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but it may legitimately be cheaper.

yeah I tried doing that once buying a GPU from the states and paying like 50USD shipping plus the 50% import tax here and some asshole in the customs office stole it. So yeah, not ordering anything expensive by mail every again.