Gearbest Prebuilt or custom?

[Biecher]

Hello,

 

my friend is looking for a 1080p 60Hz gaming pc for around 600$. He asked me about sourcing some parts, but I'm not really informed at the moment.

 

He found this gearbest deal for 617 Euro:  https://www.gearbest.com/all-in-one-computers/pp_618997.html?wid=21

it features a 1060 with 6GB and a i5 7400. The SSD and PSU probably suck, but it should do the job. What do you guys think?

 

I could build him a PC with a i3 8100 and 1060 3GB for the same price or with a 6GB 1060 for around 100€ more.

 

Thank you for your help

[LienusLateTips]

Location?

You could probably get better for 620 Euros.

[Biecher]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Location?

You could probably get better for 620 Euros.

Germany

[LienusLateTips]

7 minutes ago, Biecher said:

Germany

I'd say wait for the cheaper LGA 1151-v2 motherboards, then get something close to this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€105.88 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€103.24 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: *Kingston - Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€73.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€53.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: *Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4GB PULSE Video Card  (€258.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€35.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Vengeance 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€53.54 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €683.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-13 02:01 CET+0100

[Biecher]

EDIT: motherboard not compatible!

 

[Unimaginative Name]

3 minutes ago, Biecher said:

maybe something like this:

 

 

Just wait for cheaper 3-series Intel boards (won't be B350, my guess would be B370). B250 boards aren't compatible with 8 series Intel chips.

[Biecher]

2 minutes ago, Unimaginative Name said:

Just wait for cheaper 3-series Intel boards (won't be B350, my guess would be B370). B250 boards aren't compatible with 8 series Intel chips.

okay I see. Thanks

So a i3 8100 is the best deal at the moment? What about the graphics card? RX 580 is about the same as a 1060 with 3GB. The 6GB 1060 is around 100€ more.

[DocSwag]

I must say, that's a pretty decent deal.

 

I still wouldn't recommend it though. For a similar price you can get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€105.88 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€100.54 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€67.59 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€59.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Hitachi - Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€39.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  (€300.95 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€32.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (€51.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €758.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-13 02:38 CET+0100

 

And once cheaper 300 series boards are out (H310, especially, will probably be 50 euros or so cheaper) this should be a good price. Or maybe you could even wait for Ryzen 2, though that's still 3 months out.

[Biecher]

47 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I must say, that's a pretty decent deal.

 

I still wouldn't recommend it though. For a similar price you can get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€105.88 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€100.54 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€67.59 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€59.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Hitachi - Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€39.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  (€300.95 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€32.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (€51.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €758.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-13 02:38 CET+0100

 

And once cheaper 300 series boards are out (H310, especially, will probably be 50 euros or so cheaper) this should be a good price. Or maybe you could even wait for Ryzen 2, though that's still 3 months out.

that's like 20% or something more expensive than the gearbest one. 
Waiting is not really an option. It's his first gaming PC, also I don't see the point. The CPU should not be the limiting factor here, even with the 7400, right?

[DocSwag]

2 hours ago, Biecher said:

that's like 20% or something more expensive than the gearbest one. 
Waiting is not really an option. It's his first gaming PC, also I don't see the point. The CPU should not be the limiting factor here, even with the 7400, right?

Wouldn't you have to import the gearbest one though? And pay VAT on it? Correct me if wrong, I'm not that familiar with how that all works.

[Biecher]

6 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Wouldn't you have to import the gearbest one though? And pay VAT on it? Correct me if wrong, I'm not that familiar with how that all works.

as far as I know, they pay VAT for you you if you pay for the priority shipping. But it's a liitle bit of a gable.