Is prebuilt worth it in 2018?

[PlayItCool]

Hi guys! So yea i’m from Canada and i want to build my gaming pc. Comparing the prebuilt that i saw from amazon which only costs 959 CAD equiped with an i5 7400 and a rx 580 4gb to a system that i planned. Sure did make me wanna buy a prebuilt. Ram are expensive so as gpus atm. So are prebuilt worth it as of now? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

there's a few that are pretty good value, but quite alot are overpriced.

[Spotty]

Due to the prices of GPUs, some prebuilts can offer comparable cost. Really depends as some can have highly inflated costs.

If you look at the specs for what hardware is included in the prebuilt you can put all that information in to pcpartpicker.com to give you an idea of how much the machine would cost to build it yourself.

[seon123]

Not really. They use parts that are ridiculously bad more often than not. In order to save cost

[VEXICUS]

1 hour ago, PlayItCool said:

Hi guys! So yea i’m from Canada and i want to build my gaming pc. Comparing the prebuilt that i saw from amazon which only costs 959 CAD equiped with an i5 7400 and a rx 580 4gb to a system that i planned. Sure did make me wanna buy a prebuilt. Ram are expensive so as gpus atm. So are prebuilt worth it as of now? 

Look....u can build a way better gaming PC in similar price....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($224.95 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($100.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO FORZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($93.86 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($399.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($57.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $1161.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-27 05:22 EDT-0400

[PlayItCool]

7 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

Look....u can build a way better gaming PC in similar price....

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($224.95 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($100.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO FORZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($93.86 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($399.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($57.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $1161.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-27 05:22 EDT-0400

Thanks foooor that!