Pre-Built VS DIY

[Nathan5660]

Whats the general opinion on DIY built VS pre built? My current system is a pre built that I have upgraded over time. and works pretty well. But it REALLY struggles with cities Skylines and Planet Coaster

 

Which option is cheaper? Would i be better off going down the pre built road with a PC configure website like PC Specialist or buying all the parts seperalty and putting it all together myself? 

 

My budget is around £1, 500 ish. And the games I intend to play are Planet Coaster, Cities Skylines and Battle Field 4. Games I already have are GTA V, WarThunder, JustCause3, TrainSimulator2018, Minecraft, JustCause2, Portal, Portal2, Planet Coaster (thought its barley playable) and Cities Skylines (also barely playable)  

 

My revised parts list is: 

 

Ryzen 7 2700x

ASUS NVIDIA ROG STRIX GTX 1060 6GB

ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Mobo

Corsair Vengence LPX 16GB kit (2x8gb) at 3000MHz

Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 (RGB)

Corsair CP-9020098 650W PSU

Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler

Western Digital Green 25GB m.2 SSD

 

And on Amazon excluding postage this totals £1, 165.26

 

Is this a descent system? Ideally I would want a 1070 But I figured that can be a future upgrade later down the line. 

[Slottr]

What specs do you have now?

 

If you're primarily gaming, go with an i7 8700k

 

New Nvidia cards should be announced soon so dont spend too much on a card.

[Ruffleduffle]

i usually recommend building it yourself, but due to the overpriced gpus and ram, some manufacturers offers are actually cheaper than buying all the components on your own.

Make a pricelist and then go to different vendors and compare

[Guest]

 

29 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

Whats the general opinion on DIY built VS pre built? My current system is a pre built that I have upgraded over time. and works pretty well. But it REALLY struggles with cities Skylines and Planet Coaster

 

Which option is cheaper? Would i be better off going down the pre built road with a PC configure website like PC Specialist or buying all the parts seperalty and putting it all together myself? 

 

My budget is around £1, 500 ish. And the games I intend to play are Planet Coaster, Cities Skylines and Battle Field 4. Games I already have are GTA V, WarThunder, JustCause3, TrainSimulator2018, Minecraft, JustCause2, Portal, Portal2, Planet Coaster (thought its barley playable) and Cities Skylines (also barely playable)  

 

My revised parts list is: 

 

Ryzen 7 2700x

ASUS NVIDIA ROG STRIX GTX 1060 6GB

ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Mobo

Corsair Vengence LPX 16GB kit (2x8gb) at 3000MHz

Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 (RGB)

Corsair CP-9020098 650W PSU

Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler

Western Digital Green 25GB m.2 SSD

 

And on Amazon excluding postage this totals £1, 165.26

 

Is this a descent system? Ideally I would want a 1070 But I figured that can be a future upgrade later down the line. 

Is your £1500 just for the tower ?

 

If so what monitor are you going to be using ?

 

[minervx]

DIY builds will have quieter fans, better aesthetics, better overclocking, and more customization of what kind of storage/ram/etc. you want.  But pre-builts offer price and convenience alot of the time.

[Nathan5660]

Ok just to clarify. I dont need preipherals, I already have those using them now  

 

My current specs are: 

 

AMD A107700k

GTX 1050

Gibabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Mobo

Case....I dunno....I think its a CiT Geforce Case...its shit anyway

EVGA 600W PSU

Arctic Alpine Pro 64....i think...CPU cooler

 

Im not keen on Intels ludicrous pricing at the monet when Ryzen offers the same performace for a fraction of the price. Plus I want to see what AMD is like on thie high end so there

 

Fans can be replaced which is my plan. Going to get some Corsair RGB ones (the ones that are AURA compatible cant remember the name) 

 

I game, make YouTube videos and sometimes I stream. But only sometimes, and i only stream games that run well I.E Portal 1 and two, Minecraft, TrainSimulator. 

[minervx]

if u already have a case gpu and power supply then just do a rebuild

[Nathan5660]

No cos i want to use my current system as an editing/storage PC. Plus the case is just terrible! My HDMI cables dont actually fit cos the holes at the back of the case arnt big enough. So i had to getto shave the HDMI plugs so they fitted. 

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

52 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

Corsair CP-9020098 650W PSU

 

On a more serious note, 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  (£269.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£69.37 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£155.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Dual Video Card  (£394.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£77.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1383.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 20:57 BST+0100

 

 

(If you want FreeSync support the Vega 56 isn't that much more.)

[Nathan5660]

12 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

 

On a more serious note, 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  (£269.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£69.37 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£155.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Dual Video Card  (£394.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£77.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1383.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 20:57 BST+0100

 

 

(If you want FreeSync support the Vega 56 isn't that much more.)

The configuration i cam up with is way cheaper though. BUT dat 1070ti though nom nom nom nom nom 

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  (£188.40 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Alpenföhn - Matterhorn Pure 63.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£127.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£419.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£77.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1222.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 21:16 BST+0100

[Nathan5660]

I think what I will do. is save up untill i cant fit anything else into my saving tin and make that mu budget. If its over a grand then i will build a new PC, if its under then i will upgrade what I already have.

 

But it all depends on how much im able to save 

[Christophe Corazza]

You're actually doing it wrong. You should first look at what you are going to use the computer for. Based on that, you select the hardware (or a general direction). Then you can look at PC builders' websites and see whether or not they offer better deals for your chosen hardware configuration.