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5 hours ago, TrishKrish said:

I like the specs but it only has a 500 watt power supply. Is this enough for the specs it has? 

 

Link: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/hp-omen-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-8700k-2tb-hdd-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-gtx-1080-ti-windows-10-english/12385996.aspx?icmp=Recos_3across_tp_sllng_prdcts

Alrighty, So I am also from Canada, on first look, I really did think that was a good deal, Due to the 8th gen chip, and the 1080.

But now that I do some quick math, and some googling... You are paying near $1,000 more then you could build it for... Trust me, The odds of somtthing messing up while building it, Is slim to non, I also had no idea, how to build a pc but there are 1,001 guides on YouTube that can help you if you get stuck, Or even make a post on here... Here are some rough pricing of the cost it would cost to build the same PC as this.

 

CPU- 450$

GPU - 700$

RAM - 200$

SSD - 250$

HD - 80$

Case - 50$

Mouse / Keyboard - 50$

 

Around 800$ cheaper, To build it yourself. 

 

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Build it yourself, it's not that hard and way more cheaper. ( Just my opinion ;) )

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9 minutes ago, TrishKrish said:

I like the specs but it only has a 500 watt power supply. Is this enough for the specs it has? 

 

Link: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/hp-omen-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-8700k-2tb-hdd-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-gtx-1080-ti-windows-10-english/12385996.aspx?icmp=Recos_3across_tp_sllng_prdcts

Ripoff, build yourself.

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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I know building is the cheapest option but I don't want to mess it up. I don't mind paying a small premium to have the one year warranty and guarantee it works out of the box. 

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5 hours ago, TrishKrish said:

I like the specs but it only has a 500 watt power supply. Is this enough for the specs it has? 

 

Link: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/hp-omen-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-8700k-2tb-hdd-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-gtx-1080-ti-windows-10-english/12385996.aspx?icmp=Recos_3across_tp_sllng_prdcts

Alrighty, So I am also from Canada, on first look, I really did think that was a good deal, Due to the 8th gen chip, and the 1080.

But now that I do some quick math, and some googling... You are paying near $1,000 more then you could build it for... Trust me, The odds of somtthing messing up while building it, Is slim to non, I also had no idea, how to build a pc but there are 1,001 guides on YouTube that can help you if you get stuck, Or even make a post on here... Here are some rough pricing of the cost it would cost to build the same PC as this.

 

CPU- 450$

GPU - 700$

RAM - 200$

SSD - 250$

HD - 80$

Case - 50$

Mouse / Keyboard - 50$

 

Around 800$ cheaper, To build it yourself. 

 

M Y  S T U F F

 

Ryzen  PC |~|  Ryzen 5 1600 | GTX 1060 6GB | G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB DDR4 DDR4 2400 x2 |  WD Blue 250GB SSD | Barracuda Pro 2TB  EVGA 650W 80+Gold |

Laptop |~| Legion Y530 | i7-8750H | GTX 1050 Ti 4GB | 16GB DDR4 2666MHz | 128GB SSD | 1 TB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm |

Macbook Air |~| 2.2GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 | Intel HD Graphics 6000 | 8GB of 1600MHz  512GB SSD |

 

Displays |~| AOC G2460VQ6 24" x2|

Keyboard |~| Corsair Gaming K70RGB | 

Mouse |~| Razer Lancehead Pink RGB | 

Audio |~| HyperX Cloud II | Audio-Technica ATH-AD700X| 

Microphone |~| Audio Technica AT2035| 

 

M y  R e v i e w s 


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11 hours ago, K i a r a said:

Alrighty, So I am also from Canada, on first look, I really did think that was a good deal, Due to the 8th gen chip, and the 1080.

But now that I do some quick math, and some googling... You are paying near $1,000 more then you could build it for... Trust me, The odds of somtthing messing up while building it, Is slim to non, I also had no idea, how to build a pc but there are 1,001 guides on YouTube that can help you if you get stuck, Or even make a post on here... Here are some rough pricing of the cost it would cost to build the same PC as this.

 

CPU- 450$

GPU - 700$

RAM - 200$

SSD - 250$

HD - 80$

Case - 50$

Mouse / Keyboard - 50$

 

Around 800$ cheaper, To build it yourself. 

 

Hmm interesting. Thanks!

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