Prebuilt vs Self-built

[GerbilPlays]

So to build the PC myself £1300 could get me: Amazon 

This prebuilt has the same specs for about the same price

I might get flamed for the rest of my life by tech buddies but should I get it

See prebuilt attached

 

[GerbilPlays]

8 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

Custom built will have a longer lasting warranty (3-5 years) depending on parts you've chose. 

true, it only comes with 1 year warranty

however I would identify faults in well under a year and will take good care of it so i dont think it matters much

 

[seon123]

I have absolutely no idea how £1300 is "about the same price" as £950. I would absolutely not recommend the system below, it's just to show what an equivalent system would cost. 

Build the PC yourself, a 5 year old can do it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Biostar - H310MHD PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£51.80 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *TCSunBow - X3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card  (£342.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova TG (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £948.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-19 00:30 BST+0100

[GerbilPlays]

4 minutes ago, seon123 said:

I have absolutely no idea how £1300 is "about the same price" as £950. I would absolutely not recommend the system below, it's just to show what an equivalent system would cost. 

Build the PC yourself, a 5 year old can do it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Biostar - H310MHD PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£51.80 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Kingston - ValueRAM 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *TCSunBow - X3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card  (£342.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova TG (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £948.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-19 00:30 BST+0100

http://amzn.eu/2cuLBrR

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, GerbilPlays said:

http://amzn.eu/2cuLBrR

And...?

[GerbilPlays]

Just now, seon123 said:

And...?

its £1300

[seon123]

14 minutes ago, GerbilPlays said:

its £1300

Ended up at £1240 for me. What's the build for? Gaming? In that case, you're comparing an expensive 1070 build with another nonsensical build. If you get more sensible parts for gaming, you can easily get a much better system. 

As an example (the GPU pricing is £100 higher than what's on PCPP):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£89.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: *Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 DT GAMING Video Card  (£517.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.00 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Formula Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1269.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-19 00:51 BST+0100

 

For just gaming, you can drop the CPU cooler or drop the CPU to the 8400 to reduce the price.

 

With that said, it's worth waiting a few days until the next gen Nvidia cards launch. 

Edited August 18, 2018 by seon123
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[GerbilPlays]

@seon123 I saw a similar deal on https://www.learnsugandese.com/marketplace/gamingpc/

[seon123]

2 hours ago, GerbilPlays said:

@seon123 I saw a similar deal on https://www.learnsugandese.com/marketplace/gamingpc/

I would tell you to kys, but that isn't allowed, so I won't do that. Instead, I will explain to you that you don't seem very mature.