Is this a decent pre build?

[theunnamedgamer]

On 11/24/2018 at 10:49 PM, LogicWeasel said:

@theunnamedgamerEdit: Update - I did manage to find some tempting options that compete with the eBuyer build:

 

I did manage to find a same day build that beats it on price direct from CyberPowerUK, but the HDD goes to 1TB and CPU goes to an i3-8100, that's still a quad-core (but PC has significant savings and it ships next day) for (GBP symbol) 775 including VAT: http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1543648

 

I tried seeing if I can match using another i5 customized build, and it turned out being an upgrade with a GTX 1070 and better cpu cooling, ram speed (16GB @ 3000Mhz), and case change for around (GBP symbol)1090 including VAT: http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1543635

Thanks for this input and research, I will look into it.

On 11/24/2018 at 10:59 PM, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

If you are a competent PC builder then I see very little reason for him to reject this as an option. I would say this to him and reassure him that he is good hands with regards to PC building, another thing you could say is that you'd have to help him set up Windows anyway so it wouldn't be much different from building a custom PC the only difference is that you'd have to build the system before Windows could be set up. 

 

Pre-builts while in recent years have improved, I would personally not spend money on them. They are just slapped together in any old way and are not built with care either, it's mass production so the builder wants to build as many systems as possible to get paid his wages and with doing that no care is put into the system. Pre-builts also cheap out on things like the PSU and motherboard which are the most vital parts in a PC. 

I have tried so hard. He said "Maybe for his next build" (He said this when he got his last laptop...)

He says its cause he's lazy Its been a while since I looked at PC parts, didn't realise how cheap you could build this PC for yourself...

My last build last year (i5 7600k, 8GB DDR4, 1TB, 1060 GB) was fine and took no longer than 40 mins? 

He is adamant on prebuild and is planning to buy today, so on a side note, I need to delete this post when it goes dead, so he cant find it...

Will try one last attempt...

On 11/24/2018 at 11:15 PM, LogicWeasel said:

Also to throw AMD in the mix, if he was willing to take an AMD R3 2300X (4 cores @3.5Ghz) you get a GTX 1070 build for 963 (including VAT): 

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/1543672

 

It can serve as a good jumping-off link if you wanted to trim cost in areas or beef-up certain things (like case choice, PSU quality, CPU cooling, etc, you know the drill).  At least with the customizer you get choice as compared to what's in the box from eBuyer.

Thats fair, I will look at this build. Don't know much about the AMD chips, so will look into it. 

On 11/25/2018 at 12:27 AM, Cereal5 said:

This makes no sense... you offered to build one for free for him. You literally get better parts at better prices. A better PC for less money. I don’t know who would want to spend more money for parts that aren’t as good. All the stuff you buy individually come with warranties... this guy needs some reason slapped into him. Give him a good prebuilt and then show him something similar custom. If you already did this then just give him what he wants. I buy power, origin pc, cyber something or other, Walmart. Lol walmart. Still gets me

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Will try to, but can't see it happening any time soon. I would kill to save £100+ on a custom / spend £100 more on parts if someone offered it to me. 

[LogicWeasel]

18 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

If you already did this then just give him what he wants. I buy power, origin pc, cyber something or other, Walmart. Lol walmart. Still gets me

You should know that OP's eBuyer link is for the UK.  They don't have iBuyPower (read earlier posts in this thread), OriginPC, or Walmart (I even checked for NZXT BLD as they have very fair prices, sadly they don't ship outside US yet).  Just CyberPower uk or something on eBuyer.

 

-Yeah it's dumb that OP's friend doesn't want something better, but at least we can offer advice to ensure he doesn't rip himself off any harder than he's already trying to.

[theunnamedgamer]

21 hours ago, LogicWeasel said:

You should know that OP's eBuyer link is for the UK.  They don't have iBuyPower (read earlier posts in this thread), OriginPC, or Walmart (I even checked for NZXT BLD as they have very fair prices, sadly they don't ship outside US yet).  Just CyberPower uk or something on eBuyer.

 

-Yeah it's dumb that OP's friend doesn't want something better, but at least we can offer advice to ensure he doesn't rip himself off any harder than he's already trying to.

Thanks for your help, hes gone with a cyberpower machine. I'll check it over for him maybe. see that its OK. I did try right before he bought it, but his mind was set. 

 

[WkdPaul]

9 minutes ago, theunnamedgamer said:

Can I get this thread deleted some how?

Why? We rarely delete any threads, because if someone has a question similar to yours, and search for answers, they'll be able to get help from the advice you received.

[LogicWeasel]

5 hours ago, theunnamedgamer said:

Thanks for your help, hes gone with a cyberpower machine. I'll check it over for him maybe. see that its OK. I did try right before he bought it, but his mind was set. 

[My friend] is adamant on prebuild and is planning to buy today, so on a side note, I need to delete this post when it goes dead, so he cant find it...

Will try one last attempt...

 

4 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Why? We rarely delete any threads, because if someone has a question similar to yours, and search for answers, they'll be able to get help from the advice you received.

 

To answer your question wkdpaul, he seems to have indicated he's worried about his friend reading this and realizing just how stubborn his friend is about building a pc.  Just thought i'd fill that in since he had that quoted block as a reply to other posts asking OP to keep trying to convince his hard-to-convince friend.