Build vs prebuilt

[thekraken]

Hey guys I’ve never built a pc and I’m just now coming back to pc from console. I’ve been playing console games for about 10 years now , and I’m way behind the technology curve.(I.e. water cooling cpu’s , that was sci fi channel stuff when I left pc)

I’ve been doing a lot of research on pre built vs building it myself . I’ve read a lot of content that says building one yourself is the only way to go. But some of these prebuilts seem to cost about what it would cost me.

Example: https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/READY-TO-SHIP-GAMER-MASTER-ET9934
From what I’ve found on google just the cpu and gpu is about 1k . Not even counting everything else plus the mouse and keyboard you get with it. Another positive to me is a warranty of 3 years. Total cost of this rig is roughly 1700.

To me and my very limited knowledge thus far this seems like a good deal for me for performance vs price .

I’d love to hear from the experts on this forum though if this is a solid choice or am I wasting money?

 

[Archaea]

Prebuilt prices are hard to beat, but you might find some pride or enjoyment in building one. I watch for deals and build them for others, but I can't ever really beat a pre-built price (when on sale).

for example: $1060.
https://slickdeals.net/f/13359358-a...sd-rtx-2070-1261-free-shipping?src=SiteSearch


Price out those parts (don't forget motherboard and RGB case, 3 year warranty and customer support) and you come out at over their $1060 price on the parts alone - not to mention no profit for a individual builder.

If you build it yourself you get to obviously pick all the components for cosmetic value. On the performance side - not enough difference to lose sleep over.