RamSteelwood wrote:Could someone cast a beady eye over this and let me know if remotely good value/worth considering please? https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-Gaming-PC-Package-Illuminated/dp/B018GTOCYG my godson apparently wants a gaming pc for chrimbo (he's just turned 13), his parents have turned to me for expert advice which is kind of laughable these days (i stopped following pc parts around the time of voodoo 2 graphics cards!),and sent a screenshot of a package that looked similar to that but for £600. i know a package is prob not best for price/perf, but if there's not much in it then prob worth it for keeping it simple for them. if building your own would be much better than i could help them with that. he'd need a monitor too as never had a pc before. he's got an xbox one, so i'm guessing would be expecting an improvement over that, but not sure how much better you can get for £600 with a monitor. i don't believe that flashy led cases are essential for him either! any help or advice would be much appreciated.
voices wrote:Something else slightly pc related - I changed my case from a stupidly oversized (and beautiful) tj07 to an htpc desktop case (the silverstone grandia something or other), which I thought was still oversized. Unfortunately, there isn't quite enough space inside to fit both my graphics card and the included hard drive tray. This means I have 6 hard drives just sort of floating around inside. The case is enclosed, but it still bothers me. Not sure what to do with the tj07. It's too big to store, too big to mail and too beautiful to throw away.
GooberTheHat wrote:Would you not need a new motherboard if you're switching from Intel to amd?
LivDiv wrote:I'm not sure how Amazon stack up but I have seen that pre-built PCs from non-specialists sometimes skimp on component quality where they hope you wouldn't notice. Stuff like the power supply, cooling or cheapo ram.
SpaceGazelle wrote:They really do. What looks good value is rarely. When I was Redditimg my Index problem, the amount of things that were going setting with people's setups that turned out to be a dodgy PSU. It's madness not to build when it's so easy.I'm not sure how Amazon stack up but I have seen that pre-built PCs from non-specialists sometimes skimp on component quality where they hope you wouldn't notice. Stuff like the power supply, cooling or cheapo ram.
LivDiv wrote:What is annoying is the things they go cheap on are the things that you otherwise would often be able to take over into a new build down the line.
SpaceGazelle wrote:Is the Ryzen 7 2700X any good? It's half price on Amazon.
Lord_Griff wrote:Gurt ryzen or i9?
Are you say i should get the components as they are listed on chillblast and plonk it together myself?
cheers for the help and feedback, apologies for not acknowledging earlier!GurtTractor wrote:@Ram There are some decent custom prebuilt places out there, like PCSpecialist and Chillblast where you can select the parts you want, but there is a premium over getting it all yourself. You do get warranties, support and such however. Most of the prebuilt package places I've seen have systems that might be alright generally but have something really letting them down. Like I'm looking at overclockers.uk that might be good, but then they don't tell you what the PSU is, it just says "1000W 80Plus Rated PSU", which sounds dubious as fuck. I dunno whether that ADMI system that you linked is any good, I mean it will probably work, but it doesn't say what the PSU is so... Yeah my general recommendation is still a DIY build, or a prebuilt from a good specialist that tells you what all the parts are and gives you some options but might cost a little extra.
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