Would you rather buy a prebuilt pc or make your own?
>>944816184Make your own.Also, make you own keyboards (but NEVER use Cherry Browns!)
In this economy?
>>944816184build your own, more bang for your buck
>>944816184making your own is too easy not to do it unless you find a good deal somewhere
>>944816336What about warranties
>>944816184I just bought mine outright, and got a couple ram sticks and ssd later on. It works great.Most of the time...
>>944817765What do you mean most of the time
>>944816184Prebuilt, I’m not enough of a computer nerd to care about building my own computer.
>>944816184I would rather spend time outside.
>>944816184i've always build my own for the past 20 years but my next is going to be a mini pc. i need the space and i can't justify this big ass tower when i mostly play 2d games these days.
>>944817838Sometimes I get a critical system failure on startup, and my hardware does support windows 11.Also I broke an audio port while I was putting in my ram...
Oh, this is one of them threads
>>944816184normally id build my own, but with prices of ram and cards going up buying prebuilt is about to be the play as it will be significantly less in pricingbut thankfully i just finished mine so im good for years
>>944818482What do you mean
>>944819670I didn't see the file name
>>944816184Yes.
>>944820047What are you talking about?
>>944821827The file name in the OP
>>944822205moojosh? I don’t get the joke, isn’t that what the pig is named?
>>944822429>the pig
>>944816184Build your own if possibleSome decent places can charge a fee and you just pick the parts. If you dont have a space PC lying around I'd recommend this route as troubleshooting components without an extra one is very difficultex. memoryexpress.com/TechZone/Index.cm.aspx
>>944818092>I broke an audio port while I was putting in my ram...WTF were you using a hammer or something?
>>944822429Pig??>>944823013I was tinkering
>>944816184Prebuilt. Only buying a PC once every 4-5 years anyways, I think it's worth a splurge.I also keep getting them built in a way that allows extension later on (more hard drives, more RAM, etc.) and I never upgrade it, I just get a new PC anyways.
>>944823179>getting a new pc every console genBro wtf why
>>944816184Build my own for desktops. Pre-built for laptops. Although I often buy broken laptops and repair them
>>944822894>>944823130Is it not a pig
>>944823447Nah that's a hippo lol
>>944823494What kind of hippo looks like that?? You’re trolling me
>>944823917A baby one retard
>>944816184I bought a "cheap" pre-built in early 2020 then just swapped out parts as my needs grew
>>944824260That doesn’t look like a fucking hippo you’re actually lying
>>944824535I just looked one up, never mind I’m crazy
>>944816184>Built every PC I've owned.>Got a 5080 but need to transplant my whole build into a new case to use it.>Last build, had issues with parts that I had to provide my own troubleshooting for and took months to deal with.>Can't face dealing with that shit again, 5080 currently sitting in a box, has been for like 2 months nowUp to you anon.More value for what you spend, but it gets very tiresome when something goes wrong.I was more enthusiastic when I was younger, now I just want shit to work.
>>944823917Ye, that's a pygmy hippo
>>944823917MOODENG!!!!!Also, I prefer prebuilts because I'm lazy as fuck. Also, logicalincrements is my goto site
>>944824563Bro if that 5080 just sitting around in a box I got a good home for it right here bro just lmk!
>>944816184Build mah own. No bloatware. Also, it impresses the girls. (Also, just feels good to have done it.)
>>944824829not anon, but considering the shortages and them rereleasing the 3060
>>944824880Ikr my gpu being "current release" again was NOT on my bingo card for this year.
>>944824941add to that AMD probably reissuing Ryzen 5000 chips because of DDR4 is a pisser too
>>944824998I was srsly scraping and saving up for a '70ti Super. God hates me.
>>944825048I feel your pain. I'm even considering my next card an......AMD
>>944824829I already got a new case, Silverstone FLP02, it's sitting next to me.I'll install it eventually, whole build is probably the last PC I'll ever make (even got ahead on the RAM prices, 64gb DDR5 5600mhz). So even though the 5080 will be gold by the end of the year, I still want it, y'know?Just so fucking over cable management and shit
>>944825164I dabble in image gen so I like my Nvidias. But yeah I feel you man. We live in interesting times.
>>944825226Damn anon building grandpa's computer there
>>944825227I only game, just barely anymore, but I refuse to use AMD cards on principle. They're always on windows update from bricking
>>944825314Sleeper bro.Dunno why, but the idea of putting a 5080 in that case is very funny to me
>>944825394only thing funnier would be putting a 5080 in an old emachines case. Can't happen, but would be funny if you did
>>944824863>impresses girlsthose aren't girls
>>944825453kek
>>944825394Yeah you're not wrong. A good sleeper is a good machine.
>>944825226I'm still deciding on what case I should get next. Current one is an NZXT but I wanna get one with more air flow
>>944825453Oof.
>>944816184Make own. But i suck ass at cable management so i got a prebuilt
>>944823331Why not??Answer that motherfucker
>>944825453doesn't matter if i close my eyes nigga
>>944825557Before I saw the Silverstone case, I was initially tossing up between two different Fractal Design cases.A Torrent in white to match my components, or a North in black cos I'm a sucker for woodgrain.Both have some good ass airflow and features, big difference was just the aesthetic choice.Could be worth a look
>>944825744It's expensive as fuck, and you literally do not need to do that
>>944825874Like I can talk, I'm a filthy prebult pleb. If there was only an option to buy all the parts and pay a tech guy to built it
>>944816184recently bought some prebuilts for my friends from costco. there were sales going on and the ram prices were starting to explode. it actually outpriced building it myself
>>944826486A lot of places will offer that. Like, you pick your parts, they put it together and ship it to you.I had a job trial at a place that does that here in Australia.You could probably find a local repair shop that has someone who will do it for cash. Those dudes are putting shit back together all day anyway
>>944826175If you don't splurge on anything else, you can afford it
>>944826854It's not about being able to afford it, it's just a waste of funds...
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>>944816184Life's too short to build your own PC. Build your own BBC
>>944816184I set my laptop down on its side while it was open, and the optical drive tray got snagged on the carpet and when I picked it up, I pulled the optical drive tray out and it ripped a bunch of other stuff out of the computer and now it doesn't start.
>>944816184They always put trash parts in prebuilts unless you spend too much. Never take a prebuilt unless it's free or somebody with standards did it for you.
>>944816184I always built my own until just a month ago I bought a prebuilt. Was cheaper than the cost of the parts.
>>944816184>Make my own: it works>Get prebuilt: it doesn't workSimple choice really. Pre-builts have too much fucked about them: the tech making it can fuck your shit up, be shit on the thermal paste, or the overall design is shit and can't be expanded. And yes, I know this from experience. I was lazy and got a pre-built from Micro Center, lo and behold it won't run for longer than 1 hour. Tried taking it back and they "fixed" it by which I mean they did jack shit for the problem. Gave em a 1 star for that shit. Meanwhile, my build worked for a decade + with no issues till the bios shat it's pants finally. Also, all the Dell pre-builds just SUUUUUCCCK at work. So shitty. When you build your own you can spec out exactly what you want for ports, drives, and connections, on top of capacities. It's SO much nicer.
>>944823179What? I upgraded my GPU and ram and drives in my build. Why would you not? >>944829831We're in that weird spot where suppliers are sitting on "cheap" stock from last year while prices for new stock is skyrocketing. That will disappear once inventory clears out OR they catch on and up their prices for more $$$.
What’s the 27 clubWe ain’t makin it past 21
>>944830530Can I suck the titties and eat the pussy?
>>944830627I don’t know, can you
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