I was contemplating buying a prebuilt because I was overwhelmed by all of the advice and recommendations of KZfaqrs, and I was worried I might mess up in break something. Eventually I decided to just build it myself. It only took a few hours and besides some driver issues, it was up and running by the next day. Don’t be too overwhelmed, you can do it

other option: buy your own parts and then hire someone to build it

The joy of building your own is just different. I built mine dec31 2021, i started 9pm and got it to work by 1am. Best new year for me.

I brought mine prebuilt because I was scared but after I had it for a while now next I will build it myself

I think the best way to go is this -Buy a prebuilt -Upgrade a few small things as you learn -Build your own with parts from the prebuilt That's what I did. I have an i9-10900k now and still using the wiring, case and PSU from the prebuilt I got 4 years ago.

What’s your favorite pc you’ve ever built?

Literally built my pc last week. Went all out with the parts and just followed guides and tried to get as much information and help as I could. It’s a lot easier than it looks, if you run into any problems you can always ask reddit and many other places. I was considering buying a prebuilt because of the stress of building, but the feeling of building your own pc is something you need to experience.

Honestly prebuilts are only worth it if you’re really apprehensive about building your own. If you have even the slightest interest or willingness to try, it’s so much better. Pre-built price/spec lists can be so bad sometimes. You know something is fucked when you see a $1500 3060 and. 7600x build.

Buy a pre-built if you want to save alot of time, and/or if your scared your going to mess it up, like breaking your ram. Build it yourself if you want to save alot of cash, but are willing to spend time researching, and spend time building.

I had no idea what I was doing. I watched a bunch of videos and did a lot of reading and built my own anyway. I'm more than a month in and it's doing great.

If you buy prebuilt just be careful for low quality fans and stuff

In Australia separate part prices are so high on AM5 I sometimes just suggest people take some of the cheaper prebuilts as a parts bundle that also runs.

Building by your own is satisfying sometimes

Mini ITX cases are awesome ❤

Diy isn't always cheaper. It does depend where you live. I live in Australia about 3 hours from our states capital city. I'd have to travel about 2 hours to get to a pc store with competitive prices and delivery makes it not worth it. I got a pre build from a store near said city but that store offered free delivery and it turned put cheaper and was built great too

👇people who building pcs is their hobby

Building a PC is easy. Cable management is hard.

My first PC was a prebuilt and the only issue it really had was overheating since it didn’t have a lot of fans and the case was bad. I wanted to fully upgrade it so I decided to build my own next time around and it was WAY easier than I thought. Most of the time that goes into building a PC is research on parts and their compatibility with each other.

Pre-builts usually cheap out storage, ram, and motherboard

Built my pc last month. Was completely satisfied with how it turned out

this is one hell of a persuasive essay

If you use PC Part picker then just put it together you’ll be fine.

I bought a prebuilt and slowly upgraded it over the years. Ive had it for 7 years now and will probably be doing the same thing in another year or two.

I learned to build one myself and I’m pretty impressed with myself lots of research and KZfaq videos got it to boot and setup windows!!

Was expecting another Jawa ad but ig ur website works to

Used prebuilt on eBay can offer some great value and can be better than building them yourself sometimes, when people are selling their old builds.

When i see a black and blue one maby i will buy

honestly an hour or 2 is all the time you should need

Went with CLX when i was finally ready to drop some stacks. Shipping time was great, it arrived with a dead GPU, but they literally next day'd me a brand new sealed in the box 3090 ti. I am about a year deep with the PC and very pleased. Runs anything i throw at it maxed out

I bought a prebuilt in 2016 and have upgraded it since, the only original hardware is the case and power supply. Honestly this is the option I would recommend most people and then just upgrade it as you see fit until you become the guy that can build a computer from scratch

You're only saying this because you sell pre builds 😂😂😂❤❤❤

honestly feel a lot of pride in building my own systems; built my first back in 2022 with the money the army gave me when i left. Turned into a new hobby really quick lmao.

I had a couple hours of research and just followed the labels on all the plugs

I used to build my own, from around 1997 (when I started college), until I got older (around 2012). Honestly, I don't have the energy anymore, it's the same reason why I stopped working on my own car, and why I've moved from ICE to EV. Totally respect everyone who still do it.

I just bought all the parts to build a new one and I can't wait

Everyone needs a tech uncle to help them with their first build

I would like a prebuilt bc it means i dont have the hassle of buying loads of parts but in the future i will build one

Also, with prebuilds you cover everything under 1 warranty so thats a plus

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You may end up spending more if you make it yourself if you damage something and need it replaced

Pls make more prebuilds with black cases for your store

The only prebuilds id ever consider are the monthly drops from this man right here as it is litterally cheaper than building the pc yourself and you know that there gonna be good quality

I got the "prebuilt laptop" its hot both meanings...

I think pre-builts are worth buying now from Xidax, Jawa, Metapcs, Apex and many others because you could just upgrade it later and it's less of a hassle to set everything up

I got a prebuilt from a trustworthy guy on eBay in California with a 4070, 12700k 32gbs of ddr5 and 2tb nvme ssd, told me all the brand names and gave me the windows key all for $1500. I listed all the parts on PC part picker and it came out to exactly the same price for all the parts that I paid for them to be prebuilt. I got an amazing deal honestly just have to do research and look around for a while.

My dude. Couldn't have said it better myself!

One of the biggest drawbacks from prebuilts for me is the case, a good case goes a long way and unless you really are saving money on a prebuilt on sale just to have to put it back together anyways with a better case, might aswell build it yourself, not to mention you’re gonna want to have your own ram sticks, check thermal paste and maybe a better SSD

i wanna build my own pc to save money and it feels like something i would enjoy, but ive only been watching youtube guids for 1 year so i still got missing information but i got the building proccess

I was actually thinking of buying one of your PC's because of the good price for what you're getting but then I realised that you guys only ship in America (I love in Australia) which I think it would be cool if you guys expanded your shipping countries, and I know it can be expensive but I really want one of your PC's

I wish someone bought their parts and let me build their pc for them, it’s so much fun 😁 Zach you want a volunteer?? Lol

I wanted to build, but figured the tax and shipping would take longer and the total cost would be more than finding a good pre owned tower locally. (It did take a while to find a higher end one tho and many didn't know or share their specs.)

Prebuilds cost way less at where i live

Day 2 of asking where and how is the best place/way to start learning about pc hardware (mainly)

Let’s hope i love zachs advice to pc building it really helped me when i was building mine

Don't know if anyone had this experience but for me, buying and playing the game PC Building Simulator on Steam, while maybe not being 100% accurate to the average experience, did boost my confidence in feeling comfortable with the steps I took when I built mine in late 2020. Playing that also just added another layer of learning about part compatibility.

Reminder that he advertises shady antivirus companies without disclosing it as an ad

That's healthy for economy, so yeah I'll do pre-build

I don't have a pc but from what I know,buy the pc parts and get someone to build it,it's cheaper and you get free full windows

I just built my first pc as a noob and it wasn't bad at all. Had a friend help some though. Spent about $2k monitor included. - gigabyte gaming x ax mobo - amd r7 7800x3d cpu - amd rx 6950 xt gpu - g.skill x5 16gb cl36 memory - wd black sn850 2tb ssd - be quiet 850w psu - acer 34in 165hz ultrawide 1440p monitor The hardest part for me was connecting all the leads to the motherboard. I couldn't immediately figure out where a couple were supposed to go. It runs great.

I learn to build my PC myself and now it become a hobby, f#ck yea, now i know everything i need to know😊 So proud of miself, ( except the thing that i payd 20 extra dollars for a gpu, well we all learn from mistakes)

I had loads of fun "building my first" pc. Ive been putting them together since the mid 90s out of handme downs and used swap meet finds but years ago i decided to do it right..in my mind.. picked out the case, a badass 1000w corsair ps. Then picked up the best Asus Am3+ mobo and fastest AMD cpu out. I wanted a 1080 so bad but at 1k it was to much so i got a nice msi 970 GTX oc with the most ram and 32 gigs of gskill with the highest mhz, think it was 233? My plan was to get another 970 gtx and run SLI. The build was fun. Putting wire looms and figuring out the cable management. Probably too many fans but they all looked great with red led. My first watercooled cpu. So much fun

I decided to build my own and it's not as hard as some people say. It may be a bit stressful, you will probably worry if you're messing up. But trust me, as long as you can use a screwdriver and a flashlight, you can do it.

Pre builds are absolutely great for a starting point. You can usually find them on decent deals at local computer stores and you can use the saved money to replace specific parts that are letting it down. But if you can build your own comfortable then absolutely do that.

I think what you're saying is generally true. But there was a weird time before the pandemic when GPUs were crazy expensive, where you could get good prebuilt for less than an equivalent home build. I got a prebuild on sale for $1900+tax, and to buy the GPU in the rig alone at the time would have cost me $1200.

And in some cases you can get financing on a prebuilt where you can't for a system you build yourself depending on where you get the parts.

I gamed on a prebuilt from the end of 2017 to earlier in January. It ran great, I did have to upgrade the graphics card and ram around a year and a half ago due to the 1070ti not holding up as well on modern games. But for inexperienced plug-n-play people. Pre-built PCs can be a better option.

I did a boatload of research, watched multple long videos on building PCs, make multiple parts lists, and then bought a prebuilt on a black friday sale lol When the time came to upgrade i replaced the graphics card and a yr later replaced everything else except the case.

Where is the best place to buy a pre built pc

I recently bought an ibuypower prebuilt at a price that is less than the price of buying all the parts separately and building it myself. Prebuilts are not always more expensive.

Its worth building ur own... like picking a cute pc tower. Also u can generaly do most of ur own maintenance bc u built it

As an IT student, it’s my job to build PC and not only that. So I enjoy building a PC.

From experience it wholly depends on where you buy. Some vendors will price prebuilts at $200 more than the parts and some will charge upwards of $2000 on high end system. And on top of that larger companies that also do general tech or home appliances will more often then not cheap out on storage, ram and cases. Only really selling you on a good cpu/gpu combination.

Prebuilts are fine but a lot of times that have proprietary parts like the motherboard, PSU, and case if you buy one from an OEM like Dell or HP. But you can also get a prebuilt from an independent PC shop that uses all off the shelf parts but I don't really count those as prebuilt because they use all of the shelf parts and not OEM parts.

MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT BUILD KITS

A pre is an easy entry and easy to upgrade

Thank God,I built it myself..now I have the confidence that I can do a lot if I believe in myself..

Been building computers for years because it saves money and fun to do. That being said prebuilds are great if you dont want to take the time to learn. Only gripe i have with prebuilds is usually the company will skimp on the power supply which is an extremely important component. If that blows you can almost say goodbye to everything else. Not all do this but a lot do so be careful.

Me: *buys the cheapest parts from sales and shts then hires a trusted computer buddy for building 👌🏼

Modern pc parts are mostly very easy to build. They each have instructions on them, and if you watch a few build tutorials, it's actually pretty easy. It's just very nerve-wracking since you get worried thinking, what if you messed it up. Honestly, the hardest part was just collecting the right parts, and once you have the right parts, the actual building part is pretty easy.

Damn youtube blessed me with this early

Sometimes prebuilts are cheaper because the companies can buy parts in bulk for cheaper

I got a motherboard bundle because it worked out being the same price as buying the parts individually. It's a decent way to do it.

I built my first pc recently. It took a month to get it up and running and i dont regret it one bit. It was so much fun building it but once i was done the display kept crashing. I updated the bios, checked the cables, the motherboard, the cpu, and finally it turned out the gpu was toast. So i bought a new one and it finally worked. The lesson is that as long as you have the perseverance (and money) you can do anything.

I bought mine all in one place and had the technician build it for free. He did it in less than 45 mins and its working fine at the store during test run and worked fine when I plugged it at home. I neither fall under buying a prebuilt and building it my own, i guess.

i just brought a prebuilt then learned to upgrade it

hered the unbiased pros and cons, coming from a person who sells prebuilds

I bought one pre-build and in the end I improved it so much that only the mother board and the CPU remained, soon I will buy others to make a PC for my brother with the parts from the first one. I had already built a PC in the past, but in my case I didn't have time and I need it quickly so I made the decision to buy a pre-build.

The fake plant is a questionable choice, but an appreciated one

I started with prebuill PCs from supermarkets, then i paid a coleeague to build my pc out of my wished compounds... and today i build them myself. I am not an enthusiast tho. i hate the assembly but knowing how it works together helped me a lot fixin and troubleshooting stuff, thus repair costs and most importantly time that my PC would be otherwise spend in a repair shop. It may not be easy at first, but its also not as a science as someone thinks.

I bought a prebuilt PC because I didn't feel comfortable building it myself. After doing research on how this all works, doing a couple of upgrades, and even pulling my system completely apart to clean it, and putting it back together with no problems, I feel comfortable building my next rig. I also have a technician system to use for things like, downloading the OS onto a flash drive. All in all, my prebuilt has given me the experience I feel I needed to be comfortable enough building my own rig.

if you can find website where you can choose your own parts and theyll build it for you (pc specialist for uk) a service like that is much better than a pre built that gets mass produced

It’s easy to just build yourself, there’s a bunch of info out there. Budget is the most important, then what exactly is the PC use going to be used for primarily and if it’s strictly gaming at what resolution you want to play at.

i got mine in the height of covid. Prebuilts were way cheaper because of the price gouging and shortages.

Because of the incredibly high pc costs in Turkey, a lot of the prebuilts are cheaper than custom builds.

The truth that I can't wrap my head around

I helped my brother build his first custom gaming PC recently and he has no experience while I do. Not only was it good for the saving of money, but it was a good learning experience for him. If anything should happen to the computer, he has a good idea of where things are to begin looking on his own instead of relying on me or someone else. If anything, he can better tell someone what the issue might be and also help reduce the chance of getting taken advantage of. Kind of like someone who knows about cars not getting taken advantage of by a mechanic. If you aren’t knowledgeable or comfortable enough doing this, get someone who is to help you. It’s so worth it to do it on your own if you can. For me, I found it fun and would love the opportunity to do it again with someone else.

Upgradeability of pre-builts is often limited, especially when a proprietary low-power PSU is employed.

Now you should make a tutorial series on building a PC what you recommend etc

Bought mines prebuilt and upgraded from there . Beginning costed me 540 gtx 1060 3gb and from there upgraded my cpu to i7 9700 , 4tb HD space , ram from 8gb to 16 and recently 1060 to rtx 3080 10gb

I think for me, go for pre-built first but research the parts then explore that pre built time to time. Next time you can slowly build your own, better practice with low end PC first.