Is Now A Good Time To Buy A Pre-Built Gaming PC?
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- I go shopping for Pre-Built Gaming PCs on a bunch of major retailers.
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Links to some of the stuff in the video (Will say when affiliate):
-The Good Best Buy System: www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpow...
-A Better Currys System Than I showed In The Video: www.currys.co.uk/products/pcs...
-The Disney PC for some reason: www.aliexpress.com/item/10050... - Věda a technologie
I assume that it was the shock of the price, but you didn't notice that $5,728.58 dollar PC has a shipping charge of $2,386.29.
This is what I noticed 😂
Well spotted.
A few years ago I went on AliExpress and saw a rear bumper for a Lambo Aventador, it cost about $5k and shipping was like $8k 🤣
Same
Oh good, the scammers have already shown up.
Dawid says "Going to the UK and going to build a computer there"
Next time we hear from Dawid: Hello Everybody and Welcome.
I almost spit out my coffee, well done! A collab between Dawid and Steve would be legendary!
@@Varmint260 everyone* come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn
@@BDrifty Hello everyone and welcome to another video. To be exact.
@@keeperofthegood exactly
@@Varmint260 Which Steve are you talking about?
12:15 I love that this PC comes with a "full set of PUBG" as opposed to just part of the set!
Almost got a pc with a part of pubg. Good thing I bought the full set version instead
I can confirm that my first pc was a sky tech pc and it had a fresh install of windows with a sky tech wallpaper. 0 bloat ware at all which was nice 👍
Dawid, I'm in the UK, and I would NEVER even consider going to Currys/PC World for anything, let alone spend my daughter's inheritance on a PC from them. At best, they offer second rate equipment at extortionate prices. At worst...well I couldn't think of anything worse than them, except maybe buying a system from a boot sale, paying in cash money and expecting it to work. Oh, as you are coming to the UK, why not pop in for a cuppa?
They can't even sell a working television. My sister bought one off them , it lasted six weeks then broke down and then they refused to replace it. All they did was have it repaired.
Pc world is alright.
@@bobfranklin2572 You're entitled to your opinion Bob. We'll have to agree to disagree
only thing i ever bought from them and didnt regret was my ps5, but it was at rrp and they couldnt fuck that one up really. Ofc they still tried to sell me their snake oil warranty lmao...
Generally you're right, but occasionally they do have a cut price gem and if it's what you want it's great. There are some discounts in employee benefit schemes (which in this case I get). So when all the planets come into alignment, when there is a full moon and so long as it's snowing in June they're OK.
Bro! I would love to see you craft a DUST PROOF PC. With decent air flow! 👌 🖥 never seen any videos of someone trying it. Using filters, screens, box fans. Lol
@@oOZellzimaOo idk how you'd get airflow through a waterproof pc, you'd have to watercool literally everything that heats up or it'll eventually overheat
@@willybean9614 watercool everything and put the radiators outside the waterproof casing? sounds almost impossible, but i mean whats the point of such a build really?
@@johns5696 Pool LAN Party?
@@willybean9614 If you designed it to work underwater, and only underwater it could just dump heat into whatever it was immersed in. Still sound ridiculously impractical and replacing or upgrading parts would be a nightmare.
@@tissueoflies2780 aye but then you're just making the same mineral oil pc as LTT from 10 years ago almost. Dustproof seems like it could be decent if you can get decent airflow but watertight just seems like a crazy idea
David Does Tech Stuff no bloatware seal of approval
Can confirm, Micro Center is far and away the best option to get a prebuilt if you have one near you.
My girlfriend was able to get a prebuilt with a TUF+ Z690 motherboard, 3080 Ti (EVGA FTW Ultra), i9-12900KF, 32 GB 3600mhz Ripjaws, 1 TB WD Blue NvME SSD, 850w Powerspec G+ PSU, Coolermaster AIO, and a Lian Li Mesh front/top panel case, all for only $2,400 USD. And top it off, she was able to get a 32 inch Asus TUF 2k 144hz curved monitor for ~$250 USD.
And unlike all other prebuilt makers, you get a good warranty, and a company with a stellar reputation that you can just drop off and pickup your PC at if worse comes to worse.
I love Micro Center
Dayum you're rich
@@arnavgarg69 or, maybe you need to get your money up?
@@connorosullivan3500 maybe... but still thats ALOT of money
AWD-IT routinely have some very good prebuilts in the UK, well worth a look
They don’t they skip out on low ram speeds 240 gb ssds and stock coolers
@@Amzyy some
They do also carry purhaps the dogey est power supply brand known to human kind though which makes me a little bit skeptical of them
alphasync has better stuff u can actually configure one
@@Amzyy they are a custom pc company you are supposed to select the options you want on their website.
Great fun as always, thank you. Enjoy your time away!
I have used PC Specialist in the past. What I like about these is you can configure your 'pre built' to whatever specification you want.
G'day Dawid & Anna,
Hope you have safe flights & a Wonderful time with Family in UK
I literally just purchased an Omen 45L. I got a 3080 and i7-12700k system for $2038 (+ tax). Orginal MSRP is $2700 but with a July 4th sale and a student discount I got it down quite a bit.
Dawid you’re awesome, I love all your content! Even though I don’t actually own a pc lol keep up the hard work! Can’t wait for your new content, congrats to Anna sister!
Have fun in the UK Dawid!
Wishing you safe travels.
That first Newegg pc that you spoke about I literally JUST had my roommate buy a couple days ago, he preferred a simple out the box prebuilt vs building one. I figured it being an 8 core cpu would give it time before it needs upgrades. So far it’s been alright pretty easy setup.
I switched to PC in October of 2021, almost a year ago and bought a pre-built from my local MicroCenter here in the US. Definitely more expensive than what it might cost now to build yourself, but at that time it was such an upgrade over my PS4 I was using, and considering all my friends had switched to PC then being able to play with my friends was totally worth it. My pre-built came with a 3060 and a Ryzen 5 5600x and I feel really good about not having to upgrade for a while
You upgrade yet?
@@jonnyincomox kinda? Only thing I got was a new case, an AIO cooler, and an extra M.2 SSD. Same CPU/GPU, and I mostly play COD, sp RPG’s and Valorant. I play on a 2k monitor though, but still get like 120+ fps on COD, which is fantastic.
When I got my PC it was almost $1900 due to the GPU prices at the time, but it’d be like $1000 new at Micro Center now
@@ajbarrett3661 I'm still on my 1080ti and a r5 6600. It plays everything fine, but I feel like I want a new system. I should try an m.2 an see if that helps it feel faster. Did you notice much gains form the m.2?
The problem with Amazon is their search engine is awful. No matter what you search for only half of what comes up (or less) even relates to your search and they're not necessarily the best results.
overclockers also in the uk. UKGC based in essex build pc's. both good companies
Have a safe trip Dawid and when yo get there to the UK ask to try a Parmo.
YES!!!! Another one of these after months!
I really like your videos. Even if they don’t address me directly, I enjoy the look and feel of your videos. Thanks!
Great Video! Thank you!!
8:36 I would totally rock this case. Just needs a sticker of Q-Bert on the front.
Yess dawiddd keep the grindd going
If you're getting a UK PC, consider scan or overclockers, pc world if you want to do the a vloggy part, they do have other stuff on display like TVs
Overclockers UK is the one to use! Hope you have a good trip over there :D
10:14 - Looks like the gaming PC Big Clive would buy - with any luck it would be a fire and/or electric shock hazard too..
And it's pink of course
Welcome to the UK enjoy your stay ... have a look on fb market place you might pick up a bargain
great video as always!
I'm way too interested in that power button pc.
Never even think of removing your intro. It’s amazing, the song is great.
Welcome to the UK and hope you have a good time :)
I recommend going INTO Currys and getting them to sell you a PC ;)
I am starving for more Dawid tech content but I hope you’re enjoying the UK!
Enjoy the time off .... congrats to Anna's sister! :)
Love this man
Great Dawid!
Have a great trip!
I bought a Skytech pc with a 5600x and a 3060ti, NO BLOATWARE, also the only issue with the machine when it showed up was a [singular] fan was misconnected. 30 second fix right there. It had a proper 16GB ddr4 3200 kit in it, running at 3200 mind you. I hope to see them put more stuff out when the next gen hardware drops.
10:57 Dude, that name is bad news. The organization (BTRG) still owes the players $13k+ salaries and many prize money. I'd stay away if I were you.
I swear your way of explaining stuff is amazing I cry with laughter and omg when I’ve had a smoke 💨 your videos are my go to for pure entertainment,your a legend bro 🔥👍😂🇬🇧
Relatable tech commentary, I like.
Currys is a slay. It was a merger of Currys and PC World years ago and it's still weird walking into stores and seeing fridges and washing machines on one side and tech on the other.
Hey man, have a great time in "UK town"!
I remember when computer shopping consisted of asking what processor starting with 80xxx it had, how much memory, and how big was the hard drive. I like weddings and wouldn't mind seeing a few clips from it.
One of these days Dawid is going to get a prebuilt with 2 sticks of ram but... 1 stick is real and 1 stick is rgb filler ram.
Don’t give them ideas
I went to Costco and found a prebuilt with a 12th gen i7 and a 3080ti for 2,200, discounted from 3,000. It even came with a boot SSD and no hard drive.
So the answer is a solid "it depends," at best.
I guess I'll take it.
I'm glad I bought my prebuilt in 2020 but I definitely wish there was better info on the motherboards included in these systems... I definitely want to upgrade but at this point I'd be building out a new PC or at the very least need to upgrade CPU, Motherboard, and Case simply due to the fact that the proprietary nature of some of these builds makes it hard to properly upgrade...
I feel ya. Love what I got out of my HP Pavilion (Ryzen 5 3500/1650 super model), but I definitely want to salvage my gpu and storage to migrate to a new build.
I love Saturday Dawid vids lol.
I hope you and Anna have a great trip! FWIW I actually bought a "refurbished" Skytech Archangel >Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3060 TI (Zotac Gaming), 1TB NVMe SSD, 16GB DDR4 3.2< for $1300 total shipped (US) a month ago through Newegg. It arrived very well packaged and shipped, and is very well put together with real parts. Cable managed well too. Zero bloatware (other than Windows itself trying to get me to upgrade to 11- which is not a good idea on Ryzen right now). Only issue was it had a regular SATA drive instead of NVMe and I got that resolved easily enough. Newegg support was fast to help (Maybe Gamers Nexus really did make them change). Temperatures and noise are also not bad- I was expecting worse with the solid front panel but the top fans seem to really help (why do people keep designing PC cases with solid fronts?). I would totally recommend them for prebuilds. Shopping price only matters if you are getting something worth getting. All the propriety crap and cut down parts on even "gaming PC" Dells and HPs make me sad.
A year ago prebuilt was the better option but now with prices going down it’s always better to build your own there’s many guides on CZcams explaining step by step and it’s not rocket science it takes a few hours at most to build it and it’s always better if you do it when upgrading down the road you will know how to access certain cables etc. Also most prebuilts rip the consumer off using stock coolers, low ram speeds and low storage ssd’s etc.
Ikr! Its not hard and quite fun really. I dont really see much of a point with getting a pre-built for the reasons you stated
The only reason to go prebuilt is if it is cheaper to source it for parts. Last month one could get a base model Victus 15L and the option to add a 3060ti was a $290 upgrade. The whole system was under $900 with the upgrade.
Even without the GPU it would still have the 5600G and be a spare system.
What I have learned is that the Ryzen platform should be avoided with prebuilts as most tend to have a locked down BIOS limited to JEDEC timings and completely discard the option for SmartAccessMemory. This is why I believe the AMD option tends to be cheaper. The case, motherboard, and PSU are immediate end of life products for me.
i can get a 3060ti prebuilt at the moment for cheaper than it would be to build it myself.
@@zeroturn7091 That's the issue I have with a lot of prebuilt computers is that they cut costs on things like you listed (mainly mobo and psu) oh yeah and airflow of the case lol.
@@JudeTheCZcamsPoopersubscribe what is the prebuilt called
11:13.. the power button has a turbo option!
Not a prebuilt, but I did order a "custom" built PC from skytech recently. Only a few weird issues, like one of my cooler fans being connected to the motherboard, but not to the cooler. (the chonky af noctua one with dual fans/heatsinks) Because the fan wouldnt fit with the ram installed lol, i just took it off and it cools perfectly fine which is nice.
Then when I first plugged it in, everything turned on, but no display. Worked with live chat for like 3 hrs and determined it was somehow 2 bad ram sticks (I only got 2 so that sucked), luckily had backup ram laying around so could still setup my pc.
Had to fight through multiple bluescreens during windows setup to update my graphics driver, which fixed that issue, was fun.
My replacement ram came in, they 'accidently' only sent 1 ram stick, because yes (it came in a clear package that had a sticker for someones refurbished 1650 lol). Luckily that seemed to fix the issue for whatever reason, just 1 new stick along with 1 of the originals.
Then i had to unplug my computer recently for reasons, and it did the same no display issue, didn't feel like dealing with them again so I tried updating my bios, ram works now. But still not brave enough to unplug my computer again to test it, in case its a much weirder issue.
Overall, 8/10ish experience i guess. Everything was put together well (minus that fan lol), cable management is top tier and no new problems so far. Have heard there prebuilts are good as far as prebuilts go.
edit: Also no bloatware, unless you count a very low resolution background. and maybe a url shortcut to their support page.
I got a Skytech for a 3070 and I enjoy the computer. Replaced the ram and the power supply as those were the 2 cheaper components In the system. The case has great airflow and an AIO that keeps the Ryzen 7 nice and cool. Really it was a decent PC. So yeah, I guess I would recommend them. Gamers Nexus in their prebuilt reviews actually liked the system. One of 3 or so.
SkyTech is pretty good, the last company I worked for bought one for my CAD workstation. The only downside is the GPU, then, was not what was advertised (number of video output ports).
Totally expecting a build with that power button forehead case or the totally pink one, any day now...
For those located in the U.S., Jawa is probably one of the, if not, the current best option for getting custom built PC's at great prices from professionals.
I bought a Skytech last year. They really don't have any bloatware.
The curry's Tornado one is a solid deal tbh. Back during lockdown, got one and sold the pc and gpu apart and made some decent money to build a budget pc (since i don't really game that much nowadays) and have some spare money left.
So you're basically a bragging scalper Lizzie........... meh.
@@buggerlugz6753 A scalper buys off everything in stock whereas here i just saw an opportunity to make a bit of money. Not more than i needed. Thanks for the compliment though.
"Dawid Does Pre-builts", have my thumbs up! 👍. On a side note, I highly recommend PC Specialist in the UK.
Can second PC Specialist, they have been excellent with me, would happily buy from them again.
Enjoy, "UK town!" I even lived in England and never had the opportunity to visit that elusive destination! 😉
don't forget about memory express they even have a build your own rig section. Located across canada.
Right at the start of cardgate when cards were starting to go up but pre-built sellers hadn't relisted at higher prices yet I bought a skytech unit that was good for price. Actually it was nice because the seller I assume accidently listed the base model and the slightly upgraded model (more RAM slightly better card) at the same price.
Came with dual channel ram, updated drivers, and everything. Runs slightly louder with the stock cooler and I had to adjust the back fans rpms but otherwise no complaints for a pre-built. Looked 6 months later and the same listing was selling for $700 more.
Hi dawid, have a great time over Sees!
Dawid do a little meet and greet haha. I would really wanna meet you man. Loving the vids. Keep it up 👍
I just bought a pre built the one you said was good on Best Buy and I love it thank you good sir
Hey Dawid! I am in Aus and I decided to check pricing here. The GTX 1660 Super has come down from $899AUD to $439AUD. Pretty much what I paid 2 years ago just before the scalpocalypse. I am actually really surprised that they have actually come down so much because we really get screwed on pricing for everything down here.
I just noticed that the first 499 prebuilt of amazon had some watercooling in the advertsising
I've been so thankful I scored a Skytech prebuilt from BestBuy in the weeks following the botched 3060 launch. Ryzen 5 3600 2060 Super for $999. I did not realize at the time what a unicorn I found. Within about a week, all prebuilts were snatched up for their insanely priced GPUs....
2:33 I have purchased a Skytech PC and if I remember correctly it either had no bloatware or like one or two programs that some might consider "bloatware". Sadly the GPU didn't seem to work right while gaming and I ended up getting a refund on it. It had like a Ryzen 5800x and a Radeon 6900 xt inside a case that was basically a rip-off of the O11 Dynamic case. 360mm AIO on the CPU and FOUR sticks of RAM for some reason.
I have a sky tech pc that I bought on 2020 before for scalping problem. It had a 2060 and still have a ryzen 5 3600. Everything worked fine and it didn’t have any bloat ware. It was great for 1080p gaming. The only things I immediately upgraded after purchase was a 1tb 2.5 storage drive and added two 140 mm fans for the front sides. It helped a lot with the cooling. It also advertised as 16 gb (1x16) 3000 ddr4 memory but I got instead was 2x8gb sticks of 3200 ddr4
I no longer have a 2060 now (switch to a 2070 super) and upgraded the power supply to 750w (came with 500w). It’s been fine for now.
Could've been AMD's amazing GPU drivers, they needed months to stabilize both the 5000 and 6000 series in terms of driver support, it's funny. But I think they work fine now which is important.
You sound surprised at four sticks of ram, but how much ram in total? Tbh you could find videos that show four is better than two, and at least it wasn't ONE!
😆 im not the only skytech person mines has a 5600x , aio and 3060it eagles for 1,500 got it at the being of 2022 January or February
@@CarkBurningMoo It was 32 GB of RAM. I was just surprised that they spent extra to get four 8 gig sticks instead of two 16 gig sticks. I know that two sticks are better than one but I've never heard of four being better than two in a dual channel motherboard.
Edit: OK I just did a Google and apparently four sticks seems to at least sometimes be better. Never knew this!
Something stinks about the fact that you have a notice before "odering" the Aliexpress Disney pc.. :D
If you want great prebuit, go to Germany (memorypc, dubaro, etc...)
Decent builds at decent prices !
I love microcenter. I’m about an hour drive from two microcenters. I’d gladly make that trip if I’m looking for a prebuilt pc.
7:59 As someone who owned that PC, and upgraded it until none of it remained, Imma just say that thing is an absolute monster for the money. Hated the peripherals tho
I have a skytech pc. Not the one you showed. i replaced the cpu cooler cause it was running at 90°. Overall a good pc and no bloatware.
I would love to see a review of some orion Acer predator prebbuilds on this channel!
it would be interesting to see dawid buy the first one
Safe travels!
I think the dude that said "don't go looking for an SSD" didn't know what an m.2 is.
Micro center is an amazing store
DAWID WHERE ARE YOU? IM GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NEW VIDEOS.
I mean, that MSI system from New Egg comes with an unknown monitor and a headset... clearly worth the extra money
Welcome to the UK! PC World/Currys is a joke of a shop tbh but you'll get to see that for yourself
Def want you to buy the M.O.A.B. and check it out!
"Got a really pretty window that looks at your fans struggling"
For the pc with multiple pictures, I'd be curious to see what actually turns up.
5:46 damn, bro really went full out and personally in his review💀
ETA Prime already did 11:11 the power button can turn to adjust default clock speeds
DAVID ON TOUR! Can I come and meet you! MASSIVE UK Fan 😀😂
Dawid, as a tech enthusiast from the UK I say you should go wherever, and buy from wherever you like. In fact the more likely you are to get a crappy experience, the more views you'll probably get lol
There is no mecca for PC systems here, but some places you can try are SCAN, eBuyer, CCL Computing, Novatech, and DinoPC. These places all have physical locations you can visit, and they're fairly well spread out. Hopefully one or two of them are near you.
Safe journey, and dear God wear a mask for your own sake. Covid cases are up 30% this week, and the last thing you need is to be stuck quarantined
If you're coming to the sunny UK
Your best bet is overclockers
Recommended great vid
Right now, (at least based on what I've seen) the prebuilt market seems to be getting a bit of a resurgence in major manufacturers, but in the form of cheap workstations which have almost sleeper-like qualities. An example is the HP Evnvy TE01 with 16gigs ram, 256 gigs ssd, 2tb hdd, rtx3060 12gig, i7(I dont remember exactly which), and all costing 1000 USD last time I checked. I can't say much about the airflow, but it seems pretty reasonable. Overall seems like a pretty good deal imo.
It would be awesome if you met up with Random Gaming in the U.K. and did a joint venture!
You should try making a video with the NVS 810, which is a 8 display GPU from 2015 (which still apparently costs a lot), since you've also made a video on the 6 display VGA GPU.
Good video! I'd love to get my hands on the case of that Disney preview. China generally has some exclusive stuff that are very cool. I hope you can review waifu card at some point, comes as Radeon and Nvidia.
Do a video on that Disney PC!!
Wonder if any of the vendors like Scan UK , Overclockers UK, CCL , pcspecialist, Box, Ebuyer Chillblast, Punch Technology can hook you up with a ' pound for pound 'custom pc while in blighty? Maybe some still have physical stores where you collect your custom order or bought prebuilt.
We don’t really have many physical stores in the UK for computers, land is too expensive and margins are too low
Next time you do a pc comparison you should buy BeamNG and look at the fps on it. BeamNG is a very intensive game, it costs 24.99$