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thechosenone posted:So from what I can tell, the market for pc parts is just bananas these days in terms of pricing, so I'm wondering if it is just better to get a prebuilt if I want to get a new computer this year? Is there a particular place or places I could go to for this? Yeah I wanna know if it's still worth attempting to build a new rig is instead of grabbing a prebuilt as well.
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Alpha Mayo posted:Microcenter near me has a Ryzen 1700X, 1070 Ti, 16GB RAM and 480GB SSD desktop for $1150. They are definitely worth checking out. That sounds nice
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Jan 15, 2018 19:50
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Twerk from Home posted:Cryptocurrency miners are buying all the GPUs. If you look at ebay you can see closed transactions where people are paying more than $600 for used 1070s. Prebuilt PCs are the best option by far right now. Guess I'm gonna need some suggestions. 
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:If you look in the past 2-3 pages there examples of a Dell and a microcenter prebuilt that are good deals. Thanks friendo
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Jan 15, 2018 22:00
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I'm debating between https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jJd2KZ + a graphics card and these pre-builts for anyone around the $1300-1500 or so budget.. Also I really like these suggestions and I'm glad you gave me them.  Are there any other prebuilts people are suggesting right now?
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Jan 16, 2018 03:34
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:Microcenter's desktops went up 300-400 bucks. :/ Which one is that again?
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Jan 23, 2018 14:37
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Does microcenter do yearly sales?
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Jan 25, 2018 15:18
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Good Will Hrunting posted:February has historically been "builder's month" and they usually have some decent sales. Just for parts? I guess I'll wait then
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Jan 25, 2018 15:51
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Good Will Hrunting posted:Yep. My dad and I have built our last 4 machines in February and looking at email threads they always had great deals on Mobo/CPU bundles and such So would it start on February 1st?
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Jan 25, 2018 15:58
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Is newegg crap for prebuilts? 
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Jan 26, 2018 00:43
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Newegg does sell Cyberpower, iBuyPower, and ABS systems, and all of those are decent - though the former two are the ones I'm most familiar with and would be confident in recommending. Acer, ASUS, and MSI's prebuilts - Acer offers the best low-end, MSI the most perks, and ASUS the best name and parts. ASUS and MSI have hit-or-miss service and support, though - while Acer has a decent number of certified repair centers around the country. I have a cyber power prebuilt that lasted me five years or so and I was looking to build my own until I saw the prices for cards and went. 
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Jan 26, 2018 14:42
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BIG HEADLINE posted:And obviously, if you've got one reasonably close by, Microcenter has great prebuilts. Ugly utilitarian cases, but good prebuilts. http://www.microcenter.com/product/488123/G500_Desktop_Computer How does this one look?
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Jan 27, 2018 15:55
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The only questionable thing about Micro Center's Ryzen builds is they pair them with such anemic RAM. Ryzen is picky about RAM, but it performs better with higher-speed memory. The DDR4-3000 they use in their enthusiast Intel boxes is on the QVL sheets for most Ryzen boards, so it's a bit confusing. That being said, even with the slower memory, it should be a solid computer. I'm really just looking for the upgrade, they got a Cybertron gaming PC with very similar specs for 100 less so I might get that instead. The rhodium
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Jan 27, 2018 17:03
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Dell had like 10% off coupon code + I had some other dell stuff I could use so I got an Inspiron Gaming Desktop because I'm really boring.  specifically this guy: http://deals.dell.com/productdetail/vls
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Jan 29, 2018 01:20
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BIG HEADLINE posted:There's this one for sale as well: https://www.techbargains.com/deal/168462/alienware-aurora-deals I figure that I'll just replace the video card whenever the crypto bubble bursts though that did look nice. I also really wanted a desktop with front USB ports and a nice utilitarian design.
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Jan 29, 2018 01:36
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I do appreciate all the help you folks have me though
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Jan 29, 2018 01:36
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Zigmidge posted:Pre-builds are rarely actually prebuilt.
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Yeah I pulled the trigger on it since I can wait and it will make a nice birthday present for myself. 
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