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SamuelRSmith on 08 September 2017
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Captain_Yuri said:

Wait a week or two for intel's next gen cpu to come out and then think about buying something.

Usually the go to build would be either a Ryzen 1600 or next gen intel i5 8600k + 1070 should be less than $1000 usd I believe. If you want something cheaper, keep the cpus the same but go with a 1060.

Although I think the gpus are still over priced from the mining craze so... You aren't gonna get a good deal unless you look hard for it.

Edit. Sorry, intel's next gen cpus are launching in october apperently, nvm about a week to two weeks. Still, well worth the wait cause the i5 will be 6 cores instead of 4 with the current gen.

We can happily wait a couple more months, we've been umming and erring about this for a while now. Although, if we do wait until October, will we be then be recommended to wait a bit more time for something else on the horizon?

vivster said:

It's usually a lot cheaper to pick the parts yourself and then let it be assembled for you. There are some PC builder shops that do this. The last time I did this the parts were normal market price and the additional assembly cost 10€. I would advise not to buy prebuilt unless you don't care a lot about price/performance and just want an easy package.

Considering the games you want to play it's probably not necessary to look at price/performance too much. Do you have a shop you would like to buy from?

I think this is what the company in my post, iBUYPOWER does, it's not a local store, but an online one. This was how I used to get all my computers in the past... but that was in the UK, and almost a decade ago, so I have no idea about which companies are trustworthy or whatnot now.

Honestly, the only reason I looked at iBUYPOWER, was because they were recommended by Best Buy.

m0ney said:
Just post your findings and we will choose the best for you.

This is a bad time to buy a video card. The Geforce 1060s that were 200 euro a few months ago, now are 300 euro.

Is this because of the mining thing that Cap't Yuri was talking about, or some kind of FX thing?

Bandorr said:
I have zero interest in building my own computer. Even with a degree in computer repair, I've gotten so tired of it.
I usually go pre-built for the warranty. Basically I'm exchanging money for time. That same time I could be using to get money. So it is kinda the same either way.

That said, I'm interested in the concept of a custom built PC. You get the individual warranties per piece, but you get no "one place" warranty to cover it all.

I'm more interested in the customization than the price. Are there places (or say people on vgchartz) that actually do that and can be trusted?

This was part of my question. Does anybody have any recommendations of companies that I can buy custom built PCs from (I should have probably mentioned, in the USA).