| Captain_Yuri said: I don't even bother buying prebuilt desktops in Canada because the components are always snazzy. As I get older, I'll probably just use the PC builder from memory express or newegg and pay them the $100 to build the PC for me. The only prebuilts that I buy are laptops. |
Yeah same with the UK. Availability is usually ok. Prebuilt PC's can be good and offer really good value and some within MSRP of individual components. I mean its one way of getting a decent value if you need a new PC or new GPU (now). GPU's now are like double what it should be from retailers (AiB) across the board on RX/RTX cards. Which takes the wind out of going normal DiY build rn. But things might be looking up since ETH dropping like rock.
I do like the fact that you do get aftercare service if things don't agree with you. For a lot of people that time saved in building and having a fallback is worth extra in itself. I'm just kinda old school and the last prebuilt I got was in the early 2000's lol.
| JEMC said: I noticed the same problem regarding the RAM when I was looking for PCs for my father. It's cheaper to use one x8 or x16GB memory module than two 4 or 8GB ones. Also ths stock cooler is so loud that my father couldn't stand it and I had to get a new one to replace it. Got a beQuiet Pure Rock 2: it's now whisper quiet. |
For a system integrator it wouldn't cost them much to go with dual sticks over single but I guess most people wouldn't blink and eye or question if a system has dual channel or not. The actual RAM amount is going to be the thing for most consumers. I guess its always down to money and how much they can make per system xP
Last edited by hinch - on 24 May 2021
