Tell Me if I'm Dumb - I May Be

[Batteriesnare]

It's OK, you don't really need to know these days. ;-) I haven't home built my systems for a while now. I was replacing pretty much everything but the case and power supply with every upgrade/rebuild. The cost for enthusiast components is higher than the big PC builders, so unless you want to pay for the privilege of nerding out, it's often easier and cheaper to just buy something off the shelf with the stuff you want in it.

I'm curious about this, what builders are coming in less expensive? Most I've seen are less performance for same price as build your own - maybe I'm looking in the wrong place tho.

[Gman]

Don't even get me started with the LED lighting....

I'm curious about this, what builders are coming in less expensive? Most I've seen are less performance for same price as build your own - maybe I'm looking in the wrong place tho.

My last 2 desktops are HP Envy Phoenix systems. Have liquid cooling, i7 K series unlocked CPUs, multiple M.2 slots for expandability and upgrades, etc. I did a GPU upgrade a couple of years in and added a spare 1.5TB spindle drive just because I had one laying around. When I priced the components to build my own, it was significantly more expensive.

[Gman]

I'm curious about this, what builders are coming in less expensive? Most I've seen are less performance for same price as build your own - maybe I'm looking in the wrong place tho.

Do you have the component pricing that you have gathered?

[Batteriesnare]

Do you have the component pricing that you have gathered?

I'm right at 1k before case and power supply by my cart, including 4 ram sticks.

[Gman]

I'm right at 1k before case and power supply by my cart, including 4 ram sticks.

4x what size?

[Batteriesnare]

4x8