Off Topic So slow I'm ashamed...

[Unobtanium]

Always BYOPC (build your own pc).

It probably would have cost just as much. I paid $1850 shipped for this, a year ago:

Liquid cooled i7-7700k
32gb 2400ms ram
Gtx1080
240ssd
2tb 7200hd
Case with clear side (looks like about $120 or so)
Windows 10
Gigabyte motherboard z something or other?
Arrived plug and play.

 

[ColoradoDriver]

It probably would have cost just as much. I paid $1850 shipped for this, a year ago:

Liquid cooled i7-7700k
32gb 2400ms ram
Gtx1080
240ssd
2tb 7200hd
Case with clear side (looks like about $120 or so)
Windows 10
Gigabyte motherboard z something or other?
Arrived plug and play.

Not implying a money savings.

Just better control over quality of components, that PSU being a good example.

But mostly I'm just giving you guys a hard time [emoji14]

 

[7eregrine]

I've always built my own. First time I didn't. They were having a pretty nice sale. I couldn't have bought everything cheaper. And when you buy at CPPC you pick out every single component.
And the wiring job they did on it? Omg. It was so professionally done. I couldn't have done that better. In fact I put it a few more case fans and couldn't even redi it exactly like they did.

 

[Unobtanium]

I've always built my own. First time I didn't. They were having a pretty nice sale. I couldn't have bought everything cheaper. And when you buy at CPPC you pick out every single component.
And the wiring job they did on it? Omg. It was so professionally done. I couldn't have done that better. In fact I put it a few more case fans and couldn't even redi it exactly like they did.

Cable management on mine was flawless. I was sad to replace the PSU, but it still looks pretty clean.

The only sub-standard component was the PSU. No other corners cut that I could find.

 

[GP 2004]

I build my own as well. Wifey's computer is a Gigabyte board running an AMD CPU and GPU with 8 GB of ram. My computer is similar. Neither of us are gamers. I play with photos, Wifey doesn't very much. My son gave me a Dell Precision 17" laptop that his work was throwing out because it was not working. It has an Intel I7 CPU, 12Gb of ram and an AMD video card. I replaced the Wifi card and the keyboard, bought a power supply, battery, SSD hard drive and got it working. It is kinda fast for a laptop.

 

[ColoradoDriver]

I wanted ample power for the Volta cards. I dunno how hot those are going to be. Also, if I wanted to SLI and OC. Buy once, cry once.

Fair enough, makes sense.

I've always built my own. First time I didn't. They were having a pretty nice sale. I couldn't have bought everything cheaper. And when you buy at CPPC you pick out every single component.
And the wiring job they did on it? Omg. It was so professionally done. I couldn't have done that better. In fact I put it a few more case fans and couldn't even redi it exactly like they did.

Yeah I guess I can follow this logic on money savings, but I'd be robbing myself of a hobby. I just love putting things together, figuring out color schemes, doing custom work, etc. If I work hard enough, cable management is fine. But I'll agree they probably would do that better than I could.

I'm blowing out my PC outside later today (still gotta figure out where the dust is getting in, maybe rearrange fan configs (in/out) with the datavac. Will get a new non-blurry pic. Aint no CyberPower PC making a rig like mine, that's for damn sure!

 

[7eregrine]

My hobby is GAMING. My JOB is maintaining. I don't want to do my JOB at home. I want to open a box and commence to gaming.

Aint no CyberPower PC making a rig like mine, that's for damn sure!

You're right. It's better. 8)

CP-PC lets you pick every single individual part. I didn't buy an off the shelf system, although you can. You're is surely better then those. They do cut corners there.

So yea, I had fun picking every single component out myself, even the type of CD burner drive I wanted. Every. Single. Piece. The case is a CP-PC case... but it's pretty bad ass. The hard drive activity lights are 2 red led's on the top near the front of the case. It's the coolest place for HD activity lights I've ever seen. Looks like I need to get a good pic, too.

It's ON!

 

[ColoradoDriver]

My hobby is GAMING. My JOB is maintaining. I don't want to do my JOB at home. I want to open a box and commence to gaming.

Building and maintaining are 2 very different things. I think of maintaining as blowing the dust out every now and then. Building, I do once, and it's an enjoyable experience for me.

You're right. It's better. 8)

CP-PC lets you pick every single individual part. I didn't buy an off the shelf system, although you can. You're is surely better then those. They do cut corners there.

So yea, I had fun picking every single component out myself, even the type of CD burner drive I wanted. Every. Single. Piece. The case is a CP-PC case... but it's pretty bad ass. The hard drive activity lights are 2 red led's on the top near the front of the case. It's the coolest place for HD activity lights I've ever seen. Looks like I need to get a good pic, too.

It's ON!

Eh...they did NOT have the parts I wanted for my specific color scheme (no I do not do LED lights), and they certainly don't do custom liquid cooling. Or if they do, they didn't before (I haven't looked). Pre-enclosed liquid coolers may be a bit better now, but traditionally they were trading blows with high end air coolers.

So, no I don't agree that's it's "better". For me anyway. There is no way CyberPowerPC was going to give me the PC I wanted in terms of color scheme, and liquid cooling w/ it's specific waterblocks.

For others, sure.

I was playing a ton of Deus Ex: Human Revolution back in 2014/2015 when I built it, hence mine has a black and gold color scheme, no lights.

 

[7eregrine]

Fun. Meh. Popping PCI-E cards into a Mobo. *yawn
hehehe /teasing

If you don't do LED then what do you even mean by color scheme?

I'm not saying CP-PC is better then DIY, brother. Not at all. I'm saying...
MY RIG, specifically, ... is better then yours. bwahahahaha
Although I am still using plain old fans for cooling still. Haven't jumped to liquid cooling. I still see very little downside to fans today.

 

[ColoradoDriver]

Fun. Meh. Popping PCI-E cards into a Mobo. *yawn
hehehe /teasing

If you don't do LED then what do you even mean by color scheme?

I'm not saying CP-PC is better then DIY, brother. Not at all. I'm saying...
MY RIG, specifically, ... is better then yours. bwahahahaha
Although I am still using plain old fans for cooling still. Haven't jumped to liquid cooling. I still see very little downside to fans today.

LOL! We're just giving each other a hard time, 7. All good! (thumb)

Color scheme by means of the colors in my components. Black and gold specifically for mine. I'll get a picture later when I get home to show you.

Liquid cooling I got into because of it's improved temperatures when I was living in the mountains with no A/C in the summer. But it has the added benefits of being very quiet if not almost silent if you do it right.

 

[7eregrine]

Black and Gold? Ewww. Steelers colors. [emoji34]

 

[ColoradoDriver]

Black and Gold? Ewww. Steelers colors. [emoji34]

I don't like sports, so I have no idea what you mean. They don't own colors.

It's black and gold because of the video game I was playing at the time (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) heavily influencing my color scheming decisions.

Trust me, it looks classy AF. Much better than my old rig which had red LEDs everywhere *shudders*.

 

[7eregrine]

Curse of a sports fan. Can't help thinking these things when you see a teams colors in the wild.

 

[ColoradoDriver]

Curse of a sports fan. Can't help thinking these things when you see a teams colors in the wild.

Fair enough! (thumb)

 

[Unobtanium]

My PC has actually gone UP in value since last year, from what I understand. The graphics card alone is now worth around $1K because of all the bitcoin miners out there. I never thought this would happen with a home PC.

 

[7eregrine]

Right? What world am I living in?

 

[Unobtanium]

Right? What world am I living in?

People are marching for their rights to be taken away, too, and wearing arm bands. Petitioning for this to a man they called "literally Hitler" a few weeks prior.

 

[UltraSeven]

i5-6600K (overclock to 4.3Ghz)
16G DDR4 2400
GTX 1070
1TB SSD (850EVO)

I was criticized all the way up to high heaven when I decided to upgrade mid-2016 for not wanting to wait for Kabylake and Ryzen. But sure as hell glad I upgraded then. I paid roughly $70 for my memory, $350 for GPU, and $210 for SSD. No way in hell can you find this price in today's PC parts market. Until pricing calm the hell down for memory and graphics card, I'm not upgrading in the foreseeable future.

 

[Unobtanium]

i5-6600K (overclock to 4.3Ghz)
16G DDR4 2400
GTX 1070
1TB SSD (850EVO)

I was criticized all the way up to high heaven when I decided to upgrade mid-2016 for not wanting to wait for Kabylake and Ryzen. But sure as hell glad I upgraded then. I paid roughly $70 for my memory, $350 for GPU, and $210 for SSD. No way in hell can you find this price in today's PC parts market. Until pricing calm the hell down for memory and graphics card, I'm not upgrading in the foreseeable future.

The 1080 is worth it, but damn you did well money wise

 

[ColoradoDriver]

i5-6600K (overclock to 4.3Ghz)
16G DDR4 2400
GTX 1070
1TB SSD (850EVO)

I was criticized all the way up to high heaven when I decided to upgrade mid-2016 for not wanting to wait for Kabylake and Ryzen. But sure as hell glad I upgraded then. I paid roughly $70 for my memory, $350 for GPU, and $210 for SSD. No way in hell can you find this price in today's PC parts market. Until pricing calm the hell down for memory and graphics card, I'm not upgrading in the foreseeable future.

I'm with you on that. I used to do upgrades all the time. Haven't touched my current PC since 2015.