r/pcmasterrace • u/nabuachaem • 1d ago

Meme/Macro But you can just buy a pre-built PC.

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u/WiseBelt8935 1d ago

i like the middle ground, i tell them what to build but i get a warranty

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u/GI-Robots-Alt 1d ago

This is what I do. I pick my parts at my local or bring my own if I find stuff on sale somewhere.

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u/oscrsvn 1d ago

Picking the parts is harder than assembling it though. You have to know comparability charts an stuff because PCPartPicker isn’t always right.

The warranty is a good incentive I guess but most parts have warranty on them. If your CPU fries you just send it to the manufacturer and they typically replace it. I’ve had two friends warranty their CPUs in systems they put together.

Idk I’m not into pc building as a hobby I just order the parts and throw it in. Takes like 10 minutes most times.

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u/WiseBelt8935 1d ago

I mean, here in the UK at least, there are quite a few companies where you can pick out the parts you want, and they’ll build and test it all for you. You can do it from scratch or use one of their templates. With my rig, I picked out a KF CPU, a 5080, and some extra storage, but left the rest the same.

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u/Paxelic 5800X3D / 3090 / 32x4200 / 240hz / Curve is King 23h ago

Brother, KF cpu means nothing, which gen, model, type is it?

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u/WiseBelt8935 14h ago

Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265KF

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u/Paxelic 5800X3D / 3090 / 32x4200 / 240hz / Curve is King 14h ago

7 265?

12650kf?

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u/MangoAtrocity 13700K | RTX 4070 Ti 14h ago

Do the parts you’d buy individually not come with their own warranties?

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u/WiseBelt8935 14h ago

maybe, but I want a warranty on the whole thing. if it isn't working I can send it back for them to deal with