So What About IBuyPower?

I am looking for a pretty good new computer, and i was thinking about getting a pre-built one from ibuypower.com. (keep in mind I don't have time to build my own.) Obviously I need it to run Beamng and new games like Player Unknowns' and possibly VR games. I would like tgo spend no more than like 1,200 or so. Do you have any recommendations or other websites you would by a pre-built from? (and if so, which computer specifically).

 

You don't have an hour or so spare in your life? I fully recommend building a computer yourself, it's really easy, only takes about an hour if it's your first time, and and all you will need for tools is a philips head screwdriver. And you can get more computer for the same price.

Can you afford a VR headset?

 

IBuyPower makes good prebuilts, but you are better off learning how to build a PC. It's easy and takes around 1-2 hours. There are many tutorials online.

 

If you are going to buy from a system builder, search around, don't pick based on the company, (they all do basically the same thing), pick based on what you can get for the money.

 

Does either of you guys recommend a company or just should I build one myself?

 

If you're willing, deffinantly build one yourself. It's really not as hard as some make it out to be. Just hop on Youtube if you're unsure about something while doing it. It's hard to go wrong, unless you start working with custom water cooling. Even closed-loop is pretty fool proof though.

There's more satisfaction in doing it yourself, aswell as the PC being cheaper

 

Build one yourself, follow the instructions that come with the motherboard and the case its pretty easy to follow and you should do well out of it, if your based out of the UK, Scan is the place to go for parts if your in the US well I am not sure myself I am in the UK

 

You should build it yourself. My friend bought from iBuyPower and they did not have thermal paste between the CPU and the CPU Heatsink + Fan (which we found out 2 years later when his CPU was heat-damaged beyond the point of no return) and plugged the HDD into the CD drive designated SATA port rather than the 1 Gigabit SATA port. Real professional.

 

Build it yourself. If you won't do that, I can't recommend a system builder, only that you look at all of them for your price point.

 

No matter which avenue you take it is always good to be at least somewhat educated on what you want in a PC.
You should expect hiccups no matter what you do and be prepared to work through them.
CyberpowerPC has an online compatibility checker that is helpful as you customize your machine.

If you decide to build yourself get as knowledgeable as possible on each and every part/software you install
and expect to put effort into it, especially if you are unfamiliar with building a PC.

 

I hate typical prebuilt computers since they often cheap on parts like the PSU which is very important in a build and usually get the cheapest board available with whatever chipset they advertise and then usually have a weak 120MM AIO just so they can claim they have water cooling and shoot you in the leg by throwing in a 1 year warranty. I would use cyberpower custom configuration to choose parts, the downside is that the manufacturer warranty likely won't apply to those parts, its going to come at premium, and you still don't have as wide of a selection in parts compared to picking the parts yourself.

Also building a PC is actually the easy part, even if you went in totally blind and aren't a drooling idiot you can probably get it done with a day or so and if you watch a few videos on how to do it you can probably get it done with a few hours, I built my first PC after watching a single video like 3 times in under 30 minutes. The real hard part is researching and learning about parts which can take months (not joking even in the slightest) for you to completely understand which will remain the same if you get a prebuilt or build it yourself.

 

That first paragraph is especially true on lower spec gaming computers that are prebuild. Sure, you'll get a PSU with enough power, but it's otherwise junk. To be fair, I'm surprised the PSU I got on my prebuilt is still going after a good 3 years. Sure, it often doesn't sound too great anymore, but if it works, it'll do for now.