Full custom builds from Overclockers

quantum sheep · 12 Sep 2019 at 13:19

Hi there,

I've been out of the PC building scene for a while (In fact the last PC I bought was a pre-built overclockers one back in 2010!). I have an exact idea of the build I want, but I don't really have the time/skill to build it myself and Overclockers did an EXCELLENT job last time (Cable management was perfect, had to RMA some RAM and they were brilliant through the entire process), so I'm wanting them to build one for me again.

I was just wondering, if I had a parts list (All available on overclockers.co.uk) is there a set fee I can pay to get them to build it for me? I've looked through all the config/custom builds on the site and nothing quite matches what I want.

tldr: If I give Overclockers a parts list will they build me a pc and what would the cost be?

Thanks,

Quantum Sheep

orbitalwalsh · 12 Sep 2019 at 13:57

quantum sheep said:
Hi there,

I've been out of the PC building scene for a while (In fact the last PC I bought was a pre-built overclockers one back in 2010!). I have an exact idea of the build I want, but I don't really have the time/skill to build it myself and Overclockers did an EXCELLENT job last time (Cable management was perfect, had to RMA some RAM and they were brilliant through the entire process), so I'm wanting them to build one for me again.

I was just wondering, if I had a parts list (All available on overclockers.co.uk) is there a set fee I can pay to get them to build it for me? I've looked through all the config/custom builds on the site and nothing quite matches what I want.

tldr: If I give Overclockers a parts list will they build me a pc and what would the cost be?

Thanks,

Quantum Sheep

its about £100-150 now depending on how complex you want it looking.

can post a list on here and then drop customer service and post on their pre-sale section or call up and point them to this thread to run through it

quantum sheep · 12 Sep 2019 at 15:22

Thanks, mate!

orbitalwalsh · 12 Sep 2019 at 16:02

quantum sheep said:
Thanks, mate!

What's your current monitor ?.

quantum sheep · 13 Sep 2019 at 08:57

Current monitor is a 144hz Asus jobbie I got a couple years back. More than enough for now.

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2019 at 09:10

quantum sheep said:
Current monitor is a 144hz Asus jobbie I got a couple years back. More than enough for now.

2070 Super should do you well then, unless you've got the budget to push more but seems the nice stable choice for most £1400-2000 budgets

quantum sheep · 13 Sep 2019 at 09:39

Unfortunately my budget isn't stretching that far (want to ideally spend about £1k total). Wanting something that's a decent upgrade to my 1060 3gb and thought maybe the RX5700 would be good value?

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2019 at 09:47

quantum sheep said:
Unfortunately my budget isn't stretching that far (want to ideally spend about £1k total). Wanting something that's a decent upgrade to my 1060 3gb and thought maybe the RX5700 would be good value?

whats your current CPU ?

rx5700 xt is doing well , OCUK cut down their 2070 Super to £500, which make it about £50-80 more expensive then 5700XT . Some games they are equal but about 50% super does pull away from 5-25 fps. If you've got a G-sync monitor then Nvidia might be way forward . but thats a BIG chunk out of your budget . 2060 Super doesn';t look as attractive next to 5700xt

quantum sheep · 13 Sep 2019 at 10:49

Current CPU is an i5-2400, so rather long in the tooth!

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2019 at 11:17

quantum sheep said:
Current CPU is an i5-2400, so rather long in the tooth!

Ah yeah ! Ryzen 3600 would be a dream

Len Dananey · 22 Sep 2019 at 19:53

quantum sheep said:
Hi there,

I've been out of the PC building scene for a while (In fact the last PC I bought was a pre-built overclockers one back in 2010!). I have an exact idea of the build I want, but I don't really have the time/skill to build it myself and Overclockers did an EXCELLENT job last time (Cable management was perfect, had to RMA some RAM and they were brilliant through the entire process), so I'm wanting them to build one for me again.

I was just wondering, if I had a parts list (All available on overclockers.co.uk) is there a set fee I can pay to get them to build it for me? I've looked through all the config/custom builds on the site and nothing quite matches what I want.

tldr: If I give Overclockers a parts list will they build me a pc and what would the cost be?

Thanks,

Quantum Sheep

Building computers is simple mate, I am sure you could do it and save a bit of money. My 9 year old son built a pc himself after me showing him how to so I am sure you could. Even full water builds are not difficult, do the build yourself

Psycho Sonny · 30 Sep 2019 at 11:26

Len Dananey said:
Building computers is simple mate, I am sure you could do it and save a bit of money. My 9 year old son built a pc himself after me showing him how to so I am sure you could. Even full water builds are not difficult, do the build yourself

You would be amazed at how many people can't do the simplest of things and find them very daunting. This new generation is getting worse and worse.

I had a guy at work buy a pre-build. Had tonnes of issues because they end up getting damaged in transit with the weight and movement.

The engineer they sent out put what must have been a full tube of thermal paste all over his cpu. It was seeping all over the sides and all over the motherboard and the mounting brackets. There was 100 times the thermal where it shouldn't be than what was between the cpu and cooler. So not even the people building them for these companies know what they are doing either.

He used a competitor and after I showed him all the issues he wasn't impressed. He's asked me to build his next one for him. Even though I showed him how easy it is.

Len Dananey · 30 Sep 2019 at 12:25

Psycho Sonny said:
You would be amazed at how many people can't do the simplest of things and find them very daunting. This new generation is getting worse and worse.

I had a guy at work buy a pre-build. Had tonnes of issues because they end up getting damaged in transit with the weight and movement.

The engineer they sent out put what must have been a full tube of thermal paste all over his cpu. It was seeping all over the sides and all over the motherboard and the mounting brackets. There was 100 times the thermal where it shouldn't be than what was between the cpu and cooler. So not even the people building them for these companies know what they are doing either.

He used a competitor and after I showed him all the issues he wasn't impressed. He's asked me to build his next one for him. Even though I showed him how easy it is.

One of my friends was unable to build a PC too actually a few months back, he said he spent 7 hours trying to do it! (Crazy), I went over and showed him how simple it was and he is ok building now. I always tell people to build themselves rather than buy pre-built, but yeah I agree there will always be a few that still are unable to do it somehow.

ksptm · 24 Jan 2020 at 20:09

thank you for posting this, come here with exactly the same question.