Worth a punt?

[Nodiggidy123]

A competitor has a desktop which I'm possibly interested in.

I've costed the majority of the parts and I'm not sure I can build it cheaper. I wanted to know your thoughts.

Specs of the system are

Ryzen 3600
Asus prime b450 motherboard
2x8gb 3200mhz ddr4
MSI 5700xt
Corsair 550w PSU
240gb ssd
1tb hardrive
Windows 10
WiFi card

Not sure I've missed anything but these systems are for sale at £899.99 which to me seems very well priced.

Any thoughts?

 

[doopydug]

Its a great price for a pre-built system - probably cost you that much for the parts alone

 

[Joxeon]

This is the best I could do from OCUK.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99
• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £79.99
• 1 x Toshiba Kioxia RC500 Pro 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD10EZEX)= £36.95
• 1 x Silverstone Essential 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular Power Supply= £72.95

Total: £955.55 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Nodiggidy123]

I've had to do my research on the company and reviews seem decent for the company.

Ideally I would use ocuk but a simarly specced machine with a 5600xt is getting on for 1200 with them.

 

[montymint]

contact customer support with a link to the deal you've seen. See if they'll price match or anything.

Always worth a punt, as they say "Shy bairns get nowt"

 

[Chris Beard]

Tried my best:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x **B Grade** ASUS PRIME B450-PLUS (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £75.00
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £79.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT TUF Gaming X3 OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
• 1 x Corsair TX550M 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020133-UK)= £94.99
• 1 x Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)= £35.99
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £34.99
• 1 x ASUS PCE-AC51 Dual-Band Wireless AC750 PCI-E Adapter= £32.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £32.99

Total: £870.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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Only downside of a pre-built is that sometimes they use working customer returns and openbox items etc. to build them (depending on the business). You do have the advantage of just being able to send the whole unit back if there are any issues however!

 

[Nodiggidy123]

Just a hassle I'd have to build all those systems myself.

Looks like they have cheaped out on the motherboard a little a it's a matx but I'm not planning on overclocking or adding anything else.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-prime-b450m-a-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-6ch-as.html

So should it be ok?

 

[Armageus]

contact customer support with a link to the deal you've seen. See if they'll price match or anything.

Always worth a punt, as they say "Shy bairns get nowt"

+1
Honestly just ask first - they may be able to do something, and the support they offer (although hopefully not needed) is leagues ahead of competitors

 

[Nodiggidy123]

Sent. Hope they can come up with something.

 

[Nodiggidy123]

Update.

Unfortunately ocuk were not able to get anywhere near the price and although the warranty with ocuk is better. I'm not sure it was worth the extra £360 I was quoted.

I ordered from the competitor yesterday and arrived today. Very happy with it so far. I also notice the price has now gone up by 50 so think I got a good deal