Need Help Buying A Gaming PC/Laptop For Christmas!!!

[Lord_nikon]

Shady mufukkaz gon shady

I was going for this ( Starter Pro PC ) as I look in the product details I see ,,, NZXT know better than that

• Brand
  
  Team
  
  
• Series
  
  T-FORCE Vulcan Z
  
  
• Capacity
  
  16GB (2 x 8GB)
  
  
• Speed
  
  3000 MHz (max speed)
  
• 

• Motherboard Model B560 Motherboard which one ????
• Power Supply 500W Bronze which one ????
  

 

[Rekkapryde]

I like what I saw from the link @Goldz-n-hoez posted

See what @itsyoung!! Finds too

Gotta try and buy asap once me and old lady talk

 

[daze23]

I was going for this ( Starter Pro PC ) as I look in the product details I see ,,, NZXT know better than that

• Brand
  
  Team
  
  
• Series
  
  T-FORCE Vulcan Z
  
  
• Capacity
  
  16GB (2 x 8GB)
  
  
• Speed
  
  3000 MHz (max speed)
  
• 

• Motherboard Model B560 Motherboard which one ????
• Power Supply 500W Bronze which one ????

to be fair, a lot of the times they might not specify because they use whatever they can get their hands on. so it might be different from build to build. but yeah, that just makes it more of a crapshoot trying to figure out what you're gonna get

 

[Return of the Jedi]

You settle on anything Rekka? My lil bro did the same thing to me, went half with my aunt to get him this. It was $680 on Black Friday:



Before anyone roasts me, all he's gonna play on it is SWTOR.

 

[Pimp]

Was about to order a prebuilt computer, this is what I noticed

1.some builders aren't giving details/brand about the motherboard
2. Some are installing one memory sticks
3.I seen a couple high profile builders use some memory brand called OLOy ........... the dahell
4. seen some with inferior and slow CPU coolers...... I seen one cooler look like a damn athlon xp cooler
5. undisclosed PSU information and brands


I may have to wait it out to build my own


I have a cool master (master case,, I still really like this case, dosen't look outdate,, may just keep it and buy new parts

Nzxt allows you to pick your motherboard.

 

[Rekkapryde]

You settle on anything Rekka? My lil bro did the same thing to me, went half with my aunt to get him this. It was $680 on Black Friday:



Before anyone roasts me, all he's gonna play on it is SWTOR.

I gotta see what type of shyt he's trying to play

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I gotta see what type of shyt he's trying to play

 

[Pimp]

I was going for this ( Starter Pro PC ) as I look in the product details I see ,,, NZXT know better than that

• Brand
  
  Team
  
  
• Series
  
  T-FORCE Vulcan Z
  
  
• Capacity
  
  16GB (2 x 8GB)
  
  
• Speed
  
  3000 MHz (max speed)
  
• 

• Motherboard Model B560 Motherboard which one ????
• Power Supply 500W Bronze which one ????

Whats wrong the ram? It has 4.7 rating on amazon..

This is a entry level pc.. The fukk you expect..

I got this Motherboard with mine from nzxt
Amazon.com: ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Z490 (WiFi 6) LGA 1200 (Intel 10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard, 14+2 Power Stages, DDR4 4800+, 5Gbps LAN, Intel LAN : Electronics

If you want to know what you're getting... Pick your own parts..

They make their money by selling you their case, coolers, builder fee, etc..

NZXT is better than sitting around waiting for parts to make the same pc at the same price

or just go to microcenter and build it there

 

[itsyoung!!]

I failed you completely forgot this thread existed til right now

 

[itsyoung!!]

I haven't built a pc in 20 years breh

easier now than ever.. at least with

1) having a smartphone or ipad around you can youtube videos while doing it, we used to go in blind with no help back in teh day
2) the instruction manuals on pieces and motherboards seemed to have improved an insane amount
3) the different type of slots on a motherboard seemed to have gone down so its easier to line things up, its basically just processor, RAM, video card and SSD at this point hardest things for me usually are the front USB slots but now cases and motherboards are easy for that and additional fans

Do you have a Microcenter near you ? Maybe give dude $1000 gift card or cash and say this is only for a custom computer, and then yall can go and pick out the parts we help you with

 

[Captain Crunch]

OP just build a PC w/ my son. Like others said, it can be a great bonding opportunity.
If anything, just buy all the same parts from one of those tutorial vids, and then y'all can follow along as y'all watching.

 

[radio rahiem]

I haven't built a pc in 20 years breh

It’s simple. Everything only goes in 1 way.

I’m still using my case and power supply from 2012. Everything else has been changed out as needed. From intel to amd builds.

 

[Pimp]

easier now than ever.. at least with

1) having a smartphone or ipad around you can youtube videos while doing it, we used to go in blind with no help back in teh day
2) the instruction manuals on pieces and motherboards seemed to have improved an insane amount
3) the different type of slots on a motherboard seemed to have gone down so its easier to line things up, its basically just processor, RAM, video card and SSD at this point hardest things for me usually are the front USB slots but now cases and motherboards are easy for that and additional fans

Do you have a Microcenter near you ? Maybe give dude $1000 gift card or cash and say this is only for a custom computer, and then yall can go and pick out the parts we help you with

he bought this laptop
ASUS ROG Strix G15 G513QR-MB98Q 15.6" Gaming Laptop Computer Platinum Collection - Gray; AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 3.3GHz - Micro Center

 

[Rekkapryde]

he bought this laptop
ASUS ROG Strix G15 G513QR-MB98Q 15.6" Gaming Laptop Computer Platinum Collection - Gray; AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 3.3GHz - Micro Center

Nah, saved a yard and got this one. Bigger screen, better cooling, camera (no camera on the Asus... Weird) , thunderbolt port since it's Intel. The keys were better on this joint than the Asus and it had a number pad.

Acer Predator Helios 300 PH317-55-743T 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer Platinum Collection - Black; Intel Core i7 11th Gen - Micro Center

Tried to talk him out of the laptop but he was hell bent on it

Got 15 days if he wants a desktop built instead but he's adamant on a laptop. Return policy ends on the 6th

Tellin him tomorrow don't come back to me until college. He in 9th grade now so

 

[Rekkapryde]

OP just build a PC w/ my son. Like others said, it can be a great bonding opportunity.
If anything, just buy all the same parts from one of those tutorial vids, and then y'all can follow along as y'all watching.

Video cards are the problem. Prebuilts with 3080s are running 3 racks


For college I'll get him a MacBook or desktop tho. This laptop should be Gucci for him for a minute.