Hey guys, I've had the wonderful experience of getting a

>>357677
prebuild gaming PCs are mostly super-overpriced scams

building a PC on your own is not that difficult. it'll take more work to pick out all the parts (the pc building thread in /g/ can help you with that), but the actual assembly is easy as pie. it's basically expensive legos

>>357681
I have seen a few good PCs wherein if I bought the parts seperately I'd lose money. But I'll keep that in mind, thanks mate

Later this year prices might be a bit different so probably just come back at the time.

>>357681

(the pc building thread in /g/ can help you with that), but the actual assembly is easy as pie. it's basically expensive legos

OP, don't listen to this guy. /g/ is the least informative place to learn about technology. Those stupid faggots are neverendingly posting anime shit and arguing bashing anyone not on Linux. The same 10 people on there will tell you to fuck off for asking a question and complain about spoonfeeding you.

PC building isn't like legos. You might need to drive back to the store if you're missing a fucking piece you need. Might have to return something and exchange it if you buy the wrong part. Cableing and all that shit is a pain in the ass if you haven't done it before and then you need to pray it boots up without an issue.

Consider a pre-built but if you do get a good high end one.

>>357689
Well damn, you might as well have just saved my ass from torment. You're the real mate here
>gg

where to start
you have 3 options really, pre built, pre built custom and build it yourself
personally for you and from what you have said a pre built i5/i7 is ideal

building one yourself is the most rewarding and cost effective, it is really easy to build (like lego i suppose) once you get over the daunting feeling. yes some parts might not work just as much as getting a new pre built one home and that doesn't power up and having to return parts that are wrong just means you are an idiot and should of asked/researched what you needed more

whatever you do get the processor and motherboard right from the start the rest you can add to later without having to rebuild or reinstall

>>357689
I might well copypasta this the next time I see something like >>357697.

>rewarding
You assembled a bunch of parts that other smarter people designed. D'you want a cookie?
>cost effective
This is a euphemism for "you pirate Windows", right?

>>357677
OP, hear me out here.

What you want to do is find a second-hand PC that someone has already built, for $550-$600, that has an i5 and 8GB, and no GPU. A reasonably high-end office PC. It's going to be a full-size case, because we need a full-size expansion slot.

The remaining $250, we're spending on a preowned 1060 6GB (or equivalent. I don't want no trouble).

Then it's just a case of opening the PC, slotting the 1060 in it, installing the drivers, and now it's a gaming PC.

The hard part is going to be the searching and the buying. Be patient. Don't buy something just because it's there.