A ready PC vs my pcpartpicker build.

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Nareandir

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I have recently dtarted planning building\buying a Budget Gaming PC around £500. My first plan was to build the PC : PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.64 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.81 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£164.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case (£22.78 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £522.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-16 19:10 BST+0100
Hovewer i found a PC on amazon with a great deal from £600 to £500 and free postage with tech support and with the same GPU and CPU as my build. Buying a ready PC gives me the advantage of not having to build it myself and only having a one off delivery rather than loads of them which can be dangerous as I have a suspicious neighbour. What do you think? All support is greatly appreciated.

Link to the ready PC : Freshtech Intel Core I5 4460 1tb 8gb 1600Mhz GTX 960 2gb Galaxy Computer Gaming PC
 
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raisonjohn
For a difference of only £18.45, your own build gets the following advantages:
1. A better and newer H97 motherboard that does not need a BIOS update compared to the older H81
2. You get a better HDD (Western Digital) that has less reported lifespan failure than the Seagate
3. Substantially better non-reference GPU with good cooling and higher clock speeds than the stock GTX 960 GPU
4. You get to choose the case you really want
5. You get to install a Wi-Fi adapter
6. A good-quality Tier-2 PSU compared to a Tier-4 (inefficient, unreliable, and unsafe) PSU

I'd say go for your Plan A (building your own PC).
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For a difference of only £18.45, your own build gets the following advantages:
1. A better and newer H97 motherboard that does not need a BIOS update compared to the older H81
2. You get a better HDD (Western Digital) that has less reported lifespan failure than the Seagate
3. Substantially better non-reference GPU with good cooling and higher clock speeds than the stock GTX 960 GPU
4. You get to choose the case you really want
5. You get to install a Wi-Fi adapter
6. A good-quality Tier-2 PSU compared to a Tier-4 (inefficient, unreliable, and unsafe) PSU

I'd say go for your Plan A (building your own PC).
 
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RazerZ

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Why not build it yourself? It isn't hard, anyone can do it. There is really no excuse with all the step by step guides and videos out there.

The computer listed on amazon uses shoddy parts to get the price low. i.e the low quality Corsair CX PSU, bottom of the barrel motherboard, and case. Take out the wireless nework adapter and the price is the same in the end but you get a better pc in the end.
 
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