Hey everyone, through my employer I receive a corporate discount on lenovo PC's, without going into great detail I can get a lenovo m800 desktop with i7 6700, with 8 gigs of ddr4 for just over 500 bucks. Now my first idea was to put in a a better psu and good ram before i even turned the system on, however I read that lenovo (and most other off the shelf companies) use proprietary parts and upgrading the psu can be near impossible. Now whats scaring me is the stock 250watt 85% power supply, I don't know much about computers but if I put in 2 more sticks of ddr4 and down the road a mid range gpu, thats going to be cutting it close. Now option 2 is to save up and build my own, i did and with those specs it comes out to over a grand, right now thats not feasible. Any input would be appreciated, thank you.
Good deal or build my own?
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Seen the hell with prebuild ones especially because of PSU. Don't go for it save money and build it.
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Please list everything that you are getting for 500$ including any drives, motherboard etc. only then can I tell you if it is a good deal.
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Very bad deal. About the mobo you will be getting crappy locked lenovo mobo on which you can do nothing.
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Every thing will be locked and limited and you will not be able to do anything about it. The only thing you can change is hard disk or ssd thats it with that crappy PSU you cant even add a decent GPU and forget replacing CPU with unlocked one as mobo is locked and will not allow any type of over clocking.
Trust me don't go for it.
Trust me don't go for it.
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Here is my analysis. (i7 price from newegg)
REUSABLE PARTS
i7-6700 - 315$
any 128 Gb SSD - 50$ approx
Cheapest 8 GB DDR4 - 30$
HDD/SSHD - 40$
The rest of the stuff you can sell or get rid of. It will be quite a hassle. Like VR mentioned your motherboard will be severely limited. You can not add a GPU with your 250 watt PSU and I doubt it even has PCI power connectors. You can manage to stretch some value out of it if you manage to sell all the surplus parts however.
If you build a PC yourself, what will be your budget?
REUSABLE PARTS
i7-6700 - 315$
any 128 Gb SSD - 50$ approx
Cheapest 8 GB DDR4 - 30$
HDD/SSHD - 40$
The rest of the stuff you can sell or get rid of. It will be quite a hassle. Like VR mentioned your motherboard will be severely limited. You can not add a GPU with your 250 watt PSU and I doubt it even has PCI power connectors. You can manage to stretch some value out of it if you manage to sell all the surplus parts however.
If you build a PC yourself, what will be your budget?
Yeah you guys are right, not worth it. Obviously the cheaper the better but 800-900 would be ideal. Im not so worried about putting it together, I'm sure it'll be fun and not that hard to do. I'm more concerned with a year or two down the road if something does go wrong ill have to pay out of pocket to get it fixed. where as with the pre-made one will have a warranty, i can just ship it out. Im not totally against it though, me building one is a real possibly and i appreciate the help
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Building PC's is really simple nowadays. I have seen non-technical people put together builds recently, they just fit like lego's. Just look up some guides on this website, and read up a little bit if you are confused about something.
If you can tell me what your requirements are, i'll be able to help you put together a more economical system that fulfills all your needs.
Do you do a lot of sound/video editing?
Are you planning to run games somewhere down the line?
Do you use any intensive CAD software?
Any other CPU intensive applications you plan on running?
Answers to these questions will help me to guide you better.
If you can tell me what your requirements are, i'll be able to help you put together a more economical system that fulfills all your needs.
Do you do a lot of sound/video editing?
Are you planning to run games somewhere down the line?
Do you use any intensive CAD software?
Any other CPU intensive applications you plan on running?
Answers to these questions will help me to guide you better.
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It is not completely true as you get at least three year individual warranty on nearly all the components you can get them repaired or replaced if something goes wrong with them without being tampered which probably you wont be doing.
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