/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Is it still cheaper to build your own computer?

[Anonymous No.]

Yes.

[Anonymous No.]

Si.

[Anonymous No.]

Well, duh.

[Anonymous No.]

is this how you made computer

[Aya Shameful !I4IrJba9Qw No.]

I would like to build a computer one day.

[Anonymous No.]

$3000 Alienware is evuivalent of $600 custom made computer

[None !DrPantsuNE No.]

Yea.

[Anonymous No.]

Buy a prebuilt computer and get:
>Old gpu, cpu and lots of cheap memory. (As buying all the newest parts without the newest parts, expensive as fuck.)

Build your own and get:
>Great gpu, cpu and good'n'cheap memory. (Average price)

Choose one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810633
Alienware is pure capitalism. But i still wonder though...

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810649
Yeah, this. Even if you can't put it together yourself, just pay someone 20 bucks to do it for you.

[Anonymous No.]

In Sweden we have Inet. Problem solved.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

Sometimes it's cheaper to go premade, and sometimes it's cheaper to do it yourself (for the exact components in both). Just shop around.

But I've been alternating between building my own and buying premade for my entire life. Just do whatever works in the end.

[Anonymous No.]

From personal experience:

If buying premade gets you a better warranty, go for it, even if you have to pay a bit more.

Unless you're some kind of rich bastard who upgrades every year anyway, I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

Best idea is to make components yourself. But you`ll need blueprint for that. Which is quite difficult to come by. But if you know right persons. Go for it. Electronics you can get for dirty cheap.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810677
congrats on the marriage

[Dexwyde !mbHjxjfHlA No.]

>>8810620

[Anonymous No.]

If you buy a refurbished or otherwise used one it's cheaper but otherwise together a computer yourself is cheaper.

[Anonymous No.]

Depends. Most premades are scams that add a large precentage to the total price. No idea why anyone would want them.

In a few cases, premades are cheaper (when using older hardware), but most of the time, not worth buying anyway.

Just buy what you need. It's not like assembling it yourself is not elementary. If you're that lazy, just pay the shop some tiny assembly fee (like 10$ or less) and you'll still end up paying less for more.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810687
All the parts should come with a warranty.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810687
Get shitty components, breaks right after the warranties wear out.

Most places still gives warranties when buying parts.
>You do not get proud of getting a prebuilt computer, just saying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810717
That's how most warranties work unfortunately even on a shitty prebuilt.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810687
This reminds me of some sillyness I've one seen with premades. Some of them warranty seal the damn box and components inside (such as RAM or HDDs). This means you're voiding your warranty if you want to add RAM or a HDD, or merely just add some new stuff.

This is utterly idiotic. Better get warranty on individual parts, you usually get 1 to 5 years depending on the part.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810715
>>8810717

That's why I wrote if you get a better warranty.

My last expensive GPU fried a month after its warranty ended, I'm still mad about that.

[Anonymous No.]

What's the best site to buy parts
from the UK?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810717
that's why you don't go for high tech low quality.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

I've only had one part fail on me in the past 20 years (a Seagate 500 MB hard drive). Warranties are something I never cared about really.

Always had good luck with my built PCs and premade PC I guess. Even HP and Dell served me well back in the 90's.

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>>8810777
congrats on the trips

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810722
Novatech are great, excellent customer service if you need to return parts for whatever reason.
eBuyer is alright, Aria and Scan are good too.
Specialtech have a wide range of cooling stuff if you want to have quieter fans and other case accessories.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810777

I've had a western digital die on me within less than a year. Else it has mostly been stuff that are like 5-6 years old that tend to die after too much usage.

I wish there was a good tool to keep track of the health of external drives.

[Anonymous No.]

Cheaper but still a waste of my time

[Anonymous No.]

if only there was a good guide on how to build a computer for people with zero experience like me

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811661

It's as easy as putting legos together. The only thing I fucked up (my first and only time) was forgetting to put thermal paste on the CPU.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811661
Are you serious? There are fucking tons. In fact, it's so simple there really aren't any other such guides.

Watch these:
http://youtu.be/lPIXAtNGGCw

It's really just a six piece jigsaw puzzle with a few wires. Don't be put off, even "build" is a misnomer.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811668
>put thermal paste on the CPU.
Most complicated part of the whole 'building' procedure.

[Anonymous No.]

Is it even possible to build your own laptop?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811661

Putting it together is real easy. These days, you just plug the parts in the holes they fit in. There is no fucking with jumpers or cables anymore.

The process of building a computer is pretty much:

1. Put motherboard in case, don't forget the standoffs (little bolt like things that keep you from shocking the metal case, thus the parts)

2. Put in RAM, CPU/thermal paste, GPU, hard drive, sound card, and PSU. These only fit where they go so you don't have to worry about fucking up.

3. Connect wires, make sure fans/heatsinks are on. Power it up, if it turns on you're good to go.

4. Sometimes you have to configure some things in the BIOS, like the RAM timings (Google for this) or ensuring the right drive boot order (HDD, DVD-ROM, USB). So do this.

5. Put in your OS of choice via USB or DVD-ROM. Make sure you select these to boot up first, in the BIOS. Install the OS.

6. Install drivers, configure software.

That's pretty much it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811736
>There is no fucking with jumpers or cables anymore.
Oh god no don't remind me.

Also I could be wrong, but it seems a lot more difficult to break things now. I have accidentally bricked so many things it's not even funny.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811717
Yes, though it's more of a niche thing. There are a few good communities centered around it though.

To be honest, the only difficult part would be the case. You can buy system-on-a-chip and single board computers like the Raspberry Pi, as well as dedicated LCD panels. I have no idea how people make laptop cases unless they get spare parts from manufacturers or something.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811755
God, this is taking forever.

[Anonymous No.]

You should wait a year for hard drive prices to stabilize.

[Anonymous No.]

It's marginally cheaper; too bad there's nothing worth playing that really requires a modern GPU or CPU.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811755
I'm still fucking patiently waiting.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811785
*flooding

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811755
Bro I bought a 2TB HDD right before the blooding. I felt so lucky

[Anonymous No.]

There was never any flood, it's all guerilla marketing for SSDs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811785
>blooding

Sorry, not making fun of your typo but I'm imagining a tidal wave of blood engulfing your house.

[Anonymous No.]

You can get any computer for free if you steal it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811885
reminds me of this image.

[Anonymous No.]

It's been a year since The Blooding. The most horrific incident in all of Earth's history. Acts so unspeakable people born in the time since will never hear of it.

Many have committed suicide, I will soon follow.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811885
Shut the fuck up. I think this about everything and fuck you, one day I am going to get into trouble.

Unfortunately, the riots in England never really reached my area. I would have braved the outside world if it meant I could be a selfish, greedy fuck and snag myself a post-2005 PC.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811932
Next /jp/ meetup confirmed for whenever the next riot is at your local computer/electronics store.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811932

Get a job cunt. You are whats wrong with England today! yes I'm American, I just wanted to use the word cunt

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811955
Cunt is more of an Australian thing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811955

The English say tosser more than cunt.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811924
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͍̦͔̺͇͚̩͈͉̹̙͔Ŗ̛͎̞͈̜̙͕͕̩̘̪̬͈̺̫̎͌͆ͧͣ͌̀ͩ͐̉͆̇͗̋ͮ̅ͬ̒̅N̒͌
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[Anonymous No.]

>>8811973
Is this what Americans think? It's not like we say "cunt" every other word, but barely anyone uses "tosser" any more. "Cunt" is edgy because it's the one swear word OFCOM won't allow on television, but it's used by hardcore ``comedians'' like Frankie Boyle.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811998
It's only because of feminists that it's considered the "worst". In actuality it's no more offensive than "dick" or "cock".

[Anonymous No.]

[Nagi !hj2Jo62F2k No.]

>>8811932

It's called a home invasion. Or hit up one of those FedX or UPS 3rd party delivery warehouses. You don't need to be in a riot to loot yourself a nice computer. But I don't think any of you /jp/ers have the balls to do anything like that

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810722
Scan UK, Ebuyer, Novatech

[Anonymous No.]

>>8810620
Is this Lain?
Man she's such a cutie.
I will be rewatching this very soon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813035
Nobody cares. Don't post in my thread again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813035
The quality looks pretty damn good for an anime from the late 90's too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813035
From the picture it looks like she's using a Lain-Li case.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813040

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813089
>>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813096
Go to bed, kid.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811632
Just keep an eye on the SMART data.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been thinking about building my own computer for a while, is there any kind of European Newegg which could deliver hardware with a good price/performance to my door so I don't have to deal with people?

[Anonymous No.]

im scared of fucking up so I always buy pre-built

[Anonymous No.]

>>8811760
I want to browse jaypee with lighting speed using cutting-edge technology.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813117

It's like legos, it's pretty hard to fuck it up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813150

You can't accidently zap legos to death

[Anonymous No.]

>>8813193
You very likely wont zap your components to death either as long as you're not working on a carpet with socks on. Also grab the metal part of your case before you work on the motherboard and graphics card.

[Anonymous No.]

by an order of magnitude.

[Anonymous No.]

I remember some years ago I managed to plug the HDD (my brand new 320GB HDD!) current connector wrong. So, +12V where it should be +5V and vice versa. It blew up, but luckily nothing else was damaged.
Never again I'll plug something wrong.