Linus Tech Tips: Buying a Computer from a System Integrator Seller. Secret Shopper

[Astronut325]

I'm just now catching up on this. Really impressed with Maingear. Didn't even know they existed!

 

[Deleted member 35011]

I watched a couple parts from the series. This is what I got from it...

Origin is just overpriced. If you're not tech savvy, HP is an excellent overall value. If you are tech savvy, Ibuypower is a better value. Stay away from Alienware. Maingear was actually solid, but not the best performance. Never heard of them before.

If I was going to suggest a PC for someone else and I wanted to provide zero tech support, I'd probably suggest an HP.

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HP also had better build quality, better case, and so I'd argue that if you are tech savvy HP is the better buy because you can fuck around with the parts and change up a few things to improve it. Like damn HP's case looked neat.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

This video is actually pretty informative.

Remind me to never bother with CyberPowerPC...jesus

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my very first gaming PC was from them about 10 years ago? I wasn't confident enough to build by myself so my girlfriend got me one for my birthday. she spent about 1,800 dollars for an SLI build, RAID configuration, 16 gigs of RAM, water cooling AIO, etc. all very nice I was very happy, could max out games back then at 2560x1600.

within about 6 months i started having video card issues. I sent it in to have someone take a look because customer service wasn't great help over the phone and when they gave it back to me one of the cards was missing and they had replaced with a completely different model.

when I called customer service to ask for an explanation all the guy told me was "yah that card is better" it wasn't. it was a lower model but with more VRAM. I was stunned. my girlfriend had paid for an SLI build and when I send it in they arbritarily take one of the cards without explanation and give a worse performing card.
oh and the case was banged up and damaged. I was speechless. that's when I decided to build my own. never dealt with them again.
with that said I always thought maingear and falcon northwest are the two best boutique shops.

Yeah this is why ton of people default to Apple.

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almost like you didn't watch the video to see what specifically they were looking for in a PC. (hint, it was for gaming) also, tons of people in fact do not switch to Apple desktops or laptops for gaming.

 

[neoak]

Yeah this is why ton of people default to Apple.

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ayyyy lmao

 

[Ragnorok64]

So the latest WAN Show has a great interview with Janice for it's first half.



It's interesting to hear her take and what did or didn't bother her.