Is Maingear PC a good place to buy a prebuilt gaming PC?

As the title says...building my own is a second option for me because the parts that are being sold in my country are super expensive. So I'm looking for a good PC builder online that can do worldwide shipping and Maingear PC seems to offer Bitcoin as a payment option too which is even more easier for me to send payments.

I would like to know if anyone has any experience with them and how was it?

 

You might want to tell us what your pricelimit is and what you actually need the PC for, depending on your needs various sites can be recommended.

I checked the site a bit, seems rather expensive.

 

Maingear sells overpriced Clevos.

HIDEvolution is a better choice, IMO. They ship worldwide, accept Bitcoin, and you can receive a small discount for being an active NBR forum member. Email @Donald@HIDevolution for details and to work with him on a custom configuration.

 

They're a good company and put together reliable products. I've reviewed a few in the past. Their support is good, too.
Not everything comes down to dollars and cents.
Charles

 

$2000 that already include shipping and tax. The PC will be mainly use for gaming.

I've configured an all AMD setup because I already have a Viewsonic XG2401 24" with AMD FreeSync is why I didn't choose a GTX 1050ti or a GTX 1070 and I also saved $120 by not including an OS, I already have a crap free version copy of Windows 10 Pro.

Here is the config, please let me know what you think.

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Chassis: VYBE Compact Mid-Tower Case Included

Chassis Lighting: [BACK TO SCHOOL FREE UPGRADE!] RGB Lighting - Remote Control Color Change

Motherboard: MSI B350M Gaming Pro - MATX $26.00

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6 core with 12 threads 3.6 GHz up to 4.0 GHz $216.00

Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR Certified AMD Wraith Cooler Included

Enhanced Thermal Interface Material: Premium Thermal Interface Material [ FREE UPGRADE]

Memory: 8GB HyperX® FURY™ DDR4- 2666 (2x4GB) [Dual Channel] Included

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5 with FreeSync $160.00

Power Supply: 500W EVGA® 80 Plus Certified PSU $15.00

Operating System Drive: [SSD] 250GB Samsung® 850 EVO [520MB/s Sequential Reads] $80.00

Hard Drive Bay Two: [HDD] 2TB Seagate Desktop HDD 7200rpm 64MB Cache $130.00

Optical Drive Two: 8X Asus® DVD Burner External USB 2.0

Audio: On Board High Definition Audio Included

Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet Included

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HIDevolution builds custom PC?

I'm glad to hear that. Thanks Charles.

 

When building the same PC via parts I get to 928$.

Where do you live? Maybe finding a company that's closer to you would decrease shipping cost quite a bit.

 

Philippines. Most parts that is being sold here are expensive. For example;

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 GV-RX580GAMING-8GD is $309.99 from Newegg.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...deon_RX_580_Gaming_8GB-_-14-125-962-_-Product

The same GPU in a local online store is $372

http://www.lazada.com.ph/gigabyte-r...8798729.html?spm=a2o4l.search.0.0.doNFsq&ff=1

There are mark ups for each parts once it gets here in the Philippines probably because of the high taxes.

 

I'll keep in touch with you, give me like 1 day, I'll get in contact with some people who live in the Philippines, maybe they know something.

 

The config looks great for 1080p 60+fps or 1440p gaming.

I'd get 16GB of RAM, or are you going to upgrade that yourself? A 2x 8GB config.

Charles

 

I tried to mock up shopping (local online store) with the following config:

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Chassis: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $$89.99

Motherboard + Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz Six-Core Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler With FREE Gigabyte GA-AB350M-HD3 Motherboard $326.18

Processor Cooling: ID Cooling Frostflow 120L $53.43

Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB 2400MHz PC4-19200 DDR4 1.2V LED DIMM $77.23

Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8GB Graphic Cards $372.37

Power Supply: Seasonic M12II-520 EVO Bronze 80Plus Power Supply 520watts Modular $69.56

Operating System Drive: Samsung 850 Evo 2.5" 250GB Solid State Drive (Black) $98.00

Hard Drive Bay Two: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM $49.13

Total Estimate: $1148.56

Shipping is free for all the parts.

However, this is my first time assembling PC from scratch.

Let me guys know if there is something I should change, especially I'm not sure about the following components (in-order):

1. Motherboard
2. Processor Cooling
3. PSU

And what else did I miss?

The memory is sufficient for now since I'm only using this PC for gaming.

 

I did some research and apparently lazada is the only online store so far that doesn't sell used parts.

Your system total would be 1.135USD total.

 

Cool

 

Your build seems fine, I would, if you want to spend a little bit more money, invest in a better mainboard and the X series for overclocking. Ryzen CPU's are quite potent overclockers, even tho DX12 will make CPU non factor.

 

I might opt-in for a 1600X and a MSI X370 Gaming Carbon Pro but that is way over my budget.

 

Wow, going through research about desktop parts, mix and match with different parts, finding the best for the budget is more enjoyable than I expected.