I am planing to buy a new PC. I want help decide if i go with branded PC or Assemble one.
Branded PC - Inspiron 3268 Desktop
* 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7400 processor
* 8GB RAM,2TB HDD
* Intel® HD Graphics 630 with shared graphics memory
* Dell Monitor E2016HV
Total cost = Rs.46,190
Assembled PC
I build a similar PC configuration as above
System Builder - Core i5-7400 3GHz Quad-Core, MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker India
Total cost = Rs. 48,783.41
Price is slightly more even with out keyboard, mouse
I see price increase may be due to some of the components i selected are not optimal. One problem i see with Assembled is you just throw in components. With branded PC, they do lot of research before building a model as they mass produce exactly same model and plan to support it for years. My current PC use Thermaltake V9 Black Edition cabinet, it have a large FAN on top, that stopped working, i can't get a replacement for it, if it was a branded PC, i may able to get replacement as they guys will have it if it is a recent model.
I watched some youtube videos. Branded PC build quality looks very good. They have better cabling than what my PC currently have. I seen some assembled PC with very good cable management, but only possible if you have a skilled assembler.
If i am going to Assembled PC, i want newer CPU like Intel 8th Gen or Ryzen (i had bad experience with AMD years back) and 16 GB RAM.
As for DELL, i am not sure how easy it is to upgrade. I don't plan to play any games. So don't see need for GPU. But i like to upgrade RAM to 16 GB, also add an SSD for boot drive. This is possible ?
Branded PC - Inspiron 3268 Desktop
* 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7400 processor
* 8GB RAM,2TB HDD
* Intel® HD Graphics 630 with shared graphics memory
* Dell Monitor E2016HV
Total cost = Rs.46,190
Assembled PC
I build a similar PC configuration as above
System Builder - Core i5-7400 3GHz Quad-Core, MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker India
Total cost = Rs. 48,783.41
Price is slightly more even with out keyboard, mouse
I see price increase may be due to some of the components i selected are not optimal. One problem i see with Assembled is you just throw in components. With branded PC, they do lot of research before building a model as they mass produce exactly same model and plan to support it for years. My current PC use Thermaltake V9 Black Edition cabinet, it have a large FAN on top, that stopped working, i can't get a replacement for it, if it was a branded PC, i may able to get replacement as they guys will have it if it is a recent model.
I watched some youtube videos. Branded PC build quality looks very good. They have better cabling than what my PC currently have. I seen some assembled PC with very good cable management, but only possible if you have a skilled assembler.
If i am going to Assembled PC, i want newer CPU like Intel 8th Gen or Ryzen (i had bad experience with AMD years back) and 16 GB RAM.
As for DELL, i am not sure how easy it is to upgrade. I don't plan to play any games. So don't see need for GPU. But i like to upgrade RAM to 16 GB, also add an SSD for boot drive. This is possible ?