Are the scan pre-built gaming PCs good value?

xploderz

Or would it make more sense to do a self-build, was looking at something like this which works out at around €1,025

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1523

Key specs:

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, AMD 990FX Chipset
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition, 8-Core, 4GHz, 16MB Cache
8GB Total (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP, 1600MHz
2GB XFX Radeon R9 270X, 1000MHz GPU, 1280 Cores, 5600MHz GDDR5
600W Corsair CX, Semi-Modular, 80PLUS Bronze - Any Single Graphics Card
500GB Seagate Barracuda, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache

Any thoughts? :pac:

Jaafa

Thats massively overpriced, self build would be much cheaper.

whos_dan

Yep, absolutely crazy price. Definitely wouldn't go for that.

Kikin

They have some after care service and the OS and putting all the pieces together + test they're working factored into the price. Not worth it if you can build a PC And install an OS yourself

Seaaan

Well your parts amount to around 600, that's with no case or monitor. So no, build it yourself. Much better value.

Edit: I didn't see the features button, it's around a 700-750 euro build.