Are Pre-Built Gaming PCs Better In 2024?

[@chewey1868]

Please don't ever change the sardonic nature of this channel. This is one of the few channels with genuine rematch value.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

Nobody embodies the sarcastic, insincere, better-than-you, tech dweeb archetype than David. uwu

[@Phukaloop]

Isaac asimovs favorite descriptor!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@Mister_Phafanapolis Wow that's rude. 😂

[@Lurch-Bot]

Aside from GN doing their hard hitting investigative journalism, Dawid is about the only mainstream tech tuber worth watching these days. You really gotta have a sense of humor to tolerate the Mickey Mouse BS the entire industry has become. If you don't have a sardonic approach to making tech vids, you're just a total shill.

[@Dark.Syndicate]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff u r awesome. please always remain genuine and honest

[@prrocker9637]

Surprised you didn't try the Old pre-built internals in the New case just to show how much better having a simple front vent is even for lower end hardware

[@ranjitmandal1612]

👏

[@PropagandaBoy]

Great idea. We need another video.

[@kidpiper9642]

Or you could just leave the side panel off to prove the same point.

[@MediocreTCG]

This. That's always been my first thought. I've done it before and it worked great

[@rustler08]

I imagine it's getting returned.

[@burrfoottopknot]

Cutting holes for air flow took them how many years to figure out?

[@sodiumchlorid]

They don't it was a accident

[@stragulus]

About tree fiddy

[@MoultrieGeek]

...and they didn't bother to add a front case fan to help matters even further. Typical OEM crap.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

30 years, i can say that with confidence.

[@buildyourcomputer]

they will probably revert to old habits in next generation the engineers need to do something.

[@sneakyyadrian]

I live 50 minutes away from Micro Center in Miami. Man when I say it's a dream, I literally mean it was a dream walking into that store. It felt like I was at lego land shopping for legos but everything was PC parts.

[@neckrohs]

i live in atlanta, and there are two here. both about 15 mins away from me. its amazing

[@philtkaswahl2124]

It often feels like looking for a prebuilt is like playing Russian Roulette, except there's more than one loaded chamber to worry about.

[@jamesbyrd3740]

From what I saw on LTT, HP's omen is quite good. For a prebuilt anyway.

[@loganricherson]

There's one chamber that's not loaded more like

[@ffwast]

I wouldn't buy one without a Gamers Nexus review saying it's actually good. Which leaves like one.

[@rgenc42721]

There's a chance you're given a semiauto, more like

[@Flytrap]

Every time I flash my BIOS, I learn how long I can hold my breath.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

I get flashbacks to the laptop I lost to a BIOS update, that was 20 years ago.

[@The_2_2For_Real]

I hope some day BIOS updates will be handled differently. Maybe through Windows Update and no consequences if the power goes out. Man I wish every manufacturers drivers could be installed with ease via WU.

[@sneakyyadrian]

Why are you flashing your BIOS? It doesn't need to see that.

[@ramborambokitchenkitchen6357]

We probably get 1 power outage every 3 years in my country and it's still painful to sit there and watch the bios slowly updating... It's one of those things where the process to do it has barely changed despite technology being a million miles ahead of what it used to be.

[@The_2_2For_Real]

@@ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 To me it's crazy that in 2024 we even need a BIOS. These things should be tweakable from desktop imo.

[@knightgx3]

Dawid, I’ll never complain about a prebuilt ever again. I got a Skytech prebuilt with a 14700k and a 4070ti with 32gb ddr5, WiFi 6e board and an aio with a gen 1tb ssd at a local pawn shop for $600. And the biggest thing is it is all off the shelf parts. Nothing is proprietary. I’m in love 😂

[@kevinkev1530]

Nice

[@kevinthecleric]

Pawn shop was super stupid to set at that price. Super, super dumb

[@knightgx3]

@@kevinthecleric I think it was a loan someone defaulted on so they just priced it at what they lost

[@benstanfill363]

Sounds like someone built a PC and took out a loan against it. Wouldmt really consider that a prebuilt

[@knightgx3]

@@benstanfill363 it has skytech gaming prebuilt stickers on it. So unless the previous owner has that for some reason where it’s not a prebuilt, then sure. I guess so. Never seen a case have prebuilt company stickers unless it was a prebuilt.

[@Mo-Thoughx]

I had to buy one of those for work due to a time constraint and the only thing is that I have to look for some office keys.

[@Melissalove44]

Friend, BNH Software helped me and I hope it helps you so that you don't keep wasting time.

[@arizonagamer15]

Who’s watching in 1924?

[@inGameweTrusted]

lol😂

[@victoresarey4036]

It's 1824 here

[@cuke2025]

2077 here

[@bajgen]

i'm watching this in 2010

[@cloroi71826]

You too? Can we meet up, my power cell ran out and Im stuck in this time

[@TomF1F1Gameplaysandmore]

“Dodecacore processor” yes please describe them like this from now on

[@Mizahuri]

Came to the comments specifically for this 😂 sad it's only a few of us to pick it up

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@TomF1F1Gameplaysandmore Dodecacore CPUS are tight.

[@bradhaines3142]

love my octacore, think ima start calling it squidward

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Sounds like a new genre of heavy metal. -Deathcore- -Metalcore- -Mathcore- -Crabcore- Dodecacore 👌👌

[@GenX-80s-Kid]

You're right about the latest generation of Lenovo pre built systems , I purchased one that was spec'd out with a Ryzen 7700, an RTX 4070 and 32 GB of ram, I can run anything (even Crysis) @ 1440p with high framerates, most hitting my monitor max of 144hz, If I had more money to spend I'd have built one, but I can say that for what I paid I can't complain and I've got power to spare, it's also very upgradeable.

[@-__-6127]

can you drop the link?

[@manzencow9582]

Build Pro PC has a system for $1200 with an i5 12600k a d an RTX 4070. They have some of the best value I have ever seen. If you're looking for a splid prebuilt look into their PCs.

[@TheComplexes]

Gets sponsored from microcenter: Realizes there's no microcenter in Canada:

[@deathsyth8888]

Dawid is the Micro Center in Canada!

[@carlr2837]

They seem to be adding 2-3 store a year. A city like Montreal might definitely catch their interest. I'm lucky, and have one 3 hours away. Yes, I go there, but not often.

[@2048Megabytes.]

dawid is in bc though we aren’t going to get a microcenter for years

[@chiboy_speaks]

Majority of his viewers are from the us

[@lucasrem]

TheComplexes What is it you need ??? micro center: is for stupid people only, he is the weirdo ! he will hitch to the US, not a smart guy... Run Forrest levels... normal store does not sell it ???

[@Baligante]

I'd be curious to see how that poor little motherboard's VRM handles the 14700F outside of gaming, I'm not sure heavy loads would go too well 😅

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😅

[@stoneymahoney9106]

It's directly in the airflow path between the CPU cooler and case extractor fan, it'll be fine. Even without any kind of heatsinks, just having airflow run directly over the package surface is enough to get away with a lot more power draw than most people would think. Not that I don't have a stock of little baby heatsinks to stick to any bare VRMs I find.

[@drew2626]

I’m more concerned with the CPU 😂

[@peterwstacey]

It's not the K sku, so it is not as power hungry as those behemoths. Technically it's not even on the "naughty step" list that Intel produced (your opinion on the validity of that list may vary lol). It's 65W to 250W, but OEMs usually have a custom BIOS that will cap it at whatever the default cooler can provide (in this case, probably about 150W)

[@itsmilan4069]

it'll be fine cause it's a standard none K sku

[@AnnaDoes]

The Gen Z hair on the new one though 😂😂😂

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@AnnaDoes 😂

[@HardWhereHero]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff lmao, I did not catch that on my first watch.

[@garyreid2472]

Love the content but you suit your old hair wayyyy better mate​@DawidDoesTechStuff

[@lucasrem]

Anna Does Gen Z is born with internet connected already, in 1950, ARPA ?

[@williammathies2998]

Thanks!

[@Driveby-2]

I have an HP Omen 30L prebuilt PC from 2020 w/ 10900k and an HP branded RTX 3080. The CPU has an AIO water block and the entire front of the case is a screen with one 80 mm intake fan. Off the shelf parts, Corsair 80% Plat PSU, 32gb (16gbx2) Fury Ram and WD and Samsung SSDs.It's been the best computer than i have never built.

[@travisbonzpiercy2660]

Bro I absolutely love your channel great tech info along with a great dose of humor. Keep it up Dawid.

[@Red_Hydrangea]

Pre built series reboot?

[@_Hasboa_]

yes

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@Red_Hydrangea Not sure, will see how it goes. I was just curious to see the newer gen systems.

[@Red_Hydrangea]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff dam, it's Dawid :D I love the content, I first stumbled on a "gaming on surface laptop" video a year ago, been subbed since. :D

[@dirkjewitt5037]

OEM builds always have air flow issues. For some reason, they all want the case ventilation covered up. A skimpy motherboard can do wonders with airflow.

[@DDS.D4V3]

I bought my MSI Codex R from staples for 1100 CAD. Gotta say I'm very happy with it. I5 12400f, 16gb xpg ddr5 ram, rtx 4060, 1tb MSI m.2 ssd, 650 psu and a MSI gaming B760 motherboard. I can upgrade to my hearts content. Just got a 4tb m.2 for the second slot. Next is a rtx 4070 super. Then a 13 or 14th gen i7 whenever they fix the issues with them lol😊

[@michaelr7389]

Always look forward to the video every week. Love this guy.

[@Moodoo20]

Love your videos Dawid, they are NEVER boring.

[@chasbo88]

I have a low/mid range Acer Predator pre built with a 11400f and 3060ti from when the GPU shortage happened which prevented me from building anything within a decent price. Had to suck it up and buy the machine as similar builds were 500 above what I paid for this. Gaming was a nightmare, CPU temps would jump up to over 80 degrees and then get throttled to bring it back down as the cooler was terrible, I found out that instead of the CPU fan speeding up the rear one would which sounded like the machine was taking off. I changed the CPU cooler with a small tower cooler (92mm fan due to the size of the case) and replaced the rear fan too. The GPU is an awful blower card that also sounded like it was taking off, fortunately using MSI Afterburner to set a proper fan curve and undervolting the card has alleviated the problem there. The Acer Predator software didn't enable me to set a fan curve, either a static speed which had a minimum speed of 60%, maximum speed or auto where the Acer software makes the decision. The rear fan reacted to the CPU temp more than the CPU fan so the cables got switched and now I can leave it in auto with no fear of the CPU getting too hot. If I were going prebuilt again in the future I'd definitely avoid OEMs because at least i have more of a chance of having some semi decent cooling. Acer's mantra seems to be "let it all burn".

[@drew2626]

At what point do you take the PC out of the case for better airflow 😅

[@deluge6479]

You did not in fact have to "suck it up" and buy anything. A PC build is not a necessity

[@northbridgetechrepair]

I want to mention that on a lot and of modern systems that bios do come in a firmware package under Windows Updates. You can also see this on your bios download page where it notes the download package is a firmware package. If you run Windows updates I'm sure you'd see it, more than likely under optional updates for this bios (firmware) update as Asus has it listed as an optional update right now. Just wanted to give you a heads up on that and other than that love the videos, they are always entertaining and make the day go by faster!

[@chrismay2298]

You have to be off your rocker to trust a BIOS operation to Windoze... Holy hell!!

[@northbridgetechrepair]

@@chrismay2298 it's been apart of windows for many years and is a normal process that most people don't even know happens half the time as if it's pushed by the manufacturer and is automatically installed through Windows update, so no, I'm not off my rockers.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😮

[@37Kilo2]

3:03 McAfee is now Trellix. It's that "let's rebrand so people don't realize we're still that shitty company that's been making garbage software for the last 30 years". 7:17 "For those who dare" I certainly don't dare buy from Asus, with their warranty BS.

[@RichWithTech]

Lest we forget the ASUS after"care"

[@The92Waffles]

I liked my NZXT prebuilt. you get to pick the parts you want and their cases are actually good since you get a pick of their Flow lineup of cases

[@deluge6479]

Lol nzxt is a scam. Stop lying

[@VIRACYTV]

I love that he’s holding camera lenses and not binoculars in the thumbnail.

[@AnnaDoes]

Hahaha same 😂

[@azure_azure]

Always terrified to build my own so I went with an HP Omen last year. Got it on sale for a great price and it's been awesome.

[@asamson23]

Regarding BIOS updates on prebuilt/laptops, usually Windows Update will push the firmware in an update package, so you don’t necessarily need to go fetch the update on the manufacturer’s website, unless you want to get it faster. Alternatively, some of the usual OEM software contain updaters for drivers and other various tools for the computer.

[@UltravioletNomad]

That's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to comment about it since I wasn't 100% sure that was the case

[@bablela26]

Yes Asus Armory Crate can update the BIOS. But not a lot of people would actually care to go look into it and there are no reminder or whatever. Also Armory Crate is just pretty bad, it's better to download the drivers on the website, and it's just better to uninstall it, and for RGB, well first "who cares" and also it's Aurora that manages RGB mostly...

[@rollymaster16]

Windows pushing BIOS updates is extremely uncomfortable.

[@WyvernKeyz]

I don't ever recommend updating your BIOS through software. It's much safer to do it through a thumb drive

[@haggus71]

I have the previous gen Lenovo prebuilt. it's a nice case, with a glass side and nice RGB. It came with dual channel ram and a nice cooler for the CPU. It's been running great since I bought it, very quiet with no signs of slowing down. I've bought a few Lenovos since they were IBMs; and they were always solid.

[@zachw6754]

I got an MSI Codex prebuilt earlier this year and have been extremely happy with it. Great part configuration, no shady proprietary stuff, no low end variants of the parts. I have since changed the gpu, case, and cpu cooler but still using the original fans, cpu, mobo, and psu. Those changes were simple upgrades or aesthetic preferences, nothing wrong the actual parts that were swapped

[@chrismay2298]

Wait, so you paid double for components in a prebuilt that you could have bought yourself, just to move and replace those components in less than a year...? What exactly are you bragging about? I legitemately want to understand this logic.

[@MontagueZooma]

@@chrismay2298 Who would expect that someone who watches Dawid's videos would want to buy a PC and swap out parts? Unbelievable!

[@zachw6754]

@@chrismay2298 i actually paid less than if i got the parts myself and built it. Saved about $175 vs doing it myself. Im all for building my own, have plenty of times but bestbuy actually had a great deal. Paid $800 for it. Then i sold the parts i swapped out and it damn near paid for the gpu upgrade. So i actually made out ahead of buying and building myself. Just have to shop around for sales!

[@zachw6754]

@@MontagueZooma can actually make money if you shop sales lol.

[@bradhaines3142]

@@chrismay2298 normally id disagree because there is a real logic to prebuilts. way less hassle if anything goes wrong. dont need to mess with things to get it working. but then the guy mentioned he changed out everything and i was thinking the same things you were lmao. he wasted so much time and money on that. keeping the psu and mobo was a terrible idea too because thats ALWAYS where prebuilts go cheap.

[@mattzun6779]

The Intel CPU issue won't show up on a brand new PC. If the ASUS bloatware tells you that there is a new BIOS and helps install it there is some chance that the CPU won't blow up. Its just too bad that ASUS doesn't tell you the BIOS is a critical update.

[@inversion66]

Even sticking more RAM in an oldie bottom ender like my Acer XC885 is a good idea. Skimping on the RAM in an enthusiast computer just so they can make an extra five bucks or whatever seems kind of churlish.

[@moto6981]

Acer ,HP , ASUS, laughing at Dell for the logo just being there😂😅

[@Wynner3]

They're moving back to Santa Clara?! Yay!! I have no desire to build a new PC right now but I will do what I can to welcome them back.

[@maanastm]

Ahh my all time favourite combo, Dawid and OEM prebuilts 😂

[@briandilks5794]

Keep up the good work. Also, good luck in Canada

[@SBBUK]

Bloatware is such a pain - when I worked for a small business IT company many years ago we used to format the HD and install fresh windows on every PC we supplied because it was faster than uninstalling all of the junk. Most likely the margins on prebuilt PCs are low (particularly at the low end) they get some kind of kickback for installing a bunch of software which can hustle the users into upgrading, subscribing, etc.

[@pakpak3164]

Thank God they finally added real air vent holes. I'm not too technically sound but would removing the transparent side (front ones too if the internal hardware is not too close) panels and drilling more holes cause any perceived issues?

[@Blinker18]

You should test CPU performance and cooling with long duration at maximum load like cinebench, you did it in the past. It's will show you how much they cheap out with Insufficient cooling and poor VRM.

[@xero110]

Wait the Asus bloatware doesn't nag you to install updates? That's crazy considering the risk involved.

[@Noor555_s_Animations]

Ah yes, dawid reviewing OEM crap boxes. My favourite kind of content.

[@NANOTECHYT]

The reason for the large power spike on CS2 is it does shader compilation when loading the first time.

[@Lonely_Goat]

I got a nice config system from pc specialist, 7900xtx. Good cooling, what is dod was put a mini desk fan blowing into the front vent, and i put a usb fan rack on the top so effectively drawing air out of the top. Really simple and cheap solution even though it was cooling fine, this is to top it off

[@bcbudrecords]

Cheers , as a complete noob this was surprisingly easy to digest :)

[@ChaosMcCain]

Laughed out of a bath house 😂

[@YOLOBNB]

2:06 A helicopter went by and it was noisy as hell, combined with this hellish nightmare of a problem. What an impeccable timing!

[@wingman-1977]

Hey Dawid, you should do another vid on Micro center’s PowerSpec line again.

[@diggsbarklighter5822]

I bought a pre-built on clearance from Microcenter for $900 a year ago: 13700KF, 2 tb SSD, 32 gb DDR5 (but only 4800), EVGA 3070, 240mm AIO, Lian Li case. Clearance isn’t the norm but I still feel I got an excellent rig for what I paid.

[@schwagz124]

As someone who owned a Ideacentre Y900, I gotta say of all the OEM's, Lenovo is the one who understands the wants of someone who would wanna upgrade down the line the best. I recently got a new PC, but that Y900 is still a legend in my eyes

[@Yoda_Gaming1738]

bought micro centers brand of pre built. had a 5800x3d, RX 7600(terrible combo for a 1080p pc) 1 stick of 16gb ram, 512 gb m.2 ssd, but the big thing is the case, idk the name of the case but its amazing, vents and mesh on the top, bottom, front, back bonus is that all the parts are off the shelf so you get that cheaper price. paid 860 usd for this, spent 400 on an RX 7700xt, and bought another 16gb stick of ram. later on bought a 1bg ssd and now it went from a 1080p gaming pc to a 1440p PC/ low end 4k PC

[@inquizitive5]

That Dell has three cooling fans pulling through the top mesh to liquid cool the CPU. The slot at the front goes to a mesh panel, but there are no fans in the panel. So, 3 fans on top for the CPU radiator and one fan at the back.

[@googletarded8300]

I bought a skytech chronos with a 12th gen i7 and a 3080 about a year ago. The led on the rear fan went out due to a short on the controller, and it was missing screws on the board and hdd screws, but it'll keep me good long into the future.

[@canuckpaul]

I actually bought that Asus during Black Friday and mine did have that bios version already preinstalled.

[@HiddenAdept]

"Quadriad" damn that word is tight.

[@hellmalm]

Maybe the bulling WORKED? KEKW! Well done Dawid! Well done!

[@subwolf2198]

what do you have your monitor attached to at 12:22? it looks really cool

[@nintendork07]

it's in the all-corsair video he did recently

[@subwolf2198]

@@nintendork07 ah okay cool. thanks

[@Jamie-0liv3]

Gosh they must watch your channel, taking careful notes, and using them to make SUCH LITTLE CHANGE.

[@JobeStroud]

You notice that computer at 5:30 doesn't have motherboard screws in it.

[@s1gnex]

I bought my first prebuilt, an Acer Predator Orion P03-600. And it's quiet good, i got it for 200 euro on the used market. It has a i5 8400, 8gb dual channel memory(In the wrong order, but i fixed that) GTX 1060 6GB (Upgrading it atm to a Arc A750.) It's very quiet i havent heard the fans at all.

[@karstenswiridjuk4747]

Hey...that new office/work space looks good Dawid!👏👏

[@karstenswiridjuk4747]

I really like the shelving😍

[@karstenswiridjuk4747]

New lighting/camera setup looks WAY better on camera than before too!

[@Dtr146]

I am now going to be keeping my eye out for the OEM 40 series cards.

[@Grommet2007]

Your videos are always interesting and provide an additional level of humour that's otherwise missing from this boring(?) field! My last Dell PC was my impetus for building my own PCs after that. What a dumpster-fire that was, with, among other things plastic drive brackets which went brittle after a few years, depositing said hard drives at the bottom of the case. And is for building your own PC, there's very little that beats that sense of accomplishment when you finish putting everything together and press that power button, and .... "IT'S ALIVE!" . Ok, maybe I've set the accomplishment bar a bit low, but still ...

[@habs798693]

I was at a Best Buy last weekend and saw one of the Legion desktops. It's frickin' beautiful. I kinda want one.

[@juleschianelli6945]

My 2019 Alienware with an 9700k and nvidia 2080 super still works like a charm. Yes it’s getting dated but zero failures.

[@feeterican]

Funny thing. I bought an Alienware (First and last prebuilt PC) back in 2004 before Dell. It had a dual tower cooler for the CPU with an 80mm fan in the middle for a Pentium D 3.0GHz CPU. It also had an ASUS SLI MoBo and a EVGA 7800GTX and Dual Channel RAM and a Creative SB Audigy 2 also a SilverStone 650W PSU that was basically a hairdryer. Man have they made some leaps and bounds backwards. Side Note: That SilverStone PSU, I got it back from a friend a few years ago (2018 or 19) and hooked up a Core 2 Quad 9550 and a GTX 680 and tried playing Crysis 3 and the PC shut off after 5 minutes. Tried it again and got another 2 minutes out of it. Then I reinstalled my Cooler Master 650W I bought back in 2009 (5 years new PSU), and it had no issues, played for an hour or so. This is why to this day I think SilverStone is just bad. The heat that came out of it (on the Alienware) and it falls on its face when under any actual load.

[@Kevin15673]

I'm not sure why, but every video of yours I watch I get deja vu like I've already watched the video.

[@fedora7kid]

I had a old dell pre built and the power supplies which I wanted to reuse had wires that only reached in the OEM case so 30 dollers in extensions later

[@Pholiage]

I had the 14th gen issue happen a few days ago. My 14600kf just shot up to 98c and my corsair aio whent into panic mode and sent my fans into 100%. So I guess I have to thank corsair for making icue. Which is weird seeing how many keep bashing the software. Got the micro code update installed now and its better.

[@Syntaxa]

Dawid! You crack me up! I LOVE ALL THESE VIDEOS!!!

[@Lovetheducks]

Why is ventilation always an issue? It seems like that is always a very easy fix. So why don’t they?

[@konga382]

Most major OEMs are very slow to change. Their PC case designs were made back when PCs generated half as much heat and they are slow to adopt new designs due how big they are. They also love to cheap out on components to maximize profit margins. Dell uses a single chassis design across all of their desktop products to simplify the manufacturing process, so the alienwares just use optiplex cases but with a plastic shell covering them.

[@Lovetheducks]

@@konga382 I’ve honestly never played a computer game before. Last game I played was on Nintendo 64. Anyways adding some holes for ventilation seems so easy to do. It’s like they put looks over function.

[@alihorda]

They just don't care and saving on money

[@Tarukeys]

Simple: They want it to die sooner than later so you buy another one or cannot pass it to someone else when it's time to upgrade. That and the situation on single DIMM of ram is ridiculous.

[@drew2626]

@@Tarukeys honestly with DDR5 a single stick of RAM is fine as long as it’s not too small like 8GB

[@skipbreakfast]

I wanna know more about that desk set up!

[@derekbrewer9681]

Glad to see the ailenwares using the XPS style case, my XPS8950 has been a complete tank (why i got it) no dumb gamer crap and excellent support for what i need, even grafted a 7900xtx in mine. Dells proprietary parts are fine honestly, they tend to be common across XPS, Precision, and Optiplex lines and rarely cost more then standard parts. The mechanical and thermal performance is much better then what ive seen with modern all glass garbage cases.

[@kuchhongchay7170]

How do you replace the metal cover to glass

[@aaz1992]

Finally a pre-built video. Dawid's bread and butter

[@averagesnailgodpraiser3840]

Second best series (best is the mini-pc ones)

[@bscabl]

most oem bios updates come through windows update now... its fairly seamless.

[@ridleyroid9060]

@8:09 my jaw dropped when I saw that price. A THOUSAND $!? You can seriously just get the parts you need and make a decent system for the same amount of money. It's not even that much harder imo, I am dumb asfk and also the clumsiest man on earth and I still managed to buy parts and build my PC, and I reckon I can do it better next time. It's truly awe inspiring how much these OEMs are willing to capitalize on the lazy tax. I know it's mostly gonna be parents buying this for their kid but SURELY as time moves on that will have to change as we're not in the boomer grew up without computers generation anymore. Parents these days are like 28 - 40 y/o, surely they would know better!

[@chuck2501]

7:00 single stick DDR5 isn't compromised as previous generations of memory.

[@dotcom624]

Why does it cost $50/stick more for XMP enabled? It’s cheaper to have 5600MT/s without XMP? Show me how that works. Maybe some tuning and matching, but highly doubt it.

[@justsomedude7874]

​@@dotcom624XMP makes it more expensive because it's intel's proprietary tech and they charge a fat fee for it

[@chanchan05]

The OEM software does do firmware/BIOS updates, at least on Asus. If the customer logged in to MyAsus to register the warranty (LOL), they'll get notified of the BIOS update and it will update it for them.

[@accountname-tu2om]

i want to thank oem pre-builds for encouraging me to build my own pc when i was 11

[@creamsdestinedfuture]

ur hair looks awesome dude, suits you real well

[@kingofgoldnessr9364]

love ur videos bro ❤

[@please-wake-up-now]

Gotta love how pre-builts are finally stepping up their game this year! It's like they finally listened to us gamers, right? 😂 But the real question is, do these things actually last? I feel like I need a magic 8-ball for that. 🙃

[@juliengrindle4203]

I have the Alienware R16 with an RTX 4070 and intel i9. Runs amazing and under max load on the 4070 it runs about 80 degrees c on a 165hz monitor and very quiet. 60 fps runs about 60 degrees c. Does absolutely everything I need it to gaming wise and more.

[@NiyaKouya]

A 10dBA difference means that the new one is only half as loud as the old model. So I guess they really did a decent job.

[@some-replies]

After having to chase a weird problem I understand the appeal of prebuilts now.

[@NoBodY202four]

Love it all!!! More content please!!!!

[@user-if9pp4vg7g]

I wish i listened to you 3 years ago. Good LORD what have I done?!?

[@maksymiliankuznik4856]

amazing, they finally invented vent holes

[@twyx6928]

That first Acer looks like an early Cylon prototype that would incite a rebellion against humans.

[@johnt.848]

Next, drill a bunch of holes in the case and test again.

[@RJ-pb1qx]

@12:31 Hey what is that frame your monitor is connected to at the end of the video?

[@bmxcrasher3211]

My current pc was a last gen lenovo prebuilt. The only thing lenovo now is the case. But let me tell you how nice it is that everything was standard in it. R5 3600 and 1650 super 8gb ram upgraded to r7 5800x 3070 and 32 gb ram. All in the same case, is nice

[@Nathan15038]

Wait Santa Clara let’s go. We got one up in the Bay Area. Like I still visit Bay Area and the SoCal for family and friends.😊

[@Galliesko]

What's that frame the monitor is mounted to near the end of the video? I want one!

[@taylorouellet7068]

I updated the bios on my ancient asus m52bc. It literally never had a bios update until i did it more recently. But it also never had issues with stability. I just wanted to update the bios on my computer

[@tcaqueli5]

Was that the curb stomped LG OLED monitor? I love mine, but it is free of curb stomping. Best fun part of Dell PC's are the structural CPU Coolers, the cooler screws into the motherboard tray. its fun!

[@andrecoleman9549]

Dawid, please use your influence and tell Microcenter to put a store in the Pacic Northwest. Seattle next, please, Microcenter! Pretty please...🙏