Gaming PC for SGD1000 | What You Need to Know Before You Buy or Build!

[@JulianTechTM]

Some new information. Invader PC has first year onsite warranty now! Woooo Also Aftershock actually do cover any components with warranties' longer than 3 years. like Ram, PSU and GPU. then I ask why don t they put it on the website? Apparently it's because it generally very confusing to the regular consumer which is a majority of them are. but if you're unsure just ask the AS ppl

[@PafekutoKasukeido]

That's conflicting, I actually asked them again through their live chat and their Tiktok live show during IT Fair 2023, they say all their PC components are a fixed 3 years warranty (1st year onsite) since the warranty is covered by them (they source their components directly from the manufacturer) and not from the distributors like Corbell, Convergent, etc. So you are basically losing out on long or extended warranty like Zotac GPUs (3+2 years warranty) which they usually use on their builds, PSUs (3 to 10 years warranty depending on the brand), SSD/HDD (3 to 5 years warranty depending on brands) and the RAM which is usually limited lifetime warranty.

[@INVADERPC]

Hey Julien! Thanks for taking the time to review our systems and website! We just wanted to clarify something about our warranty for you, starting from last COMEX itshow, we actually have been providing 1st year onsite, 3 years parts and labor and lastly individual parts warranty ranging from 3 to 10 years based on distributor or Manufacturer warranty. But I can see why it's abit confusing on our site, we've since made the changes and wish to thank you again for giving us your feedback! Hope this information helps! Feel free to let us know if you need anything :D

[@JulianTechTM]

Awesome I'll put it in the description.

[@asurajeff6316]

i would like a $2000-2500 series! Since the 4000 series are out it would be great to learn

[@PafekutoKasukeido]

If only aftershock provide better option for their motherboard selections, stop using a Tier 3 PSU on their pre-built and have better individual parts warranty instead of a standardized 3 years warranty for all of their components. (I remember RAM being limited lifetime warranty, SSDs up to 5 years warranty, PSUs up to 10 years warranty and Zotac GPU is a 3+2 years warranty.)

[@JulianTechTM]

Good point. I'll ask them about it when I get the chance !

[@JulianTechTM]

Okay I asked them about it. they actually do cover any components with warranties' longer than 3 years. like Ram, PSU and GPU. then I ask why don t they put it on the website? apparently it's because it generally very confusing to the regular consumer which is a majority of them are. but if you're unsure just ask the AS ppl

[@lleonl8782lt]

DynaCore is good start for PC builder or people who want to customise PC with budget

[@ProdKTzN]

i recently bought the aftershock 4070ti, and the only reason i bought it for avatar case and the cooler, if it wasnt for the case i would have made it myself. I fully agree with this video!

[@JulianTechTM]

yeah that's 1 perk that companies like Aftershock have. some times they have exclusive products you can't buy else where.

[@declanlee7877]

how much did u pay for a 4070ti build with a avatar case?

[@ProdKTzN]

@@declanlee7877 i got it for 2.2k after adding it on with the glacier cooler! you can actually get the pre built and ask for a change of case cooler - + (i dont remember) case - +50

[@xmage01]

​@@ProdKTzN what processor are you using

[@Arken_games]

The part where you mentioned about troubleshooting and maintenance was quite fresh for me as someone who hear alot from peers that self-build is the way to go. Definitely going to consider pre-built more heavily, especially if I first time build and something break

[@1337hacks]

Hi Julian, will you consider doing a video about waste disposal? Where to dump old PCs? What to do with our boxes and spare cables? Very relevant to upgraders who dont want to irresponsibly throw our e-waste in the trash.

[@oligamerboi]

That will be good idea ALBA eWaste recycling or NEA I think should partner with him to do the video on the ewaste recycling

[@yessir6345]

Would really appreciate a video like this for $2000 price range!!

[@gavinlee8017]

would definitely love to see an in-depth video on the different pre-built PC companies!

[@JulianTechTM]

Noted!

[@shunzmo8973]

Nice video, good humour and very interesting to watch

[@JulianTechTM]

Thank you!

[@VinLeo8]

Watching this on my Aftershock Pc.

[@dooms8870]

Id actually like to see Career choices in Aftershock, Maybe like Tour and interview what the employees do and stuff, sounds very interesting. I might even join em lol.

[@JulianTechTM]

I do have a idea where I work at aftershock for 48 hours

[@Futariyome]

Honestly, Windows activation changes the budget drastically sometimes🤣

[@MrBiggieZee]

Do a $1500-$2800 build. Will be a surprise if u use a Intel 13th gen/ryzen 7th gen with rtx 4k series/rx 7k series

[@erlinghaaland9722]

If I wish to change anything, I'll swoop out the case and CPU stock cooler for a case with RGB fans and an aftermarket CPU air cooler and then add in a AIDA64 3.5inch screen which I can order from Aliexpress. I'm quite into aesthetics and RGB stuff so this case wouldn't do for me.

[@jinyaohuang7057]

Thank you for the video on pc building !

[@JulianTechTM]

No problem!

[@kuolianglow4707]

Keep up the good work.

[@JulianTechTM]

Thanks, will do!

[@oligamerboi]

You are amazing tech youtuber, Julian I do build PC for my younger brother and it is fun learning to build a PC for the first time I also rebuild a PC I found from the refuse area for my personal usage for gaming and content creation with parts from carousell. Sorry if I state I agreed with you about DIY building a PC.

[@JulianTechTM]

Thank you! saw some of your stuff! keep it up!

[@oligamerboi]

PS parts also came from taobao and shopee, sorry forgot to add on not just carousell

[@oligamerboi]

@@JulianTechTM Thanks too!

[@JulianTechTM]

Don't forget to like and subscribe we are so close to 30k! PC sold

[@JulianTechTM]

PC is reserved

[@FengLovex]

I would suggest beginner to buy prebuilt and learn to upgrade the pc by yourself. From there, you will slowly learn how to built you own PC in future.

[@QzSG]

Left out the part where DIY prices at SL depends on luck unless u long time customer or u good at bargaining.

[@pymrhap]

Just got my pre-built from aftershock. I have to say pre-built is about luck as well. Maybe the companies got their (unpopular) parts at a bulk discount. Scale of economy. Buying their parts from a new brand. A lot of factor that will result in the difference of price. I have spend some time looking through some sites and finding out how much some of my parts are worth and there are times where I felt I could have built it myself. However prebuilt are good for learning on the go. For example, the aftershock "zeal m" case turns out to be tecware vxn evo case.

[@masterfuture1]

Nice video, will you do a review on pc if purchase a prebuilt pc from a comapny not shown, for example specs like these you think should roughly cost how much? not much experience with sim lim AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ASRock B550M/AC ADATA XPG Spectrix D45G 16GB (2x8) DDR4 3600 Lexar NM620 1TB NVMe M.2 FSP HV Pro 650W 80 Plus Bronze GALAX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (1-Click OC) Tecware Forge M Omni ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB

[@pyschannel30]

🙂 I bought a pre-built and plan to upgrade some of the internal parts. Save time but it's bloody expensive.

[@TeoJunHao]

9:50 Some of the pc are not useless if their cpu have integrated gpu included 😅

[@JulianTechTM]

True true but example only lah HAHAH.

[@neoyuquan1928]

Wah this is damn informative for a non-tech savvy person to make decision on RTS Desktops. Please do a $1,500 price comparison!🙏

[@JulianTechTM]

That's the goal :)

[@Lisaintanc]

Awesome research

[@JulianTechTM]

Thank you!

[@monky91]

Yeah would love something at 2500 - 3000 price point to really see if the 200 gap is still there

[@EdGoh]

Julian should start his own custom PC built company and I would actually join and help.

[@succubus1980]

Nowadays i'm more like wondering if getting a mini PC (for general computing and very light gaming) is the better way to go vs getting a PC (fact is not everybody needs a GPU for gaming). Would love to hear your take on this

[@JulianTechTM]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pquupKugndSlbbc If you watch this video I actually explore that already. if you look at the performance with and without the GPU PC improvement is 400% for $200 more about 30-40% more

[@JulianTechTM]

Only games you can really play without a GPU is games like valo,dota,csgo. but even have a GPU with that games drastically improve experience

[@siasteven6751]

Do you help to build custom pc ?

[@swizzblade9995]

Julian, can this setup do game live stream on tiktok and twitch?

[@limzen26]

I am a total noob. I plan to get a custom build desktop with a budget of $1000 so that I can play the upcoming PC game Company of Heroes 3. Which company is recommended for me to approach? Would appreciate some advice from the community as I am a total tech noob.

[@zraiderz]

suppose u know what you are doing. typical DIY pcs would last you about 4-5 years before it needs servicing (based on my experience). which by then even for prebuilt warranty coverage would be over. hence, DIY is the way to go

[@TheSoonAnn]

do another price point 2000, 3000?

[@JulianTechTM]

Okay let me earn my money first HAHAHA

[@mingyi456]

The markup for prebuilt pc in the 5k range is definitely not $200. I believe it is closer to $500.

[@JulianTechTM]

Further research will be required

[@sashime00]

where is the 2k and 3k version!?

[@JulianTechTM]

Chill daddy. I no moolah

[@jericollaw7285]

Can standard case do custom Water-cooling?

[@KJCusKB]

aftershock onsite is deliver there not they come

[@groundzero128]

Hi any review for laptop for sgd1k ?

[@Itzmernzzz]

What PC component would you recommend for $2000 but casing i want to get the Li Lian Dyanamic 011

[@oligamerboi]

What are you going to use the PC for Gaming at 1080p or 1440p or 4K? Content Creation? My suggestion is to spend more on a quality power supply.

[@Itzmernzzz]

@@oligamerboi Using it on Valorant, 1440p and streaming.

[@oligamerboi]

@@Itzmernzzz Some suggestion I can currently think of for CPU and GPU. Just my opinion,this might not be the most perfect suggestion. Since valorant is a CPU intensive game, get a good CPU like the Ryzen 7 5700X and above Try getting a RTX 3060Ti and above for best 1440p FPS. Nvidia card had the NVENC which will help with streaming and game recording for content creation.

[@papacarrot4619]

I think the only thing to add is that if you don't have a Windows Activation key, you need to purchase one or bootleg it. xD so there will be some additional cost.

[@JulianTechTM]

Ahhh yes true I forgot to mention price is without activated windows. I'll put it in the description!

[@ShaunNg25]

Nice video, I rarely comment on your videos but recently I am thinking of getting a desktop With reference to the video, if you have an extra $500-$1000 in your budget what hardware will you change? (my budget for custom pcs is around 1500-2000, max I would want to go is 2.4k) Also do you have any recommendations on curved monitors to go along with the desktop? :) Thank you ^_^

[@JulianTechTM]

I would say can go for intel 13600KF with 3080 if you can find a 3080 at a good price, if not what I suggest is get a AMD gpu for now something afforable like the 6650XT max then wait for the RTX 4080 to drop price or wait for the RTX 4070 or 4070 TI

[@joventock7290]

build with lisa series 👍

[@atatur123]

Faster everyone watch before Julian take down this video also 😂

[@chilly2171]

So... you have conclusion between pre-built and own built, but you didn't say which prebuilt is the best.

[@akkira08]

Julian be reading my mind these days

[@JulianTechTM]

thinking of building a PC?

[@akkira08]

@@JulianTechTM yeap its my first time building/buying one but i do have a higher budget hahahhaha great video as always sir

[@gmornish9384]

A couple of things in this video that just stem from plain ignorance as a long time customer of dynacore : 1. You do know Invader is a prebuilt service that's originated from the people behind dynacore right? 2. I understand the concept of this video, but why is dynacore being targeted as the only 'sim lim shop' which offers prebuilts when its a store that excels at customer's individual needs but instead is compared to other system integrators like dreamcore? How about other sim lim shops that offer prebuilts as well such as bizgram,viipc, pc themes ( They have their own lines of prebuilts like azure and vermillion ) Where is the 'research' on these other shops ? Why is there just a bias towards dynacore ? 3. You say in the video that you are going to build a pc at sim lim for a 1000 bucks. I like that you want to show beginners how to approach a new hobby but why are you only showing tradepac to buy your parts ? why aren't you comparing various other stores and their price quotes to see if you can fit your 1k budget and get better value for money ? Every store has different incentives like better cpu+mobo combo/free installation/differing warranty periods/free game codes etc. 4. I'm a long time customer of dynacore for 5 years. They have always acceded to my every query and demand and I have built atleast a 100 full systems from them for my friends and family with few/no issues. The main salesperson there abdul has always gotten the best parts for my own personal builds with little incentive for himself just to put the customer first always. A prime example is when I wanted the new 4090 suprim x liquid gpu which was basically non-existent at launch in singapore (small country problems) and out of the 3 units brought in by corbell, he went the extra mile to get 1 for me. So I am very confused by this 'touch and go' review of dynacore on a metric that sim lim shops normally do not do very well as they attend to a customer's individual needs and those advertised prebuilts are rarely sold as stated as salespeople always fine-tune the specs of said prebuilts when a customer is interested. Sure, them not responding to you via email and having poor specs on their website is a valid criticism, but you should do your due diligence and compare every other sim lim shop that I've highlighted that does prebuilts as well. I hope you can do another video purely about your experiences in different shops in sim lim when buying pc parts to bettter inform pc building beginners and I'm sure dynacore will rise to the occasion.

[@JulianTechTM]

Hello, thank you for your comment. I admit I didn't go much in-depth on their physical store. but like what you said You understand the concept of the video. And going into too much detail in which shop here where shop there is (to me) unnecessary and will be too confusing to the " not techy" viewer which this video is design for. To answer your 1 question why did I "target" Dynacore? because they have an option on their website for prebuilt with very little information. 2. In general all Sim Lim stores sells their online prebuilt at a higher price. So my conclusion would have been all Sim Lim Online PC stores were overprice and bad. but then again it's not the point of the video. 3. Because the video is not sim lim stores vs other sim lim stores. The video is prebuilt vs DYI . As I asked in the video, what would the my viewer want to see, more on the online store or more of the other prices. and 1 thing that you can suggest is more of sim lim store. 4. You might be long time customer and I don't doubt they are a good store. but have you tried the other stores? have you tried Vii PC. have you tried Bizgram Asia have you tried tradepac? Yes Dynacore can give you exclusive parts. but is that the point of this video? no. Some sidenote. have you watch my other videos about Sim Lim square? have you seen how I tell my viewer how to shop at sim lim square? it's clear that you didn't. I never tell my viewer to go to tradepac. I always say to go compare yourself. Now I think you're saying all this out of emotions because you have a good relation with Dynacore for that I am sorry. But do know I didn't make this video to intentionally bad month any company brands or viewers. I'm surprised that anyone would be so worked up about this. I made this video answer the question prebuilt or build it yourself.

[@gmornish9384]

@@JulianTechTM Isn't it unfair to every other sim lim store for you to arrive to that conclusion for that 2nd point ? I admit I have bias towards dynacore but its not kind that you brand every other sim lim online pc store as overpriced and bad without showing it in your video ? Sure as you say it's not the point of the vid but won't the average joe take it that way ? I know I haven't seen any of your other videos but a pc beginner who clicks on this vid as it pops up in his search might walk away with a different impression that you intend. Would be helpful to reference your other vids in future vids next time. A beginner might just see your generic vid title as all-inclusive and have a bad takeaway.

[@JulianTechTM]

​@@gmornish9384 Well you can have your perspective on what the viewer will take out of it. But I believe what my viewers will take it as : Prebuilt is good for service/warrnty. DYI is good for value. But maybe you're right, maybe you know my viewers more that I know my viewers

[@JulianTechTM]

@@gmornish9384 only other company that actually sell prebuilt PC onlinein Sim Lim is Vii PC. The rest sell induvial parts. but Vii PC don't market their PC as "ready to ship" PCs. but even then, they stated that there is onsite warranty. only think is expensive. furthermore like I said not comparing which is the best because it's unfair to judge them at 1 price point at that include DynaCore. again.... it's about Prebuilt vs DIY.

[@JulianTechTM]

Oh I forgot if you actually look. Where I build the PC on the top right there is a video directing them to "how to build a PC" Because I believe. for non tech viewer. watching this would either go... "Hmm I wonder what prebuilt company should I go for" which let's be honestly it's not gonna be Dynacore or "How do I even build a PC" maybe "How do I shop at sim lim square" which the video explains

[@rodbu100]

is the pc still available

[@Tagged720]

Hey sir. I'm thinking of getting a pc but wanting a similiar specs as a ps5 or xbox series x. Possbile anot? Hahaha

[@JulianTechTM]

I mean with any price range, anything is possible

[@Tagged720]

Possible to do a video about this haha

[@boronhunter1134]

guys.. why does the price of windows 11 license key cheaper online than at pc shop?? is there any difference if i get the key from shopee then at pc shop??

[@tldr365]

Technically no difference. What those sites are selling is what MS is selling to those PC builders. Bulk licenses.

[@boronhunter1134]

@@tldr365 thanks bro.. im quite confused as the price range is crazy.. online is like 10-$15 and in shop can be upto $100++..

[@oligamerboi]

@@boronhunter1134 Sometimes the keys might come from salvaged dead/recycled prebuilts and laptop windows 7 keys. This is just my assumption as windows 7 keys can be used on windows 10 and 11 This is if they just sent you the keys via email or messaging apps but not the physical key printed on COA mailed or collected.

[@TeoJunHao]

License cannot transfer pc to pc for cheaper keys

[@boronhunter1134]

@@oligamerboi ah... Thanks.. i understand now

[@jinyaohuang7057]

Hosei ah, what about monitors? Tables ?

[@JulianTechTM]

What do you mean? cause don't think Sim Lim create chairs or tables

[@oligamerboi]

For monitor I can recommend the Acer EI2 Series EI242QR P. It is a budget curved gaming monitor. I used it as my main monitor for months and it works really well for my own use whether is gaming or general usage.

[@chickenricemlee]

$2000 price point plssssss

[@No_eq87]

Is dynacore trustworthy

[@robloxgaming2789]

Honestly I just scared I break parts if I build my slef

[@jeffer8762]

break a few then you wont already

[@oligamerboi]

Just be very careful when you build yourself Take it slow and easy in your first build I give you a tip after building, do a stress test to ensure that the cooler is secured correctly.

[@okbryann6287]

why asrock mb tho alot of problem for that mb

[@JulianTechTM]

Really? I haven't come a cross any problems yet. have you? share share leh

[@okbryann6287]

@@JulianTechTM usb slot

[@Alistairtxj]

$2000 build pls

[@itsdeonlol]

Building it yourself will always be better.

[@oligamerboi]

I agreed with you It is a fun experience learning how to build and it is a useful skill

[@tripmehard]

No benchmark!?

[@JulianTechTM]

8:30

[@octovanfoo968]

nice!

[@ZeroSkyline555]

Secret Shopper! Buy PCs from all the Custom PC brands discreetly and then do a review!

[@JulianTechTM]

I would love to do that. just need the moolah hahaha

[@zanegamingtv2252]

Aftershock always win tbh.

[@imiexd4134]

you should just make more PCs and people will buy it off you, charge the labour bro most of us don't mind paying you the labour/worksmanship

[@aimangotze]

dont go to mansa guys ]

[@RIZZHER-r9d]

buy parts and build better . dont waste on pre built pc at shopping mall/

[@kesean2903]

Bro already made a mistake you should NEVER flex or show your money in public

[@HetzSG]

First