Good US gaming PC makers?

[jamiethejamie]

I'm emigrating to the US in a few months, and luggage space issues mean I need to leave my (slightly) custom rig behind

I'm OK with building, but nowhere near confident enough to start from scratch, not least in another country without the ability to research in advance. But I also know that a lot of pre-built PCs are pretty shabby/overpriced.

What I'm looking for is any recommendations for brands/companies/vendors in the US I should keep an eye on who build decent gaming PCs for a reasonable price that are easy to upgrade later? I'm particularly interested in any online specialists, and can wait around for decent prices/sales etc, but just have no idea where to start with quality vendors.

Thanks!

 

[JalYt_Justin]

CyberpowerPC is okay. As with all prebuilts, they're going to be a little more pricey than buying the parts individually, but Cyberpower isn't too terrible about it. Plus you can customize basically every PC they have to make it either the most optimal or the least costly.

My current PC was actually from Cyberpower that I modified myself for the SSD and water cooling. Their customer support is fairly decent as well.

 

[derekullo]

Dell has an XPS line of gaming computers that are decent.

You can upgrade to a Geforce 1070 or 1080 for most of the xps computers.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-8920-se-desktop/ddcwvmxkb518s
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-8920-se-desktop/ddcwvmxkb134s

^ A few of their models.

 

[Eximo]

Depends on the level you are wanting. There are boutique builders of all sorts in North America. Even some physical stores you can go to like Fry's or Microcenter.

Cyberpower is okay if you pick out the parts they will assemble, but at that point you should have enough knowledge to put it together yourself. Youtube has some great tutorials from people like LinusTechTips, Gamer's Nexus, Paul's Hardware, JayzTwoCents, etc. For more 'professional' stuff there are also Newegg and NCIX, who are also part resellers, that offer comprehensive how-to guides.

Cyberpower's off the shelf PCs, tend to toward lower quality parts, or just good enough parts. Usually things like memory, power supplies, and chassis can be pretty basic. Oddly they seem to pick decent motherboards unlike many other vendors. (Though honestly it is hard to pick bad ones these days)

 

[derekullo]

Building your own pc is the cheapest and most fun way to do it.

You can build out your computer on, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ , and then buy the parts.

The site is really good at making sure parts are compatible, along with making sure you didn't forget to buy something, like a power supply.