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Okay, so I bought a gaming PC about a week ago from Origin, and guess what? Origin is in Miami FLORIDA. So I emailed them and they said if their facility gets completed wrecked from the hurricane then it would take many months to rebuild and such, and I'd get a refund since I ordered only about a week ago. Now obv that's most likely going to happen, and no way in hell am I waiting Untill the middle of next year to get my PC. I've already done so much preparation, I have 3 monitors, microphone, headset, capture card.


Anyways, I don't work so it's not like I have anything to do while I'm waiting. So I plan for a refund so I'm looking for other options.
I do not want to build, I understand it's a lot better to do so, and I respect it but I have no desire to do that.

I don't trust cyberpower or ipower, they have terrible complaints and bad reviews.

Please respect me and don't tell me to build. I'm asking for help.

My budget is $2,100 that's about what my refund will be.

Thanks a lot,

GamerLass.
 
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To your question:



You want a customized PC.
You apparently do not want to assemble it yourself.
You also apparently do not want to pay for someone to assemble it.


I'm curious as to what a 3rd option might be, to go from a pile of parts boxes to a working PC.
 
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The way building a pc works for stores or builders (even origin pc) is like this.

User selects their parts.
Company revieces said choises and the payment.
Pc is build.
Pc is shipped.

By you getting the parts for a local shop you get many advantages over a simple random online pc.

1. you get to choose what you want (not get a core i9 with a gt 710 so to say)
2. Wayyy longer warranty (every part has at least 2 years but a lot of higher end parts (what you are getting have longer warrantys)
3. Costs you less when you ask someone to build it for you when you give them the parts (usually building fee after giving parts is around the 80$ mark)


This is why I do recommend you ask for a partslis here. Buy the parts and go to a local non big box store that does computer repairs.
 
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Go here

Click one of the buttons like this:
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I think what makes the most sense is see what happens with the storm. There are people there that stand to lose everything, and those who work for Origin would appreciate the business, should the storm not wreck their workplace.

Keep them employed and paid.

IF, and only if the storm causes catastrophic damage, then look for an alternative. Otherwise, give them a chance. And please, adjust the tone. I won't scold you but I will respectfully ask that you treat those who try to help you with dignity.
 
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Here is one from Maingear. They have good build quality and aren't as insanely overpriced as Falcon Northwest.

1 New! Vybe Tuned For VR (system-vybe-Z170-NEW) - $1,940.00

Special Promotions: $300 Savings (discount--300)
Special Promotions: [FREE GAMES] Intel Streamers Media Bundle with CSGO and Dreadnought and more (free-intel-summer)
Chassis: VYBE Compact Mid-Tower Case (chassis-vybe-new)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 SLI PLUS with Integrated Wireless AC (MB-ATX-msi-z270-sli-plus)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 7700 3.6GHz/4.2GHz Turbo QUAD Core CPU w/ Hyperthreading 8MB L3 Cache (cpu-intel-i7-7700-KB)
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR Certified Intel® Retail Cooler (cooling-intelstock)
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: Intel® Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking (redline-turboboost)
Memory: 16GB HyperX® FURY™ DDR4- 2666 (2x8GB) [Dual Channel] (mem-kingston-16GB-2x8GB-2666)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 with G-SYNC (gpu-nvidia-gtx-next)
Power Supply: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus Certified PSU (psu-evga-120-PB-0750-SR)
Operating System Drive: [SSD] 250GB Samsung® 850 EVO [520MB/s Sequential Reads] (hdd-samsung-850evo-250)
Hard Drive Bay Two: [HDD] 2TB Seagate Desktop HDD 7200rpm 64MB Cache (hdd-seagate-ST2000DM001)
Audio: On Board High Definition Audio (audio-integrated-hd)
Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet (nic-onboard)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit (os-windows-10)
Security Software: Free 1 Year Subscription! McAfee AntiVirus Plus (security-mcafee)
The Final Finesse: Designed, Manufactured, and Supported in the USA - Flawless Craftsmanship and Wire Management (maingearfiness)
Angelic Service Warranty: Lifetime Angelic Service Labor and Phone Support with 1 Year Comprehensive Warranty (warranty-1yearstandard)
 
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The above from Maingear is $1,940.
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Just as an exercise, the exact same parts, near enough:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($281.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270 SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($179.98 @ PCM)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($78.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($118.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1435.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-11 21:01 EDT-0400
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$500 for them to assemble?
 
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Ok, cool I do appreciate it but I'm going for a Prebuilt system because I'm lazy
 
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You even get a "300$ discount"
 
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This is a prebuilt system but priced 500$ above a self build system. About the premium you pay. Just listen to everyone.

1. Get a partlist that we recommend for your budget
2. Buy the parts
3. Find a local shop that will build with the parts you give them
4. Give about 100$ for assembly and windows install
5. enjoy
6. Realize you got a way better pc than you could've gotten with a prebuilt costum one and be happy with it for longer.

Also you could just ask a friend that can build computers to build it for you and give him a pizza or so as reward idk.
 
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Money isn't a concern but that's a good deal? I wouldn't know, I never buy discounted things at stores so but I'm assuming it's a good deal
 
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The discount is artificial. It's just to lure in consumers for buying their overpriced crap.
Also what I'm recommending is a prebuilt. All prebuilt pc's that you want have components selected by the end user.

What you want to do is tell them that it needs to have this processor and that gpu. This is how origin pc works.
What I said earlier about getting the parts and making someone build it for you is the same thing you just get MORE options. You walk up to a random computer store that has good reviews, take the box of parts you got from amazon,newegg or who knows where and ask them to assemble it for you. This way you are SURE that you DON'T get crappy parts in your pc.
 
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I know that! I'm not stupid, and also I already said multiple times I'm not interested in building my own or using a bit of the budget to have someon buOld it for me, sorry but I don't went that. I'm going for Prebuilt but I already knew all that, but thank you!

 
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