Should I Buy this or Build my own?

[OliT250]

I'm looking for a VR ready PC and many people have said to build.
However I was looking at Chillblast's website the other day and saw their Fusion Krypton Gaming PC (http://www.chillblast.com/chillblast-fusion-krypton-gaming-pc.html?category_id=412)
I'm wondering whether I should buy that or go with my original planned PC build

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.67 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£109.37 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£30.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (£275.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.09 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£71.88 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link DWA-582 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.49 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £891.44

(PS: I have no intentions of overclocking )
(PPS: This will be my first PC build )

 

[celtic_warrior99]

Nah man, go with the custom build, especially if you dont plan to overclock. Plus, its a great experience building a PC and turning it on for the first time! 😀

 

[James Mason]

Normally I'm an advocate for custom building but that chillblast actually isn't overpriced and technically has some better hardware as well, but also some worse hardware.

That said, if you want to build a computer, here's what i'd recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£188.33 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: *ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£67.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£268.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£48.16 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: *Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£71.88 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.01 @ More Computers)
Total: £922.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 16:40 BST+0100

Building your own computer is easy. Building it takes 2-3 hours, and installing windows takes about 30mins to 45mins, and after that downloading and installing drivers takes another 30-45 mins. After all that, have it download windows updates at night, it may take a 2-4 passes to get them all.

Building a PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4
Installing Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAdwedmj1M

Protip for installing drivers safely, install them one at a time and restart the computer after each install to avoid breaking the OS, which can happen if you try to install them all at once.

 

[OliT250]

Normally I'm an advocate for custom building but that chillblast actually isn't overpriced and technically has some better hardware as well, but also some worse hardware.

That said, if you want to build a computer, here's what i'd recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£188.33 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: *ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£67.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: *Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£268.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£48.16 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: *Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£71.88 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.01 @ More Computers)
Total: £922.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 16:40 BST+0100

Building your own computer is easy. Building it takes 2-3 hours, and installing windows takes about 30mins to 45mins, and after that downloading and installing drivers takes another 30-45 mins. After all that, have it download windows updates at night, it may take a 2-4 passes to get them all.

Building a PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4
Installing Windows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAdwedmj1M

Protip for installing drivers safely, install them one at a time and restart the computer after each install to avoid breaking the OS, which can happen if you try to install them all at once.

OK, thanks so much for the reply! I probably will build