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Morning chaps.

I'm off to California again soon, I am considering getting a PC while i'm there because after 4 years in Yorkshire the missus is after a move home..

I cant be arsed moving my desktop over there, and its two years old, so Ill just buy another stateside, but I am having trouble doing market research on the subject.

Where is a good place to have one built in the US without resorting to a big ass manufacturer or retailer, like Dell or Best Buy?

I like small trusted companies for my stuff in the uk, places like chillblast.co.uk that are well reviewed, but Im struggling to find a good counterpart stateside, does anybody know a good small/medium sized manufacturer in Southern California?

There are a few online sellers who build the rigs custom at moderate prices. CyberPower and iBuyPower sell rigs through their websites and you can pick the parts you want if you don't want to actually put it all together yourself.

cyberpowerpc is also based in California and you can live chat with their tekkies about any questions you have and their answer will be useful unlike an answer you would get from Best Buy

Are you incapable of doing it yourself? It's very easy...

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
Are you incapable of doing it yourself? It's very easy...

Yeah, it's also a pain in the arse when you get parts that don't work and have to send them back, hoping that the next ones you get are ok. If you buy a pre-built machine at least you know they've tested it.


Cyberpower are good. I bought my rig from them.

 Skarwael wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
Are you incapable of doing it yourself? It's very easy...

Yeah, it's also a pain in the arse when you get parts that don't work and have to send them back, hoping that the next ones you get are ok. If you buy a pre-built machine at least you know they've tested it.

There is that element, but I can say that most components are tested by the OEMs. If you get them from a reputable source, it should be fine. They work almost all of the time, and you save a lot.

Don't build your own PC, it's a deep throbbing pain in the arse.

If you have the money and don't care too much about cost, just buy it.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 Skarwael wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
Are you incapable of doing it yourself? It's very easy...

Yeah, it's also a pain in the arse when you get parts that don't work and have to send them back, hoping that the next ones you get are ok. If you buy a pre-built machine at least you know they've tested it.

There is that element, but I can say that most components are tested by the OEMs. If you get them from a reputable source, it should be fine. They work almost all of the time, and you save a lot.

Maybe I had a bad experience, but after I sent 2 sticks of ram (one after the other) and a motherboard back to Ebuyer I decided: Never again.

I get all my PC Supplies from TigerDirect.com, I also have bought pre done gaming PC's there.


Never had an issue, and shipping was fast.

I had a good experience buying mine from iBuyPower.