NEGG

[tp4tissue]

So, Newegg is launching an assembly service.  which they already had. but it's (supposedly) more better now..

The reasons they give for why this is special is unclear, how is it that they can do it better and faster than all the other boutiques ? They give reasons like they have more variety of parts, but that makes things slower as your assembly has to deal with the variety, it's can not be faster.

They've got a recent history of being a poorly managed company.

Components availability hit/miss at the moment.

Prices are high.

The service itself is , idk, do kids not want to snap it together themselves anymore ? It's pretty damn easy. what with youtube and all.

Not sure I see how their stonk is suddenly worth the bump.

If you go to their newegg.com/pcbuilder    it doesn't really work yet, and it doesn't seem very streamline.


Seems like a news cycle pump/dump,   or maybe to Lure n00b-Apes away from GME. HAHAHAHahahha.

[Leslieann]

Have you seen the garbage being pumped out by boutiques? Low end cards, cut rate cards, refurbished cards (yep, in a new system), insanely poor service, one company only tests parts they don't even test the system as a whole (WTF), there's an MSI system that is shipping with a bad install of Windows causing constant bluescreens (a reinstall fixes it), another reseller (possibly illegally) decided to take all their already sold GPUS and repurpose them for complete systems sales because they can make more on them, refunding or shipping cards to customers at a later date. The parts shortage has really made OEMs and boutiques do some shady stuff.

I highly recommend watching the Gamers Nexus recent tear down of a Dell they got (they have a few videos on it), or Linus tech Tips Secret Shopper series then it will start to make a ton of sense.

As for building it yourself, a lot of people are scared to and for many it comes with a piece of mind to have someone else do it and deal with replacement parts and such, for others they'd just rather pay someone and have it delivered and not have to lift a finger or stress over any of it. Some also just have no interest in it, they see it as a tool or an appliance, you plug it in it does said job.

[tp4tissue]

I'm not against a better builder existing,  But at the moment I highly doubt that'll be newegg.

Especially when they're talking about building from all of the components in a non-streamlined fashion.

[Leslieann]

Small shops, Microcenter, even Best Buy does it, not a big deal.

[fohat.digs]

I think that building is fun, and also I am cheap so I have done it for decades so that I could upgrade components incrementally.

Mildly amusing story: I had a wife and 2 kids, and components flowed downstream as hand-me-downs when I bought something new. My son was getting to be an avid gamer by the time he was about 10-11 so we decided to build a mostly-new system into a new enclosure (because his gaming needs outstripped mine). First step was to completely dismantle the old system and spread it out on the table. I had to go out for a couple of hours for work, so I said "we will finish when I get back."

While I was gone, he realized that he had left a CD in the drive, but was apparently unclear on the concept "we will use this drive in the new build" so he rebuilt the entire thing, turned it on, removed the disc, and took it all apart again.

I complimented him profusely and told him how proud I was of his skill and ingenuity. Then I showed him how to straighten out a paper clip and find the small hole on the front of the drive ....
 

[Leslieann]

Then I showed him how to straighten out a paper clip and find the small hole on the front of the drive ....

That's hilarious!


I agree though, I enjoy it, almost a zen thing for me, though it's almost boring with how easy it's become. Except for the USB sticks, that's probably the most difficult part these days. Some systems are suuuuper fickle about how it needs to be setup.

[yui]

Then I showed him how to straighten out a paper clip and find the small hole on the front of the drive ....

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That's hilarious!


I agree though, I enjoy it, almost a zen thing for me, though it's almost boring with how easy it's become. Except for the USB sticks, that's probably the most difficult part these days. Some systems are suuuuper fickle about how it needs to be setup.

if it is too easy, build a dual socket, gaming HTPC and try to keep the temps and noise in checks and have decent performance, i tried and it is not meant to be (dual AMD opteron 6cores 2.6GHz, 64GB DDR3 ECC, AMD Nano, in a Lian-LI PC-C33, had to watercool and the Asus motherboard died on me... was fun to play with while it lasted, slow but fun :))