What would be the best decision, I've always been using a laptop for all these years, but now it's getting slower and warmer. I would also like to buy something new for gaming later. I would prefer a PC, but laptops are sometimes good. But of course PCs. What would you prefer or what did you buy or assemble?
Well, build your own PC, of course. You get a lot more performance for your money compared to ready-made PCs.
A laptop is a PC.
A desktop is the better choice for gaming.
Completely assembled gaming PCs with the latest hardware are probably cheaper than building them yourself due to the current situation.
I like laptops. They are compact, have Windows pre-installed and also have good hardware.
Disadvantage: there's not much that you can convert or install.
With notebooks, you always have to compromise on performance and smoothness. In addition, portable PCs are often significantly more expensive than their stationary siblings. I would not buy ready-made, because savings are often made in areas that most users do not think of, e.g. With the mainboard, power supply, cooling, etc. But this is due to the fact that cheap stuff is built into all corners that can't be used as thick advertising text.
Therefore: Build it yourself
Yes, thanks for your opinion, you're right
Ok thanks, have never assembled a pc before
Yes, that's true and often it's not as good technology as in a large PC
Yes, I hear that a lot and I can agree with that
You can also simply check ^^ look at the individual parts of a finished pc (including price) and then create a comparable one from parts you have collected yourself. Finished. It's a matter of 10 minutes.
Building a PC yourself is the best option in terms of costs, but there are now also good offers (such as from Hardwarerat.de) that still offer a good P- / L despite the "finished PC" and especially for Hardware beginners are a very good option.
Regardless of this, a PC would be preferable to a laptop for gaming. If you compare the performance of a laptop and PC and at the same level, you basically pay more for a laptop than for a PC.
The "disadvantage" of the PC is of course that it is not so easy to transport and that you have to rely on an external monitor, mouse and keyboard. But if you're into gaming anyway, that shouldn't make a difference because you're usually sitting at your desk. If you want to throw yourself on the couch to play on the TV, you can move flexibly around the room with the appropriate peripherals.
I also have a laptop myself, in addition to a PC. But that's simply because I need the laptop to work and therefore have to be flexible. When I work from home, however, I also do this on the PC and not on the laptop. For me, the laptop is only intended as a mobile work platform, there's not a single game on it because I only gamble on the desktop PC.
Short and sweet:
Clearly the desktop PC for gaming
The desktop PC for working from home
Clearly the laptop for work outside the home.
Of course, building it yourself makes the most sense in terms of price. But if you don't feel like building it yourself, there are still good finished PC manufacturers such as Dubaro, where the surcharge is in the range of 30 euro, which is definitely understandable. Such finished PCs also have the advantage of saving you time, because if you have no idea and have to stop in a tutorial every 10 seconds, you waste a lot of time. By and large, however, DIY is best.
What kind of argument is that "no desire to do it yourself"?
I assembled my first PC myself in 2019. I was technically well informed beforehand - total beginners may have to learn that first.
But the assembly itself is a matter of 30 minutes. "No desire to do it yourself" shouldn't be an argument.
You don't need a lot of tutorials for this, if you have some idea and a feel for something like that. I think I watched a single 10 minute tutorial once and then got started.
Sure… 11 year old children or older absolute beginners are of course NOT recommended. Everyone else does! (My opinion)
Clear. I said yes, if you have no idea.
Yes that is understandable.
