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Gaming RDY EMRBR201
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i3-13100F CPU, B760 WiFi MB, Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200MHz RAM, 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
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Gaming RDY SLMRG210
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Gaming RDY SLHBG222
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5 13400F CPU, B660 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RGB RAM, 1TB M. 2 NVMe SSD, RGB Tower Air Cooler
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Gaming RDY SLHBG224
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5 13400F CPU, B760 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, RGB Tower Air Cooler
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Gaming RDY SLMRR214
Windows 11 Home, AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU, B650 WiFi MB, Radeon RX 7600 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200MHz RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, RGB Tower Air Cooler
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Gaming RDY SLHRG222
Windows 11 Home, AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU, B550 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RGB RAM, 1TB M.
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Gaming RDY SLHRG223
Windows 11 Home, AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU, B550 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RGB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD
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Gaming RDY SLHBG223
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i7 13700F CPU, B660 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RGB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, RGB Tower Air Cooler
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Gaming RDY EMRRG213
Windows 11 Home, AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU, B650 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200MHz RAM, 1TB M.
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Gaming RDY SLMBG220
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i7-13700F CPU, B660 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, RGB CPU Tower Air Cooler
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Gaming RDY SLHBG220
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-13600KF CPU, Z690 D4 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3600 RGB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, iBUYPOWER 240mm RGB Liquid Cooling
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Gaming RDY SLMBG221
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i7-13700F CPU, B760 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200 RAM, 1TB M.
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Gaming RDY SLHBG228
Windows 11 Home, Intel Core i5-13600KF CPU, Z790 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR5-5200 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, iBUYPOWER 240mm RGB Liquid Cooling
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Gaming RDY SMRVRG204
Windows 11 Home, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU, X670 WiFi MB, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GPU, 32GB DDR5-5200MHz RGB RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, iBUYPOWER 240mm RGB Liquid Cooling
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Gaming RDY ECL Pro II
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🥇 ▷ Ready-made or non-standard PC: which one is better?
Should I build my own PC or buy one already assembled? The answer really depends on your budget and the current market situation. Here is the instruction.
Personalization is part and parcel of the beauty of building a PC. With a wide selection of components and many ways to make your gaming PC unique, building one is like assembling a very interesting puzzle.
However, not all PC gamers are necessarily technically savvy, so pre-built gaming PCs are quite popular. If you’re unsure and unsure whether you should build your own slot machine or just order a pre-made one, here are the top pros and cons of both!
flexibility
When building a personalized PC, you can choose the parts that best suit your needs, ensuring that you don’t end up with any components that don’t suit you.
With pre-built PCs, there is always room for adjustments to make the installation more efficient and cost-effective. These changes include increasing or decreasing the amount of RAM, replacing the hard drive with SSD storage, or simply finding a better balance between CPU and GPU.
For example, a pre-built PC might ship with an i7 processor, 32 GB of RAM, and a GTX 1060 graphics card. Now, if you were looking for a gaming PC, it would be much better to choose an i5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a newer/more powerful GPU like a GTX 1660 Ti or even an RTX 2060.
Another question to consider is – it is preparation for the future. Some pre-compiled PCs may use older processors and chipsets, which can severely limit your PC’s ability to upgrade.
If, for example, you were looking for a cheap, pre-built gaming PC, you could try AMD FX or a previous generation Intel Core processor. These processors use legacy chipsets and legacy sockets, which means that if you need to upgrade your processor in the future, you will also need to replace the motherboard.
However, many pre-built gaming PCs leave plenty of room for customization and upgrades. However, if you are thinking about buying it, you should definitely make sure that the installation does not use too outdated components. This ensures that you get your money’s worth and that you don’t have to spend more money than necessary on future updates.
Prices
Building a personalized PC ensures that you can put together a very cost-effective rig without spending too much on heavy-duty components that don’t really matter when it comes to gaming. So how do prefabricated PCs compete on price?
Well, it turns out that standard components can be expensive. Remember when they made a supercomputer with networked PS3 consoles? Just look at how the cryptocurrency mining craze affected GPU prices some time ago, or how expensive DDR4 RAM can be. Fortunately, off-the-shelf PCs can sometimes offer better value for money.
Although PC assembly companies must cover the base cost of components, earn profits and cover the costs associated with running such a business, they can also purchase their components from OEMs at lower prices.
In the end, a pre-built PC is usually cheaper than if you had to build the same setup from scratch. Also, if you bought a computer at a discount, it can be very useful for your wallet.
convenience
And finally, we have the main benefit of pre-built PCs: convenience.
If you’re the type of person who isn’t really familiar with PC components or just doesn’t want to deal with the hassle of running cables, a pre-built PC is the way to go.
Not only that, but there are companies that make personal PCs to order. It combines the best of both worlds to a degree – you get a pre-built PC, but it’s customizable, albeit to varying degrees. On the other hand, getting a personalized PC in this way is also not the most profitable way, since these companies usually charge a fee for their services.
Bottom line: what to choose: ready-made or non-standard PC?
In the end, it all depends on you.
As mentioned above, building a PC with each separately purchased component can help you get the best value for money and a PC that fits your needs.
On the other hand, a pre-built PC can save you a few dollars and a lot of time, and you can’t go wrong if you make an informed decision.
For the most part, we recommend a pre-built PC as the first choice, mainly for those who are not familiar with the technology or simply not familiar with the PC building process and have no one to help in this regard. However, it’s best to read on and get the opinion of someone more knowledgeable if you want to avoid getting stuck with outdated components or bad builds.
You can find several buying guides on our site where we detail the best builds you can put together without going over a certain price, including the $600, $800, $1000, $1500 y $2000 Gaming PC.
Naturally, we’ve also rounded up some of the best pre-built gaming PCs for under $500, $800 y $1000, so you might as well take a look at them before making your decision.
Index
- 1 flexibility
- 2 Prices
- 3 convenience
- 4 Bottom line: what to choose: ready-made or non-standard PC?
What to do after assembling the computer – Launch.
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Caution. In this article, we have described everything in a simplified form for a general understanding of the complex / sequence / algorithm of actions after assembling a PC. This article is for informational purposes only. If you want to know more about any stage, then you can always ask us about it in the comments or search for information on the net.
1. Checking the security of fasteners
Do not rush to turn on the newly assembled computer. Check everything again carefully. Make sure that the expansion boards, radiators and coolers are installed without distortions, nothing shorts anywhere, all the screws are well tightened, the cables are tightly inserted into the connectors, and the latches are latched. Even the most experienced assemblers have situations when the computer does not turn on the first time due to some little thing.
Anything happens.
2. First start and BIOS setup
Connect the power, but do not rush to put the side cover on the system unit. Start your computer for the first time without it. So you without unnecessary manipulations make sure that all the fans work correctly. And if something goes wrong during the first start, you don’t have to remove the newly installed cover to find the cause of the problem.
After a successful launch, you can go into the BIOS and, to celebrate, change about a dozen settings there. Usually you can get there by pressing Del or F2 , but other options are possible. However, if you do not, most likely, nothing terrible will happen. Most importantly, do not forget to change the boot priority from the media before installing the OS. More importantly, do not mess with the BIOS again if you are not 100% sure what you are doing.
Important! If you have an old BIOS and a new SATA drive, you may need to enable AHCI mode.
In the new UEFI, it is probably enabled by default.
What can be done in UEFI (not necessarily all options will be available, especially if the motherboard is “a hundred years old at lunchtime”):
- Check CPU temperature. If the processor heats up to 70 degrees in the BIOS, under heavy loads on the hardware, problems will most likely begin, starting with the unstable operation of the system and ending with reboots, turning off the PC and failure of the central processor. Consider a more powerful cooling system (or fixing the deficiencies of an existing one).
- Locate XMP partition and activate DRAM factory settings. Oddly enough, even on new “motherboards” with new “RAM”, with default settings, the memory can operate at a lower frequency.
- Disable devices that you do not use or intend to use. For example, obsolete serial and parallel ports, an integrated video adapter.
- Configure wake up on a specific event (key press, mouse action, and so on).
- Set the PC to turn on automatically when power is restored.
- Correlate fan speed with processor temperature, if available. As a result, the computer will run quieter, and at the same time, cooler wear will decrease.
However, without all this (except for the first and second points) it is quite possible to do without. This will have little to no effect on the performance of the PC.
3. Preparing to install the operating system
Question : Should I install pirated assemblies?
Answer : Pirate assemblies are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, in such an assembly there can be a bunch of “bonuses”, starting with the optimization of the operating system and ending with the automatic installation of additional software. On the other hand, there is always a risk that something will go wrong with the installation on your computer. Pirated assemblies, as a rule, are “sharpened” for a certain configuration and tested on a maximum of several computers before being released.
And this is not the only drawback.
Question: Is it better to install Windows from a disk or from a flash drive?
Answer: If the disk has been used frequently, there is always a chance that at a certain stage of the installation the installer will gladly inform you that it cannot copy some system files. As a result, you will kill thirty minutes of your precious time, but you will not install Windows. And it is far from a fact that the problem can be eliminated by cleaning the lens of the CD / DVD drive and polishing the disc with GOI paste.
If you don’t already have bootable media, you can’t do without a computer with an operating system already installed. To make a Windows Installer flash drive:
- Burn the ISO image of the desired version of Windows onto your computer. Naturally, the hardware of the PC you have assembled must correspond to the release of the operating system. If the components are “a hundred years old at lunch”, the latest versions of Windows may either slow down or not be installed at all.
- Insert the flash drive that you want to install Windows into the computer with the OS installed.
- Download and run the latest release of the Rufus utility from the official site.
- In the Rufus program:
- In the drop-down list of the
Devicesection, select the flash drive. - Under
Boot Method, clickSelect. - Specify the location of the pre-captured Windows installation image.
- In sections
Partition schemeandTarget system, specify GTP and UEFI (for PCs from new and relatively new components), BIOS and MBR (for computers from “ancient” iron). - Click the button
Startand wait until the bootable flash drive is created.
- In the drop-down list of the
If you have the original assembly and have a key, use the official Media Creation Tool. You can download it from the official Microsoft website.
4. Installing Windows
First you need to put the first USB boot device (or CD / DVD drive, if you did not make an installation flash drive, but a boot disk).
Important! If there is more than one HDD/SSD on the PC, the order of drives in the system matters. So, for example, if you install Windows on an SSD, the installer may drop the bootloader onto the HDD. After that, the performance of the OS will depend on the HDD, and not on the SSD. If you remove it or it fails, Windows will stop loading. To prevent this from happening in principle, change the order in the BIOS or turn off the HDD during the installation of the operating system.
There are two ways to change the download priority:
- By changing the BIOS settings (then you will have to change them again so that every time you turn on the PC it does not try to boot from the first flash drive that comes across).
- One-time changing the boot priority in the boot menu. You can get to the Boot Menu by pressing the key
F12,F11,Esc, but other options are also possible.
When we looked at the preparation for installation, we did not talk about partitioning and formatting disks.
Well, that’s right, the Windows installer will perfectly cope with this task. Slice physical disks into logical ones as you please. Just do not be too greedy on the volume of the system disk. Free space quickly runs out, no matter how much you have to add the missing gigabytes from other partitions.
Otherwise, everything is simple: press “Yes”, “Yes”, “Accept”, “OK”. In general, agree to everything, nothing more is required of you. And do not rush to turn off or restart the computer if the installer “thinks” about something for a long time. It happens to him.
5. Stress test
No one knows what manufacturers and retailers think, but boxed processor coolers are often designed only for office tasks and surfing the net. Yes, we’ve already checked for processor heat in the BIOS, but this check is almost idle.
Therefore, first of all, let’s determine the maximum allowable temperature of the processor and conduct a stress test to evaluate its heating at maximum loads.
In the CPU specifications we find the maximum operating temperature. However, long before this value is reached, the processor begins to “throttle”, skipping cycles and degrading faster. The maximum allowable temperature will be equal to the maximum operating temperature minus 20–25%. Optimally, when the processor heats up to about half the maximum operating temperature.
Stress testing programs:
- AIDA 64 . An excellent utility with many useful features. The only downside is that the full-featured version is paid.
- IntelBurnTest . Don’t be fooled by the name. The program works fine with AMD processors as well. And the name is because of the developer’s statement about the use of proprietary Intel algorithms. The utility is good for everyone, but it lacks visualization – there are no visual indicators and graphs, only “naked” numbers.
- OCCT . Several options for stress tests, an intuitive interface, also checks the video card. Unfortunately, it may not work correctly with some new CPUs, and the developers are in no hurry to correct the situation.
- Prime 95 . The utility is regularly updated, but, alas, the graphical interface remained the year in 1995. It ideally tests the stability of the processor, but at what temperature the CPU starts to “fail” will have to be determined using third-party software. For example, HWMonitor.
Unfortunately, it may not work correctly with some new CPUs, and the developers are in no hurry to correct the situation. If the temperature turned out to be indecently high at high loads, something will have to be done with the cooling system. If it is much lower than optimal (50% of the maximum), then you can think about overclocking.
6. Installing drivers
The Windows installer tries to install the drivers automatically, but it doesn’t always succeed. If no action is taken:
- Some devices may not be detected at all. Often this happens with sound and network cards, including built-in ones. In this case at
Windows Device Managerthey will be signed asUnknown device. - Not less often, this happens with video cards, but there is a significant difference. The software is installed, but not “native”, but a standard VGA driver, which significantly limits the capabilities of the graphics adapter.
- Even if the device is detected normally, outdated drivers are installed on it. This happens both when automatically installed by the operating system, and when using the disk that came with the motherboard or expansion card.
You can search the manufacturer’s website for the latest drivers, but this will take a long time. It is more convenient and faster to use specialized programs, like DriverPack Solution, DriverHub or Driver Genius, , but only at your own peril and risk, since sometimes there are such problems with them that will not seem enough. This software automatically finds and installs the latest drivers for any device.
7. OS basic setup
Now it doesn’t hurt to bring the system into a divine form.
Setting up Windows, an example program of actions:
- Wherever you get the ISO image, the operating system is probably a little outdated. Therefore, first of all, we check and install fresh updates (
Update Center>Check for updates). - Disable tracking features:
Win+I>Settings> sectionPrivacy. Disable everything on the tabsGeneral,Voice Functions,Personalization .... InDiagnostics and feedbackwe switch to sending only basic information, and inActivity logwe uncheck the checkboxSend my activity log .... Will manage in Microsoft and without magazine. - Change the default programs. It is better to do this after installing programs in
Start>Settings>Applications>Default applications.
8.
Installing the main and additional software
Built-in OS tools are designed for a limited range of tasks. And the available system utilities, as a rule, provide more modest opportunities than analogues from third-party developers.
Here is a brief list of basic and additional software with sample applications (the list goes on and on):
- Anti-virus program to replace Windows Defender (Avast, Dr.Web, ESET, Kaspersky).
- Web browser replacement for Microsoft Edge (Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Brave). Brave has the ability to surf through Tor. Opera has a built-in VPN. Don’t forget to install the required extensions. For example, AdBlock ad blocker.
- Office suite to replace WordPad (LibreOffice, MS Office, OpenOffice).
- Archiver (WinRAR, 7-ZIP).
- Players (VLC media player, AIMP).
- PDF viewers (Foxit Reader, Sumatra).
- Skype and Telegram messengers.
- Password manager (KeePass, LastPass).
At the same time, install some kind of computer maintenance assistant program, for example, Auslogics BoostSpeed, BleachBit, CCleaner or something similar to them.
Such tools sometimes help to do something useful (quickly uninstall a program, clear history, find duplicate files, and much more).
9. Setting up backups
To paraphrase Woland’s words from Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, we can say “Disks sometimes suddenly die.” And it will be true! All vaunted self-diagnostics are just dancing with a tambourine. SMART can sort of say that the drive will last at least another couple of years, and it can “cover up” the next day.
And here the user is waiting for two not very funny discoveries:
- It is far from a fact that the information will be recovered.
- If the data can be pulled out, it is possible that the cost of this procedure will cost much more than the price of a new HDD or SSD.
So it never hurts to have backup copies of valuable files (work documents, collections of personal photos, and so on), and along with the system.
10. Setting up a backup using regular Windows 9 tools0331
There are two options – through the command line or the graphical interface.
Choose the one you like best.
Command line backup:
- Go to
Start. - Enter
Find...cmdin the text box. - Right click on the command line utility and select
Run as administratorfrom the context menu. - Enter command
wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:x: -include:y: -allCritical -quiet, where- x is the drive letter where the backup will be placed. For example, an external HDD or SSD drive.
- y is the system drive.
- Press
Enter. Wait. The process is slow. Upon completion, the command line window will display something likeThe backup completed successfully, which will list all the disks and folders written to the backup.
If you plan to include the contents of other disks in the backup, enter their letters after y separated by commas (…-include: c, d, e…).
Here you can also register individual folders (for example, directories with documents and media files).
GUI Backup:
- Go to section
Backup ServiceinSettings>System and Security. - Here you can set the target disk or cloud storage for backups, set the frequency of backups or restore data from a backup made on another computer and / or another version of Windows. However, in section
Archiving serviceeverything is intuitive and without further explanation.
Restoring from a backup when Windows won’t start:
- Connect a bootable flash drive or insert a boot disk.
- Boot via the Boot Menu from the installation media.
- Go to
System Restore. - Go to
Diagnostics>Advanced settings(in different versions of Windows, the steps are similar, but the location and names of the items may vary slightly.
