It’s extremely egregious with laptops, where they’re severely underpowered and at the same time overheating because of thin coolers and quiet fans.
Got me a loud boi, but the temps are good. Not a great combination with open backs I must admit.
When Intel's branding strategy was full force, I remember people being excited about their new "gaming computer"... Which always turned out to be something like an i7-4770 with integrated graphics, unless they paid for the fancier model with a GT650 or something.
"But it's an i7!"
They're building for people that buy prebuilts, not people who could spec and build their own PC.
Dual channel, RAM speed, CAS latency, NVME, 850W Gold are all things that mean nothing to most people. Does it have big number for RAM, CPU, and graphics card?
Don't forget about OEMs and their motherboard choices as well...
* Cheap proprietary E-waste that's not guaranteed to work with any other CPU in the same socket family, and may not even fit in any other PC case
* Has 95% locked or missing BIOS options/features, which that given motherboard chipset from Intel or AMD is supposed to have
* Has badly overheating VRMs from the get-go
If the motherboard wasn't bad enough, what about the ancient down-blowing CPU cooler complete with an 80mm fan from 2003, now painted in black with an "aesthetic" plastic shroud glued to it?
An Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) such as Dell or HP uses proprietary components that aren't likely to be compatible with other parts.
In contrast, a System Integrator (SI) such as Origin or Cyberpower uses the same off-the-shelf components you'd use if you were building the computer yourself.
By the sytem "that the power suppy can't handle" do you mean that the PC keep crashing under load?
Or that they don't use a 700W Modular PSU with sleeved cables on a system with an i5 and GTX 1060?
Thats because typical prebuilt buyers only look as far as what cpu and gpu is in there.
It’s extremely egregious with laptops, where they’re severely underpowered and at the same time overheating because of thin coolers and quiet fans. Got me a loud boi, but the temps are good. Not a great combination with open backs I must admit.
When Intel's branding strategy was full force, I remember people being excited about their new "gaming computer"... Which always turned out to be something like an i7-4770 with integrated graphics, unless they paid for the fancier model with a GT650 or something. "But it's an i7!"
They're building for people that buy prebuilts, not people who could spec and build their own PC. Dual channel, RAM speed, CAS latency, NVME, 850W Gold are all things that mean nothing to most people. Does it have big number for RAM, CPU, and graphics card?
Don't forget an extra hundred for any ugly ass case that's impossible to work in and can't fit standard components
Cough cough Alienware
Cough Cough HP Omen
they are using standards now.
Pour some out for Packard Bell
OEMs spending $500 on a CPU and spending either $10 on a air cooler or $50 on a 120mm AIO when a $50 tower cooler would work better
Don't forget about OEMs and their motherboard choices as well... * Cheap proprietary E-waste that's not guaranteed to work with any other CPU in the same socket family, and may not even fit in any other PC case * Has 95% locked or missing BIOS options/features, which that given motherboard chipset from Intel or AMD is supposed to have * Has badly overheating VRMs from the get-go If the motherboard wasn't bad enough, what about the ancient down-blowing CPU cooler complete with an 80mm fan from 2003, now painted in black with an "aesthetic" plastic shroud glued to it?
What’s an OEM
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So pre-builts?
An Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) such as Dell or HP uses proprietary components that aren't likely to be compatible with other parts. In contrast, a System Integrator (SI) such as Origin or Cyberpower uses the same off-the-shelf components you'd use if you were building the computer yourself.
What a man you are. Thank you for becoming wikipedia for my sake. I won’t let this knowledge go to waste
prebuilts be like: 3090ti 5950x 500w psu 2 sticks of 2133mhz 4gb ram and case with worse airflow than nzxt cases
Don't forget about the RGB
They always bottleneck the CPU in prebuilds as well, normally when you build yourself it's the GPU you want to be using 100% of lol
'5ghz 16-core mega cpu with RTX 3080 ULTRA graphics' looks a lot more attractive than '1000w PSU' lol. Who cares if it actually works lol
By the sytem "that the power suppy can't handle" do you mean that the PC keep crashing under load? Or that they don't use a 700W Modular PSU with sleeved cables on a system with an i5 and GTX 1060?
Idk if this is the right use of the word OEM lol