How to Tell Gaming PC Deal Stores Are Legit and They Don't Get Them from AliExpress?

lightfoot on 28/07/2024 - 23:40

I have been looking at deals from Galapower, Nebulapc,Luketechfast etc which have recently been posting offers. As much as these deals look good, I did some price comparisons and wanted to ensure that if I were to buy a PC built through them, they are using genuine parts, such as motherboards and CPUs.

While I see that AliExpress sells these components at much cheaper prices, how can I confirm that if I invest in a gaming computer through these companies, they are actually using genuine products?

Although they offer warranties, these PCs will be delivered, and I most likely won’t receive the original boxes. I just wanted to confirm this.

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  • 7ekn00 on 29/07/2024 - 00:04
    +4

    How do you know anything you buy from any company is genuine?!?

    If you are so worried that you make an entire post about it, build your own, it's not that difficult ….

    As for "Gaming PC", you have already fallen for a marketing term designed to inflate prices ;)

    • lightfoot on 29/07/2024 - 00:06

      Fair enough. Any recommendations on places to buy parts to build own?

      • altomic on 29/07/2024 - 00:07
        +29

        Aliexpress

        • lightfoot on 29/07/2024 - 00:08
          +8

          saw this coming

          • altomic on 29/07/2024 - 10:02

            @lightfoot: but in all seriousness.

            i recently bought 32gb (8gb x 4) of desk top ram from aliexpress for $38.

            not a terrible price

      • 7ekn00 on 29/07/2024 - 00:08
        +3

        Most people use things like PCPartPicker or StaticICE to hunt down cheapest prices …

        You do realise even name brands like ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI all make motherboards with crappy VRMs, etc, that can fail for high demand CPUs, right?!?

      • CrispyChrispy on 29/07/2024 - 02:39

        No one place, if you know what components you're wanting to buy search for them on Google and choose from wherever's cheapest (and reputable); Umart, Scorptec, Amazon, eBay, Mwave, Centrecom etc. PCPP isn't always 100% accurate, I figure having a look yourself can be worth it especially if you're buying $$$ components.

        If you haven't heard of the store/website before and want to check if it's genuine, have a look on OzBargain to see if there's been posts (and comments about) from their website before.

  • OMGJL on 29/07/2024 - 00:52
    +2

    genuine? 99.99% chance they are genuine from the store you mentioned.
    grey import? maybe.
    cut corner on certain parts? likely.

    their low to medium tier will almost always have one or a few parts using the most basic item they could find. Like: Stock Coolers, no name or small brand SSD that's likely QLC, no name cases, lowest end of the GPU of a given chipset, low end mobo that's only just good enough.

    Few of them have used 6400mbps RAM on Ryzen 7000s series before, which desync the memory controller to half speed, I doubt the level of tech support one'll get if problem arises.

    IMO if I buy one of their build, and swap out the few parts that I didn't like, even if I get to sell those part I didn't like, the final cost would end up same or more than if I build it myself.

    not quite worth it for people who know exactly what they want and how to build. but I guess not much choice for people who have no clue on computers. You pay for the knowledge, even if it's the most basic knowledge.

  • Clear on 29/07/2024 - 10:20

    I'd be curious which parts specifically are cheaper? Ryzen CPUs and CPU coolers are certainly possible.

  • meong on 29/07/2024 - 20:06

    I thought in some cases you can ask some of these sellers to send you everything in its original box if you want to build it yourself…

    Also, consider visiting stores that are local to you. For example Techfast and Nebula are NSW based. Evatech and BPC are VIC based.

  • pharkurnell on 29/07/2024 - 20:29

    Bought one through NebulaPC recently.. very happy so far.

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