I want to build my own PC here in Taiwan. I have most of the parts already, but I would like to buy a few additional parts and have someone put it together for me. Does anyone have experience doing this? I am thinking about just going to Guanghua Digital Plaza and sniffing around for someone to do it in a day. All thoughts/comments are welcome!
Nice to know u folks still build your own PC . Kinda nostalgaic, I used to do it in the *386/486/pentium days, but tech has moved too fast that my comps in these past years were regrettably, all bought off-the-shelf.
I can do that for you if you are in Kaohsiung, bring parts and beer
What other parts are you looking for? Let me know and I can source the stuff for you.
Been building PCās for years, even before i became a system engineer, still remember my first mighty p3 1ghtz
As Danielw and ranlee mentioned, you can get all parts from coolpc and they will put it together for free. Also, I have shopped around and, as of 2019, coolpc seems to have best prices. Itās a store on Bade Road. There is also another store across that street, http://nt66mobile.com.tw/ , that has about same prices. (actually that store has 2 sites, just 3 shops between each other).
Best prices are on the street. Donāt waste time in the building if you are building a pc.
I only speak for Ontario. I find that nominally, parts from major vendors are the sameā¦on the surface or slightly cheaper in Taiwan on average. The real deal is if you come from a high tax area. Ontario is 13%, 5% GST and 8% PST. What I find is that while the sticker price is the āsameā, Taiwan is tax in whereas Ontario adds the tax when you check out, so I end up saving around 13-15%. Many other jurisdictions across North America are like this. In the US, I found that cities also levy their own sales taxā¦so your mileage may vary.
Newton is a great place to get computer components. On Bade Rd in the Guanghua Market area. Across from the Burger King, to the right of the Fujitsu shop.
Cool PC service is super lame. I walked up and down the streets to find the perfect shop to build the computer for me. Some shops had what I needed, others didnāt. Ending up buying and returning some things. Ultimately, had the PC built and it runs super well!
If you can, you should put it together yourself. It will make it way more convibient in the future to replace and upgrade parts. If its your firstbtime doing it, there ste olenty of videos to guide you.