Citylink ready-made assemblies. Online configurator (assembly) of the system unit with compatibility check
Desktops are here to stay the best solution for those who want to achieve maximum performance. Games, music, movies, work programs - your PC can handle everything. We won’t hide it - price in most cases determines performance, but in the case of prefabricated computers you have room to move and maneuver, no one limits you in modifications and upgrades.
The choice is huge, your eyes are wide open, the prices are affordable. Office or home, budget or gaming, for graphics and video editing or for watching movies - you will certainly choose something to suit your taste. Now tell me, what do you feel when you hear the words gaming computer? We are a little worried, because each new PC is unique, assembled especially for you. What do you imagine? Something very beautiful, expensive and perhaps hard to find? We hasten to please you - this is not so!
Nowadays you can buy a gaming computer for quite reasonable money, and you don’t have to immediately buy the best hardware, because it can be easily improved in the near future. Main components such as case, processor, motherboard, power supply, RAM and, possibly, a video card will be required immediately (otherwise the computer will not work without them!), but this will not prevent you from becoming the owner of a powerful and reliable computer. Imagine how many different modifications and improvements are available to you!
PC is a construction set that is hard to put down. You can give it almost any shape, size and color. And by using our configurator you can easily realize your dreams and not worry about assembling your new, truly personal computer.
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The computer configurator with compatibility check allows you to quickly assemble a system unit with the user’s needs technical characteristics. Using our online designer, you can easily assemble a reliable office machine, a home multimedia system unit, or a powerful gaming setup.
Computer assembly online
Nowadays, like many years before, assembling a computer from independently selected components is popular. This good opportunity choose what you want. Nothing limits you; there are hundreds of options available for assembly, among which there is sure to be one you like.
Our online store offers the opportunity to assemble a computer online through the configurator. In it this process presented in the form of component categories, from processor to power supply. Each category contains an expanded range of models with descriptions of characteristics for ease of selection.
To simplify the selection of components, the configurator has a compatibility filter for the main components of the assembly. For example, by selecting a specific processor, the following components are automatically filtered by compatibility. Also, you will be presented with a choice to install the operating system. After completing the assembly process, you receive the final result based on three parameters: price, technical data, rendered image. After placing an order and confirming it by phone, our specialists assemble this kit and check its functionality.
The advantage of this method of purchasing system unit is that you not only choose the components you want, but also have the opportunity to choose the brand or manufacturer of the part.
Having assembled a certain configuration and completed by clicking the assemble/buy buttons, the assembly is assigned a certain serial number, by typing in the product search bar, you can find this PC and send a link to it to friends or acquaintances for consultation or recommending them for purchase.
An important feature of our configurator is the “get an expert’s opinion” function by sending your request via this form, You will receive a detailed answer with a recommendation for email, specified by you.
Try it and see for yourself - assembling a computer online is easy and simple! In case of difficulties, you can always get advice from our specialists on all issues that interest you.
The first step is to determine exactly the tasks for which your future system unit will be used. If you plan to purchase gaming equipment, then special attention should be paid to the video card, and for graphics workstation processor power and volume play a fundamental role RAM. The least demanding in terms of performance are office systems. You don't even need to add an external video card, because the built-in one will be enough. First you need to select a processor. This element affects the overall performance of the entire system, and the more cores there are (and the higher their operating frequency), the faster operations will be performed.
Next, the PC configurator will help you select a motherboard. It must be compatible with the CPU and support RAM of the required frequency. Pay attention to the presence of all the necessary slots and connectors, as well as the size of the motherboard itself (ATX, micro ATX, mini ATX etc.). Typically, any of them already has a built-in network and sound card. The online store designer will automatically select the site suitable options, after you select a processor, and unsuitable ones will be excluded. A gaming computer must be equipped with an external video card. If you want to play regularly modern games and forget about upgrading your system for a long time, then it’s not worth saving. This also applies to the amount of RAM; it will not particularly affect the cost of the PC, but will significantly affect performance. From volume hard drive depends on the amount of information that you can simultaneously store on your computer. But to increase system performance, it is recommended to additionally install an SSD drive. It will contain the OS, programs and applications.
For convenient work With external media If desired, the system unit is equipped with an optical drive and a card reader. One of important elements The system unit is the power supply. Its power should be selected after calculating the total amount of electricity consumption by the components. In addition, leave a reserve of 100-200 W for reliable operation under increased loads on the processor and video card. The designer will not let you make a mistake when choosing a power supply, since he will take into account the components you have chosen and will provide only suitable cases with power supplies.
The configuration of a powerful gaming computer includes additional system cooling, which is selected automatically depending on the selected processor. All that remains is to assemble everything into the case. It can be very simple and straightforward if you plan to install the system unit under the table, where no one will see it, or it can have neon lighting and a window on the side that allows you to observe the operation of the system (gaming options). This is a matter of taste, but keep in mind that the case for a gaming PC should be spacious and have good ventilation so that the components do not overheat at peak loads.
Having difficulties?
For the convenience of clients, it is possible to send the resulting configuration for printing. And if difficulties arise, then you should use the help of our engineer, who will tell you which components are best to use to obtain optimal technical characteristics.
Having decided to build a computer with us, you receive best prices and service. We guarantee fast but careful delivery of your system unit.
Due to the current difficult situation with the video card market and exorbitantly high prices, there is no need to talk about buying a budget computer in 2018. Players can be advised to switch to consoles - for example, the PlayStation 4 Pro/1TB now costs the same as an average GTX 1060 video card.
The rest of the pack boyars have to moderate their graphic appetites and choose a video card at a lower level. We wanted to take the GTX 1080, now, God forbid, we can scrape together a GTX 1070. Thanks to the gentlemen miners and a small cartel of video card manufacturers, who in turn blame the RAM manufacturers, allegedly the latter are exorbitantly inflating the prices of their products and, on top of everything else, disrupting the supply of GDDR5 chips so necessary for the production of video cards.
So still, what to collect on best computer in 2018? Which processor and motherboard to choose for it, how to choose a video card and optimal RAM - read below!
Top computer (enthusiast), budget from 100 thousand rubles
Gaming computer
We give preference Intel processors last Generation Coffee Lake. The most expensive in the coffee line is the i7 8700K. TO suitable for processor motherboard on an older Z370 chipset. The Z370 will allow you to overclock the processor and increase the frequency of the RAM if the stock performance is not enough.
16 gigabytes of memory is enough for a gaming PC. It is advisable to buy a 2x8 GB kit kit for memory operation in dual-channel mode. The performance of the system as a whole directly depends on the frequency of the RAM, so it is advisable to select DDR4 sticks with a rating of ~2666-3000 MHz. Also pay attention to timings. Low latency CL14/15 memory costs more than standard CL16. By the way, the benefit from low timings is more noticeable on Intel processors; on AMD Ryzen, the high operating frequency of RAM will greatly benefit.
Chief in powerful gaming computer of course is the video card. Top-end Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti models are best suited for gaming builds. However, video cards are now indecently expensive even for wealthy gamers. Therefore, we can advise you to pay attention to video cards of the GTX 1070 Ti, RX Vega 56/64 level. Wealthy gentlemen choose monsters like Titan V, although buying the latter is more difficult than buying an iPhone X on the day sales start. According to the latest inside information, you shouldn’t expect a price reduction with the release of the 2000th series of Gifors, unless of course you are ready to wait forever. For comfortable gaming in 4K, one 1080 Ti with ultra graphics settings will not be enough; if finances allow, purchase two GTX 1080 Ti video cards.
Installation will help reduce the boot time of the system and games SSD drive. For optimal performance, it's worth investing in two disks - dedicating one disk to operating system with the swap file, install games and applications on the second.
Hard drives are selected based on needs. Currently, models up to 14 TB are available on the market. If you do not work with huge amounts of information, you can completely do without classic HDDs. However, remember that in the event of a failure, it will be quite difficult, and most likely impossible, to recover information from a solid-state drive. So regularly backup important data to an external HDD.
Computer for work
For work tasks (programming, rendering, editing, modeling, photo processing, etc.), both the presence of fast cores and their number are important.
We recommend paying attention to the top-end Ryzen 7 1700 on the AM4 platform, as the most budget eight-core processor. The desktop Ryzen 7 uses the AM4 platform, so you can easily update already existing computer, using an AMD Ryzen processor. By the way, AMD will support the AM4 socket for another 2-3 years, so you won’t have any problems with a future upgrade.
Suitable for serious guys Intel platform LGA2066, with a wide range of processors - from the ultra eight-core top i9-7980XE to more affordable eight-core processors, such as the i7-7820x. Quite expensive motherboards based on the X299 chipset are suitable for Skylake-X processors. The chipset supports four-channel memory and has a large number of free PCIe lanes, which allows you to connect several fast devices(video cards, nvma drives).
It is also worth considering assembling productive systems based on AMD processors Ryzen-ThreadRipper. There are only three processors available in this line: the eight-core 1900x, the twelve-core 1920x and the older ripper 1950x equipped with sixteen cores. Threadrippers require a motherboard with TR4 socket on the X399 chipset. The characteristics are similar to the X299 platform from Intel, but AMD costs a third less. The only drawback is the non-standard mountings for the cooling system and the small range of TR4 motherboards.
Pretop computer, budget 80 - 90 thousand rubles
An excellent computer for work and play. On this system you can equally comfortably play a popular game or render a project in Premiere or Blender. Note that Intel processors are more suitable for building gaming systems, and eight-core Ryzen for workstations.
Medium - mainstream computer, budget 60 - 70 thousand rubles
The optimal computer for gaming in FHD 1080p resolution, also perfect for office programs. Recommended video card - nvidia GTX 1060 in the version with 6 GB of memory. The price tag for the RX 580 is now too high.
In this category, Intel fans have some problems - in particular, Intel has not yet produced budget motherboards for the 1151v2 socket (B360, H370, H310 chipsets), so you will have to buy an expensive one system board on the Z370 chipset. AMD does not have such problems - for the popular Ryzen 5 1600 processor, you can choose any board on the AM4 socket (A320, B350, X370). The mid-budget motherboard based on the B350 has overclocking functions and has everything needed to build a high-performance computer, while the price tag for such boards is half that of the similar Z370 from Intel.
Budget option 35 - 40 thousand rubles
RAM: 8-16 GB 2400-2666 MHz
For gaming system Without a video card, we recommend the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with a built-in Vega video core, which provides GT1030/RX550-level performance. Computing power The R5-2400G processor is comparable to the R5-1500X, which makes it possible to upgrade in the future - you just need to buy a powerful video card without changing the processor. It is worth noting that the Ryzen 5 2400G out of the box is guaranteed to work with memory with a frequency of 2933 MHz (instead of 2400 MHz for desktop Ryzens).
Ultra-budget builds up to 20 thousand rubles
Such assemblies are suitable for mining farms or media centers.
Take the cheapest processor, for example Celeron G3930, equipped with a built-in Intel UHD 610 video core. This budget processor Capable of playing online video in 4K resolution.
For a media center, 4 GB of DDR4 RAM is quite enough. Any frequency is suitable, starting from the standard for DDR4 2133 MHz. We recommend taking the cheapest “green” dies from Samsung; this RAM is quite reliable and also overclocks well.
A discrete video card is not considered in the ultra-budget segment.
Popular builds - good PCs