If you prefer the convenience of prebuilt PCs but want a bit of customization to suit your specific use cases, consider starting with a base system.
Select your CPU, motherboard, RAM, video card, SSD, power supply, hard drive, optical drive, PC case, cables, adapters, peripherals, and more. When you start from scratch, you get to customize literally everything inside and out, starting with the hardware. AMD Radeon or Nvidia GeForce are obvious choices for customized gaming desktop graphics cards. If you’re into PC gaming, you may want to consider building from scratch or choosing a base system equipped with an AMD or Nvidia graphics card that provides the smoothest gameplay experience to maximize performance and entertainment value for gamers. The first step in building the best PC for your needs is to determine whether you want to customize each component of your computer or start with a base system. We will walk you through the process of choosing your motherboard, graphics cards, CPU cooler and more. We can help you choose everything from your hard drive to your power supply to your tower, and it all starts here with our custom PC builder. If you’re into customizing your setup - whether by building your own computer from scratch or simply upgrading to high-tech peripherals – Micro Center is your go-to resource for PC building, whether you want to start from scratch or with a pre-built base system with customizable components. Plus, building your own PC is a whole lot of fun, especially if you like to tinker with electronics! While many pre-built computers can suit many individuals, custom configurations are a great choice for many users, especially when it comes to high-performance computing, gaming, design, and more. Welcome to the Micro Center Custom PC Builderįor as far as the modern personal computer has come, there’s still no one-size-fits-all machine for every type of user. Help options - 4 groups of items - 12 total selections Am going to return for refund 16GB of crucial ram, knock on wood the other 16GB I ordered seems to work ok.Īnnoying, Crucial is Micron memory and I've never been dissapointed with their products before (multiple macs and PCs over the last decade or so) but I hesitate to recommend anyone ordering memory for a 27" haswell iMac from Crucial until this is cleared up.PC Parts options - 11 groups of items - 49 total selectionsĮlectronics options - 12 groups of items - 60 total selectionsĪccessories options - 10 groups of items - 50 total selections System has been flaky all day until I removed the new SODIMMS and replaced with 8GB of Apple RAM.
Seemed better for a few days however today I was again awoken by fans at full speed etc etc. Thought it was a fluke but decided to reseat everything. I received two replacement SODIMMS on 11/22 (CT102464BF160B.C16FER) and while they worked initially within the first 24 hours I was awoken by the fans going at 100% and kernel_task taking over 600% of CPU. I ran for a week or so with 16GB of crucial ram (CT8GS160BM.M16FDD if I can make out my picture ok) + 8GB of Apple RAM while I RMA'd the initial bad pair. By refused to boot I mean a loud warning tone at power on). Two of the SODIMMs were DOA (or rather caused constant kernel panics then eventually the iMac refused to boot with them installed. This is four (4) 8GB SODIMMs in two packages. I originally ordered 32GB of RAM from crucial for a late 2013 27" iMac.