Kane99 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Have you ever tried to build a PC by buying PC parts through Wish? I've seen countless videos on YouTube about people trying exactly that. Some with good results, some with bad, but for the most part it seems like it's possible. Anyway, would you ever build a PC through wish or maybe aliexpress or other similar sites? Here's a video of Linus trying to build a PC from Wish. He also has videos from buying parts from Ebay, Amazon and other sites to build PCs. It's weird, Amazon is full of junk that you could get on Wish as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 No, for many reasons actually, not only you have to dodge fake parts and clickbaits like you are playing on a minefield, but also, even legit parts are so expensive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 What is wish.com? Is it some sort of coupon network or something? In either case it's hard to trust legit hardware these days from giveaway sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Let me thin - No, Hell no! Those second hand cheap Chinese knock off parts would fall apart in a second. That would be a huge waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 9 hours ago, skyfire said: What is wish.com? Is it some sort of coupon network or something? In either case it's hard to trust legit hardware these days from giveaway sites. It's essentially a site to buy cheap stuff made overseas. Think the junk you can get on Amazon, but somehow worse and cheaper. People can also sell products on there. 46 minutes ago, killamch89 said: Let me thin - No, Hell no! Those second hand cheap Chinese knock off parts would fall apart in a second. That would be a huge waste of money. Oh for sure. I find it crazy anyone would even try lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 32 minutes ago, Kane99 said: Oh for sure. I find it crazy anyone would even try lol. But then it's Linus - he'll try anything once so I wasn't surprised. I don't even think this is the worse one yet. I remember him going to some shops in China and buying random computer components, I'm like what a nutcase lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I never even used wish website, I do not even have a account. All my PC parts are from the real deal and all paid for, all new 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Empire said: I never even used wish website, I do not even have a account. All my PC parts are from the real deal and all paid for, all new 🙂 No sensible PC Gamer I know would use it and that's the point we're making. Linus does it for content but I'm pretty certain under normal circumstances, he wouldn't go anywhere near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 14 hours ago, Kane99 said: It's essentially a site to buy cheap stuff made overseas. Think the junk you can get on Amazon, but somehow worse and cheaper. People can also sell products on there. I checked it and from what I have noticed they are basically dropship site who have cheaper seller in china. So the parts could be refurbished and also the low cost throwaway items who barely passed QA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 19 hours ago, killamch89 said: No sensible PC Gamer I know would use it and that's the point we're making. Linus does it for content but I'm pretty certain under normal circumstances, he wouldn't go anywhere near it. Apart from those that are, well, Not idiots but clussless about PCs. WIsh does not really offer main breads, Asus and MSI. Brands that we have not heard about before like SkyFire said from china. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Empire said: Apart from those that are, well, Not idiots but clussless about PCs. WIsh does not really offer main breads, Asus and MSI. Brands that we have not heard about before like SkyFire said from china. I do know of Skyfire but I'd never touch their products with a 10 foot pole because of the quality standards issue. To top it all off, I'd have to wait at 30 days before it's shipped to my country and there's no way I'll wait that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 21 hours ago, killamch89 said: To top it all off, I'd have to wait at 30 days before it's shipped to my country and there's no way I'll wait that long. Well, if you know that you are going to get the best of the best then I would wait 🙂 if that's what you can do. At the moment with the new 3000 series they all out of stock in the UK And so we all have to wait anyway for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I wonder if they have raspberry pi stocks or something. Like those can be cheaper than we get from the UKs manufacturing hub. And also UK one is expensive. If you want something throwaway then china is not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 9 hours ago, skyfire said: I wonder if they have raspberry pi stocks or something. Like those can be cheaper than we get from the UKs manufacturing hub. And also UK one is expensive. If you want something throwaway then china is not an issue. I imagine they do have some raspberry pi devices and parts for sale on there. I imagine they also sell the kits for cases and such. I wouldn't buy any of the raspberry pi devices, but maybe cases and such would be fine to purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Kane99 said: I imagine they do have some raspberry pi devices and parts for sale on there. I imagine they also sell the kits for cases and such. I wouldn't buy any of the raspberry pi devices, but maybe cases and such would be fine to purchase. Yes cases are cheap as it is and those cases lets say even not good enough in quality can work for the projects too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
