Thursday, June 8th 2017

NZXT To Offer BLD Service: Custom-Built PCs Based on the Games You Play

NZXT has announced it plans to start offering customers PC-builds built around specific games you are looking to play. This new service, which is now rolling out, makes use of thousands of data points collected throughout gaming PCs with the company's CAM software. These allowed the company to define performance profiles for different games available on the market, streamlining build suggestions and customization around given performance requirements of each. The customer can set a base price they are willing to pay, then select which game they're looking to trounce with their new high-performance, custom-built PC, and the software does the rest of the work, picking through hundreds of possible hardware combinations to choose what is - in theory - the best build for those performance and pricing targets. According to NZXT's founder and CEO Johnny Hou, the company has "Reached that tipping point where we have enough data to confidently say 'these top 10, 20 games, we can predict, and we're going to guarantee'". Furthermore, if the games don't run according to expectations and the guaranteed performance metrics, Hou says that NZXT will let you return the computer.
BLD guarantees that you'll hit stated performance levels, with a 10% variation of the stated performance being allowed (either above or below the estimated performance level.) After BLD suggests a configuration, the user can the customize it, changing parts to other more or less expensive options. Basically, BLD suggests a baseline for your desired performance levels, and then you can act on it as a common configurator. The suggested configurations aren't yet perfect - it's a piece of software that still needs tuning, but Hou is confident they'll get there in time. Until then, double-check NZXT's suggestions, so you don't end up with a dual-core i3 system and a GTX 1060 for around 1200$.

However, there are some caveats that should get any serious enthusiast not to go for NZXT's new service (for whom the service isn't even aimed for, really.) It happens that NZXT charges a $350 fee for the usage of their BLD configurator and parts labor, which means that those are some $350 less for usage on PC components. An interesting part of the warranty for NZXT's BLD computers, however, is that parts are user replaceable (or upgradeable) without voiding the warranty for the whole PC. So if you want to, say, get a shiny new graphics card on your NZXT BLD computer, you can, and the other parts of your computer will still enjoy the remainder of their 2 year warranty. Additionally, NZXT offers three years warranty on labor for every PC they build.
Source: NZXT BLD
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13 Comments on NZXT To Offer BLD Service: Custom-Built PCs Based on the Games You Play

#1
Unregistered
Bad for custom builders short-term, good long-term. People struggling to understand computer components will appreciate this service!
#3
Brusfantomet
this looks good to be honest, was a big emphasis on GPU power and not bad choices elsewhere. 350 USD is not that bad if you have no clue and no friends or forum to help you with.

Would like it to specify what resolutions the FPS is given at, guessing its 1920 x 1080 but it should be in clear text.

And i guess this is only for the US at the moment? I do not think they would want to try the patchwork that the European consumer rights laws is right now (and i hope stays or gets made to all match the best practice countries)
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#4
hyp36rmax
This is pretty cool for new users and builders. Had an opportunity to test and provide input for this project. Although you can easily forward users to other companies and pre-built "custom" systems, this gives an overall idea what people can achieve based on the popular games of today. Just need to keep in mind this isnt for everyone.
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#5
Athena
What a joke.
No Ryzen options at all? Seriously?

Guess we know who paid for this...
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#6
Aenra
What happened to going (like physically) to your local store and having the helpful owner sort you out? Learn something in the process..

And then we wonder about the economy, or mentalities.. anyway, will stop :)
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#7
DRDNA
AenraWhat happened to going (like physically) to your local store and having the helpful owner sort you out? Learn something in the process..

And then we wonder about the economy, or mentalities.. anyway, will stop :)
what happened is the guys like Cyberpowerpc and probably NZXT are able to source their parts so much cheaper than the little guy...I have a hard time beating their prices and they handle the whole warranty process. I don't like it but it is what it is.
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#8
Unregistered
AthenaWhat a joke.
No Ryzen options at all? Seriously?

Guess we know who paid for this...
It's still new and quite a few custom builders don't have ryzen yet either. Neither does Alienware I believe. Especially little oem support.
#9
Caring1
Seriously overpriced, those prices better include the $350 labour.
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#10
Brusfantomet
AthenaWhat a joke.
No Ryzen options at all? Seriously?

Guess we know who paid for this...
Considering that its based on user reported performance its not that surprising, since Ryzen has only been out a few months.
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#11
OneMoar
There is Always Moar
No this is just silly also a 1060 only getting 61fps in overwatch
what
I know for a fact that a stock 1060 6gb manages well over 120FPS
edit: apon further inspection it looks like they got the benchmarks for witcher 3 and overwatch reversed
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#12
Fx
I can't hate on em for trying to make a buck, but it sounds like a service Worst Buy would offer to take advantage of ignorant customers and that makes me cringe.
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#13
Crunchy005
BrusfantometConsidering that its based on user reported performance its not that surprising, since Ryzen has only been out a few months.
It also has AMD GPU options. No polaris at all. It goes form 1060 to 1050ti, the 480 is and alternative to he 1060 and the 470 is an in between of the 1060 and 1050ti.
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