secretsexyninja
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hm, i kinda have a suggestion / question.
Ive seen w/ a lot of gamers and ppl who know a decent amount about PCs, but they don't want to bother building their own PCs. Most of the time it is because it requires a lot of time and study to really know what you want and how to build it. Plus knowing you can upgrade, overclock it, knowing what you really need, etc. takes hours of research.
For me personally, I am about to start building my own PC in the next few months. And ill most def be on these forums looking for help. I would prefer NOT to build one and just say what I want and have the perfect PC waiting for me, but i can only make it perfect by building it myself.
For someone like me (and im sure plenty of other gamers), maybe consumers want that perfect PC without having to build it? What I mean is... you could start a company that builds custom pcs like every other custom PC company out there, but with a twist.
1. The OverClocks
What about a line of affordable PCs that are designated / guaranteed to overclock well? I know a lot of gamers would LOVE to buy a pc thats pretty cheap but know they can get great numbers from overclocking components. On each page w/ the "overclock" pcs, have comparisons to more expensive PCs so they know what kind of deal they are getting. Save the consumer money by NOT overclocking it yourself. Instead, have a bit of a "dummy proof" manual included for each part of overclocking for people that buy these pcs. You can sell them even cheaper that way. And definitely offer a few different price levels for these overclock pcs. To my knowledge, i haven't seen pc companies sell rigs specifically based on overclocking potential.
It seems if you can pull this off, competition cant keep up. you'd have to research and really know what PC components overclock the best. It would probably be pretty specific. But after you have all the parts together, you just sell them to the consumer and let them deal w/ overclocking them. In a sense, you do what this forum does when everyone asks if their custom PC rig seems balanced between price and performance.
2. Upgrades
Again, I am not very savvy when it comes to custom pc companies, but I dont think i've seen companies that will sell a PC and offer a future "upgrade" kit. I know you cant tell the future, but I do know you CAN buy certain types of computers with the intention of upgrading. Maybe also offer cheaper computers that are sold with 'upgrading' in mind, then offer a type of customer support that helps the customer when they decide to upgrade. Walk them through what they need the upgrade for so you can determine what parts it would be best to upgrade, etc. Even offer benefits for upgrading through you.
It seems to me a lot of custom PC companies sell all these rigs and never really explain all the parts. People just buy something more expensive without knowing WHY they are. They make a LOT of money off of people who buy extra things they don't need. So I guess, a good niche to fill, is being the company that explains the WHY or at least by being more informative than a lot of companies out there.
3. Your Custom Cases
And of course, you could rake in a lot of money building custom cases. Have those be your specialty, and you can use these other two options to really attract people to what you love doing, building cases. They will like you more than other companies because they know youre not trying to screw them out of their money and take advantage of their ignorance. And you arent. In return, they love your company and seriously consider purchasing a custom case from you or want a custom one built. Sell them as works of art and they will definitely pay you another $200+ for it.
anyway, if this has all been done before, i apologize for the useless post, lol
if not, i wanna piece of the pie. haha.
Ive seen w/ a lot of gamers and ppl who know a decent amount about PCs, but they don't want to bother building their own PCs. Most of the time it is because it requires a lot of time and study to really know what you want and how to build it. Plus knowing you can upgrade, overclock it, knowing what you really need, etc. takes hours of research.
For me personally, I am about to start building my own PC in the next few months. And ill most def be on these forums looking for help. I would prefer NOT to build one and just say what I want and have the perfect PC waiting for me, but i can only make it perfect by building it myself.
For someone like me (and im sure plenty of other gamers), maybe consumers want that perfect PC without having to build it? What I mean is... you could start a company that builds custom pcs like every other custom PC company out there, but with a twist.
1. The OverClocks
What about a line of affordable PCs that are designated / guaranteed to overclock well? I know a lot of gamers would LOVE to buy a pc thats pretty cheap but know they can get great numbers from overclocking components. On each page w/ the "overclock" pcs, have comparisons to more expensive PCs so they know what kind of deal they are getting. Save the consumer money by NOT overclocking it yourself. Instead, have a bit of a "dummy proof" manual included for each part of overclocking for people that buy these pcs. You can sell them even cheaper that way. And definitely offer a few different price levels for these overclock pcs. To my knowledge, i haven't seen pc companies sell rigs specifically based on overclocking potential.
It seems if you can pull this off, competition cant keep up. you'd have to research and really know what PC components overclock the best. It would probably be pretty specific. But after you have all the parts together, you just sell them to the consumer and let them deal w/ overclocking them. In a sense, you do what this forum does when everyone asks if their custom PC rig seems balanced between price and performance.
2. Upgrades
Again, I am not very savvy when it comes to custom pc companies, but I dont think i've seen companies that will sell a PC and offer a future "upgrade" kit. I know you cant tell the future, but I do know you CAN buy certain types of computers with the intention of upgrading. Maybe also offer cheaper computers that are sold with 'upgrading' in mind, then offer a type of customer support that helps the customer when they decide to upgrade. Walk them through what they need the upgrade for so you can determine what parts it would be best to upgrade, etc. Even offer benefits for upgrading through you.
It seems to me a lot of custom PC companies sell all these rigs and never really explain all the parts. People just buy something more expensive without knowing WHY they are. They make a LOT of money off of people who buy extra things they don't need. So I guess, a good niche to fill, is being the company that explains the WHY or at least by being more informative than a lot of companies out there.
3. Your Custom Cases
And of course, you could rake in a lot of money building custom cases. Have those be your specialty, and you can use these other two options to really attract people to what you love doing, building cases. They will like you more than other companies because they know youre not trying to screw them out of their money and take advantage of their ignorance. And you arent. In return, they love your company and seriously consider purchasing a custom case from you or want a custom one built. Sell them as works of art and they will definitely pay you another $200+ for it.
anyway, if this has all been done before, i apologize for the useless post, lol
if not, i wanna piece of the pie. haha.
