Build or buy pre-built

[videoholic]

I think I will soon be upgrading.  Probably in December if it will help with my taxes. Otherwise I will wait until January.

Anyway, I was wondering if it\'s better building your own now or it\'s just nice because you know exactly what you put into it?

I\'ve never built one, but I\'m not intimidated by it.  I\'m just not up on the mother boards and ram speeds now.

Should I just read every page at anandtech or is there an easy way to do this.

Me and my friend are building our next computers together.  I have another friend who was 17 when he built his, so I can\'t be that hard.

You\'ll save a lot of money, plus you won\'t have to worry about all the preloaded crap that manufacturers put on your compy.

Of course if you have no clue what your doing, its safe to say you should buy one pre built.

build

[videoholic]

It just seems like the prices are so damn low.  I figured the extra crap on the computer they put on their is what gets the price down.  I would just reformat the thing anyway and start fresh.

I do think I want to build my next one though.  Once you start adding the extras you would want on a pre-built computer they always get up to 2 grand fast.

definately build... i\'m in the towards the end of getting mine together and it\'s been fun getting these packages all the time.  And you definately get more bang for your buck building it yourself.

Do you want a good gaming machine?  If so AMD is the way to go.  If business apps and video / audio encoding is your thing then a P4 is probably your best bet.

Build for sure.

if $ is the biggest issue, and you don\'t need to have a custom built PC to impress the tech nerds on here with, than buy prebuilt with one of those huge sales these places have.  But that\'s the only way it\'ll be cheaper than building it yourself.  If you decide to build it yourself, I\'m sure we\'ll help with any info you need, you can always PM me at the very least.

[Living-In-Clip]

Pre builds are gay.
I will never buy another pre built desktop.

You mean they\'re clean and have good fashion sense?

^IIRC the homepage set to premade systems directs you here.

From a semi- non-biased POV, if you\'re gonna go premade just make sure you get a good deal and the motherboard will let you upgrade parts just like a regular one.

If you think you\'ve found a good one post it here and let us disect it.

It really depends.  Having a good warranty can save you a lot of headaches down the road for sure with a pre-built system, but it should be known that to drive costs down on those, they cut corners in lots of areas.  Having a homemade system is great in that you can build with the intention of upgrading eventually, but if any part breaks or overheats, any replacing you do comes out of your own pocket.  It also really depends on what you want the system for.  Most people who make their own systems have the intention of doing some serious PC gaming and if you don\'t do that, buying a cheapass rock bottom Dell sure goes a long way towards just doing the bare minimum, especially for the complete system package after a simple format.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Build it yourself, you still keep warrenty on parts. If you don\'t know how to install a OS, just get a store to do it.

[Living-In-Clip]

If you don\'t know how to install an OS, then you don\'t need to build a PC.
It\'s that simple.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

^ how do u figure?   Thats a pretty retarded thing to say, i know plenty of people that can put together a pc, but can\'t install operating systems.   If you know how to build a pc, do it and get a store to install the OS. Its still cheaper in the long run.  
its that simple.

any moron can install windows XP
you only have to click "next" like 5 times, and set the time zone

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