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Originally Posted by mmarsh  I am a IT professional, and have been building systems for over a decade. Its ALWAYS better to build, unless you want a laptop.
The only advantage of buying pre-built is convience. Pre-Built is neither cheaper nor better a preformer.
Even with the quality gamer Pc's like Alienware, voodoo, falcon northwest etc you are generally going to pay more then you would if you did it yourself. They are decent PCs, but you can do better penny-wise.
If you are short on time its easy, use the internet. There are lots of good Internet dealers, (Newegg for example) that offer reasonable prices and quick shipping.
I can give you a recommended shopping list of parts and technical info if you need help, please provide to me the following:
When you plan to buy (now, 3-6 months, etc)
$$$$$ Your Budget $$$$$.
The use of the PC (games, graphics, MS Office, etc).
Any accessories you need (monitor, printer, USB toaster etc). |
Well,
I have been thinking about switching over to Linux on my PC at home but i would build a new PC for my wife and she is not a power user by any stretch of the imagination and i don't think she would want to kill M$ Winders at all. I could build her a computer no problem because she wouldn't have to have a lot of bells and whistles. Thanks for the help M i will def look you up when i get back in the rear and start my build.
Is there any extra consideration when doing a build for linux if i decide to build me a new linux machine?