Topic Building Vs Buying

katharina · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by anthomeyer

Agree that building is often if not always better than those pre-assmebled. In addition, it is cheaper too!

Here at my hometown, there is a shop which would build a PC after customer select all the hardwares they want. With a rather cheap service charge.

I agree with this very strongly. All the computers I've used and that we have in this house have always been those built from the shell up. That way we get to choose the parts we *want.*

Well, scratch that... my *very* first was a Tandy and was bought new... hehe but let's not go there!

MontyB · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by katharina

I agree with this very strongly. All the computers I've used and that we have in this house have always been those built from the shell up. That way we get to choose the parts we *want.*

Well, scratch that... my *very* first was a Tandy and was bought new... hehe but let's not go there!

I have built every PC I have ever owned with the exception of my current one, I think building your own is a great idea if you have the time to pick the parts, build, troubleshoot and fine tune it, if you don't then its much easier if you can give someone the list of parts you want and have them build it for you.

The company I went with had the advantage of being local (so I could go in and pick the parts off the shelf) and took 48 hours to build and deliver it which included 24 hours test and tuning time. It has run flawlessly.

franchise59 · 3 Weeks Ago

I think that a lot of people do not build because they are scared. Most people don't realize that they can learn a lot by building their own rig. As long as they have someone to consult with, they would be fine.

A couple positives that can come out of building your own rig:
1. Knowledge that you didn't have before.
2. Exact configuration you need/want. Nothing more, nothing less.
3. Easy upgrade path. You can always upgrade when you build it.
4. You can do the upgrades because you built it.

-HAL- · 3 Weeks Ago

I've built my own computers for the last 8-10 years now, and I would never consider to buy a pre-built PC again..

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Originally Posted by franchise59

One other thing to consider is warranty. Often, if you buy a pre-built PC, then you only receive a 1 year warranty on all the parts. All you have to do is search Newegg or a manufacturer site to see that a lot of parts have a longer warranty by themselves.

So, If you build your own PC, then all your parts have an individual warranty. You can grab a hard drive with a 3 or 5 year warranty. Find a mobo with a longer warranty. Also, there are some video cards out there with a limited lifetime warranty.

That's also one of the things I say when I try to convince friends to build their own PCs, even if it almost always means that I have to build it for them..

spidy2222 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by -HAL-

I've built my own computers for the last 8-10 years now, and I would never consider to buy a pre-built PC again..

That's also one of the things I say when I try to convince friends to build their own PCs, even if it almost always means that I have to build it for them..

yup, and don't forget the best things:
1. buy parts one by one is cheaper for most of the time
2. you gain some experience for build in your own parts

3. pre-build computers are usually come with parts you don't want or wanna exchange