Should I build or buy a new PC?
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Build.
Depends. I feel that building is more fun though.Title says it all
Benefits of prebuilt:
- Grab and go.
Self built:
- You have more control over the components of your machine. This translates into lower costs, better quality, or in some cases both! (Dominantly Ram, and power supplies.
- Industry standard parts. Example: consumer motherboards use similar Front panel connectors/fan headers. Looking at Dell machines, they use proprietary connections, making it so that if you have to replace hardware, you HAVE to buy it from dell or hunt it down on ebay. This (NORMALLY) isn't true for boutiques such as ibuypower, cyberpower, etc.
- Knowledge. You won't learn everything about a PC, but if you build your own and you built it, youll have an easier time with troubleshooting or getting to certain components. (unless you already have this knowledge of course)
- Grab and go.
Self built:
- You have more control over the components of your machine. This translates into lower costs, better quality, or in some cases both! (Dominantly Ram, and power supplies.
- Industry standard parts. Example: consumer motherboards use similar Front panel connectors/fan headers. Looking at Dell machines, they use proprietary connections, making it so that if you have to replace hardware, you HAVE to buy it from dell or hunt it down on ebay. This (NORMALLY) isn't true for boutiques such as ibuypower, cyberpower, etc.
- Knowledge. You won't learn everything about a PC, but if you build your own and you built it, youll have an easier time with troubleshooting or getting to certain components. (unless you already have this knowledge of course)
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