I'm speaking to you guys right now from my Dell 1555 Studio Laptop. For my first ever PC purchase, i am still pleased with my choice even at close to 2 years down the line. However for about £800, i'm sure many of you here will disagree with me. Anyway, it's on it's way out, and definitely becoming out-dated. I want to buy a fast PC as cheap as possible, with it's major functions being games and Photoshop. I've had a look at a few websites that offer pre-built PC's dedicated towards playing games (DinoPC.com is my favourite website as it rates all of the components for comparison). What do you guys think of websites like this? I understand that generally speaking, pre-built PC's are practically a rip-off. I feel very capable of building my own PC, however some of these prices seem quite appealing. Should i buy one pre-built from a website (recommendations would be nice) or should i just buy the parts (recommendations would be just as nice)?
Build it yourself. - It's fun (if you want it to be) - You'll know EXACTLY what's in your PC - You won't end up with cheap noname components (PSU, case, heatsink/fans etc) - It will be YOUR computer - Better value for money
Try to find the cost difference if you were to build the PC. If it is low then you could buy it from the site. Else build it yourself. Also other key point are will the site give you after-sales service, length of the service, will you get any pre-installed applications?
build your own computer, so you can get the specification that you want. and you will be more satisfied, if you build your own PC
Yeah I'm gonna go with customs here, just for the difference in price. If you do it, it can actually be quite fun (depends how geeky you are tho )
You can generally build it for a better price. However, you'll have to provide support to yourself(obviously ). What are you looking to use your computer for exactly?
Yeah I going with what most are saying. Custom builds is a great experience and your getting a better quality as well. An ideal range for spending on parts may vary from $1000-$2500, but even then are you getting a better pc from the pre-made manufactures.
I would suggest you directly order yours from Dell. You'll get licensed software + latest drivers updates + warranty.
I built my own (though I'm rather a technophile), as I wanted the excitement of doing it myself. Now, I've built probably close to 50 computers in my day, but it's always a lot scarier to build your own.
I would say building it yourself is much better, you know exactly what is in there. Plus from my experience with pre built PC's the company tries to save money by putting poor components inside for the money