For the past 10 years I have built my own pc to my specifications and it has been both good and bad. Yes, I can customize it exactly how I want it but it seems there is always at least one or more problems when done. Loud fans, operating system incompatibilities or other minor issues.
I do not overclock but I do enjoy gaming and really like having the best available when I am ready to upgrade. Having said that, do you guys feel that it is worth building your own system in all cases? I have heard it said that if someone is planning on building a low end computer it generally offers no money savings versus buying a ready-to-use system. As for higher end systems what percentage if any do you feel you can save by shopping around, ie newegg, tigerdirect, etc for parts? Lately I have been entertaining the idea of buying a dell. Just plug it in and start using it. No issues with noise, parts problems, troubleshooting, etc. I can just get down to business and gaming and not have to worry about the rest.
The last computer I built was in Jan 07 and included a QX6700, 1GB ram, two 150gb raptor drives in raid, two 8800GTX video cards, etc. This will give you some idea of what kind of equipment I have used. So bottom line, better to build myself or use dell in terms of both quality and cost? Many thanks.
John
I do not overclock but I do enjoy gaming and really like having the best available when I am ready to upgrade. Having said that, do you guys feel that it is worth building your own system in all cases? I have heard it said that if someone is planning on building a low end computer it generally offers no money savings versus buying a ready-to-use system. As for higher end systems what percentage if any do you feel you can save by shopping around, ie newegg, tigerdirect, etc for parts? Lately I have been entertaining the idea of buying a dell. Just plug it in and start using it. No issues with noise, parts problems, troubleshooting, etc. I can just get down to business and gaming and not have to worry about the rest.
The last computer I built was in Jan 07 and included a QX6700, 1GB ram, two 150gb raptor drives in raid, two 8800GTX video cards, etc. This will give you some idea of what kind of equipment I have used. So bottom line, better to build myself or use dell in terms of both quality and cost? Many thanks.
John