Homebuild or prebuilt

Still tossing it around to buy a dell or build my own. I know nothing about paring up the new cpus, motherboards etc.
So I checked new egg and found this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.584327
I am considering buying this and adding a blue ray player with it. I could purchase a graphics card if what is on the mother board is not adequate.
Any help with deciding is appreciated. It is cheaper this way but then I will have to figure out putting together and like I posted in prebuilt before it has been since jan of 06 since I built a computer which is the one I am using now. I have had no problems with it but is giving me alot of lag, pokiness and downright aggrivating. It is old and I am tired of waiting on it!
Thank you for any help, and yes I have a hard time making up my mind.
Wanda

What do you plan on doing with the computer, and about how much are you looking to pay for the whole deal?

800-1000 dollars is my budget. I multi-task with photo programs, multi browsers while surfing, light gaming and I have an embroidery digitizing program that is comparable to video editing.
Okay so I go with my own build, any directions for me? What about the build I posted earlier would it be okay and difficult to put together?
Thank you for your help and time.
Wanda

Well my build is in my siggy in the 1000$ section, that's really for an overall gaming/performance build. Just IMO. Boiler has a pretty good build for your needs.

I guess in your instance, the hyperthreading would be useful. I'm surprised that the i7-2600 is the only LGA 1155 CPU that has it. So just switch CPUs in the parts list I posted, and add $90 to the total price.

Wel,, Creative is really the only major sound card/chip manufacturer
In order to fully support a 5.1/7.1 system, you'll need to get a sound card with Dolby Digital Live Encoding. Otherwise, the card (regardless of manufacturer) will just emulate surround sound. It'll be roughly $70-80 to get a card with that.

As for Blu-ray, if you have a home theater set up and an HD monitor (1080p) or HDTV, then it is worth it. If you use Blu-ray discs for data, it's worth it. If not, stick with a regular DVD drive.
You'll also need a Blu-ray playback program, since Windows does not natively support Blu-ray discs. I use PowerDVD 10, and it works quite well. Depending on the version, it can be pricey.

Hyperthreading is useful if you have a lot of tasks competing for the available CPU cores. It allows faster context switches. For a home user I think it provides more benefit with single core or dual core processors. If you already have 4 cores, I doubt that you will see any benefit from Hyperthreading. It would be useful for something like a web server that handles requests in separate threads which tend to be I/O bound. Allowing faster context switches would benefit overall throughput.

Well as of this point, any pre-builts aren't worth it.

1. Most manufacturers like HP or Dell lock their desktop bios's so they won't overclockable should you buy an SB chip. Which on a stock cooler could easily get to 4.6ghz on a decent board.
2. They cost more, for the label of "HP" or "Dell" it's like an extra 200$ for cheapo OEM parts than I could get better mainstream parts for the same price. (Course this is my opinion)
3. All the parts in pre-builts are crap if they are companies like HP, Dell, or Compaq etc . etc. They give no room for expandability and your just left to buy a new psu, a new motherboard or what have you to upgrade in the future.

I decided to buy the dell build. I really can only say the reason why is because after reading all the links about building my own, the "decisions" on which parts etc. I just really felt overwhelmed. I haven't kept up on anything in building one, I have learned and remembered alot from the links here but got cold feet. I hate to put the money out and then not know what to do, end up paying someone to help or being so frustrated I would give up.
My husband is going to want a new one so in the mean time I will brush up on all the new possiblities out there and build his when he is ready, that is unless I give him my new one I bought and build my own then.
He will be needing one this year sometime. He is a "pogo" player so I am sure I can handle his build, LOL!
I will keep you all updated on my computer when I get it, I went with the 2600 cpu just because I could. I don't plan to update anything, like I said I can always hand it down to my husband and build a new one then.
Thank you all for all your knowledge and time you have so graciously given me. It is a real blessing to be a part of this forum and all those that contribute of their time. It really is nice to know you can get something for nothing, even if it is just advice!
I will be still reading the posts and learning here so don't stop the great work you all do!
Wanda