Bulding a computer vs buying one.

Andrewoi1

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Hey everyone. So I'm looking to get a new pc for a starting price of 300-400 dollars. Can try to go a little more. I already had someone make a build for me on toms but the Os is killing me. Pretty much I'm wanting to know if buying a computer at a store for around 380 dollars and then upgradeing it would be better then building my own. Here's the build made. CPU: AMD A8-3870K $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819106001

Motherboard - BIOSTAR A75MH FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138337

Memory - 8 GBs 1333 MHz DDR3 - PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory $38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820178333

Graphics Card - Built in AMD A8-3870K APU w/ AMD Radeon HD 6550D or EVGA GTX 460 1GB $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130749

Hard Drive - Hitachi 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 GB/s $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822145299

CD/DVD - LG DVD+/-RW SATA $16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136240

Power Supply - Corsair TX650W ATX Power Supply $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139020

Case - Any nice ATX / mATX Case will work

Total $434 (with APU Graphics) / $584 (with EVGA GTX 460 Graphics Card)
Thing is that the 434 goes to 484 with case and then 584 with Os. If I could get enough of the computer just to hold me off until I can pay more ( Would be about two months then I could pay another 200 dollars or so) If not I was thinking- http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Compaq+-+Desktop+-+4GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive/3651044.p?id=1218424166917&skuId=3651044 Just upgradeing the ram for 16 bucks and buying a new graphics card. Or something like that with another prebuild. Thanks for reading the long post all help is appreciated.