Prebuilt desktop question?

[mountain2012]

So I've built a couple PC's myself in the past for gaming. Been there, done that, don't want to do it again, don't want the hassle.

In researching gaming PCs from desktop manufacturers, it seems they make money by equipping them with crappy video cards and very little ram, then charging a ton for upgrades.

In the past I have gotten around this by buying a non-gaming model that has integrated graphics like a Dell XPS or HP Envy and bought a video card and extra memory separate.

By doing this is my gaming performance bottle necked by something like lower memory speed on the non-gaming PC, or a slower bus or something I'm not thinking of?

thanks

 

[clutchc]

Hassle? We call that fun ;-)
Usually any pre-built that doesn't come with a dedicated gfx card will have too small of a PSU to add any card worth while.

 

[marc79]

If you don't want to do it yourself, I'd look into ibuypower or cyberpowerpc. Buying a generic computer from a store and later trying to upgrade it is more of a hassle, with a limited psu and space, plus no overclock potential.