I never buy a Prefab PC, first of all because you never know what parts your actually getting, most prefab unless you go with a really high end ,Expensive model, are using bottom of the bin, sometimes even lower tier parts in them. Such as a Cpu that runs slightly slower than its supposed to because it was a lower bin part that did not perform up to retail standards therefore is sold in bulk to companies that produce cheaper computers and sale to wal-mart etc.
Building yourself you get first of all experience it, second of all know exactly what parts are going inside your computer, quality top bin parts, that mean their clockspeeds etc... Name brand parts, no off brand ram etc.
3rd you get to feel accomplished in the fact you built this yourself, also I have found building your own PC if you do a good job, can last much longer than Prefab PCs. Most wal-mart jobs I work on last around 2-3 years if your lucky before something happens , ram, hdd, power supply etc goes out. But because the parts you can order reail are much higher quality, they tend to outperform, and last longer. My longest running Custom build is going on 12 years and still running to this day... Its not super fast by todays standards but other than a few replaced case fans I have had no issues.
I never buy a Prefab PC, first of all because you never know what parts your actually getting, most prefab unless you go with a really high end ,Expensive model, are using bottom of the bin, sometimes even lower tier parts in them. Such as a Cpu that runs slightly slower than its supposed to because it was a lower bin part that did not perform up to retail standards therefore is sold in bulk to companies that produce cheaper computers and sale to wal-mart etc.
Building yourself you get first of all experience it, second of all know exactly what parts are going inside your computer, quality top bin parts, that mean their clockspeeds etc... Name brand parts, no off brand ram etc.
3rd you get to feel accomplished in the fact you built this yourself, also I have found building your own PC if you do a good job, can last much longer than Prefab PCs. Most wal-mart jobs I work on last around 2-3 years if your lucky before something happens , ram, hdd, power supply etc goes out. But because the parts you can order reail are much higher quality, they tend to outperform, and last longer. My longest running Custom build is going on 12 years and still running to this day... Its not super fast by todays standards but other than a few replaced case fans I have had no issues.