Getting a New PC: Pre-assembled or Buy the Parts separately?

My PC was bought on a package deal. Everything was in there. But I think buying the parts and assemble it yourself is better because you can personally choose which parts to include. And yeah, this is for optimized performance. But it brings more hassle, though, because you have to look for each part.

People ask me this question all the time. I think it's better to get a pre-assembled computer than to buy the parts separately. There are a couple reasons for this. I think if you buy the parts separately (as a consumer) you end up spending about the same as you would buying the complete unit from dell or whomever you do business with. The other advantage to buying a pre-assembled computer is the fact that you don't have to worry about something not working. If it breaks or fails on you, you have a one year limited warranty free just for buying it. So, unless you're really experienced and just like to build computers for fun, it's definitely better to buy a pre-assembled computer.

Well almost 2 years ago now I finally broke down and got a new computer. I bought a packaged one. At the same time my brother decided to reubuild his and upgrade it. He spent about the same price and when he saw what all mine had he wasn't too happy because mine had more and came with a monitor which his hadn't. So overall I'm glad I bought the package deal instead of having him build me one.

yes I too think buying part and getting it assembled would be best.In that way we do not have to make wasteful expense on what we dont want and price will be much lesser.when you buy an assembled branded pc,it somehow costs you more.Even my PC that Im using now has been assembled by parts I preffered buying seperately.

I always buy separately. It's not that i don;t like pre-assembled PCs but I think there's a price premium on those compared to DIY PCs. For the same price I could buy a higher spec configuration than the pre-assembled one. One missing component on DIY PCs is that, if something goes wrong you have to find a way to resolve it, unlike pre-assembled like HP or Dell, you have tech support to help you out.

Separatly is always the best if you have some knowledge, it's generally cheaper and you get a computer that suits you.

i think pre assembled one are good and you will get it in a cheap price as well

i guess buying a branded pc is much better well thats my personal opinion

I love building computers. It's one of my hobbies. I find the pc when you build it yourself is alot better quality. Plus You can save tons of money this way. I find that tigerdirect.com has excellent prices on pc parts. THeres usually a local pc store that sells parts for a good price to if you need the parts ASAP :)

I like and advise anyone to buy the computer in parts and assemble it at home because companies always are puting bif cpu's,ram and big hard disk but put the nastyest motherboard that they can find to keep the price down and when you buy the pc you wonder why it runs so slow.And you see the same configuration but with a better motherboard that runs twice as fast and you realize that you made a misteak and hate yourself.

I prefer to buy parts separately. You will be able to choose which parts will give you more advantage.

I prefer to build a PC for my self the way I like it, Sometimes I buy new parts, Sometimes I get Pre-owned Parts, usually off eBay.

pre assembled computers won't give u requried things suppose u want a computer for internet application then u don't require much processing capacity but u need a good modem.. so if u assemble a computer then u can save some money n u can even select the best of a kind. the whole theme is pre assembled comp are for general purpose computing (jack of all trade) but it can't do a spefic thing perfectly. n if assemble a comp we can choose what we want, it may be for gaming or grafix processing, internet application, business purpose etc....

Me too i prefer to build my own PCs mainly beause its more fun using a comuter that you assembled with your very own hands and like what you said for optimum performance and for easier maintenance coz you'll know your computer better coz assembled it ^^ Good Luck