Should I buy a PC barebones kit or purchase the individual components?
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Consider pricing out the components and identifying/prioritizing the qualities that you are most concerned with.
For Example:
1 Cost
2 Horsepower
3 Appearance
4 Storage
5 Size
6 Power utilization
This can help you evaluate the barebones kits and determine which components you want.
If you still are uncertain what you want to do consider using CyberPowerPC.com to spec out a machine (which also helps you avoid compatibility concerns and compare their final price to the total of the prices on PriceGrabber.com for each of components.
Experience, Painful Painful Experience
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I build my own computers all of the time. Newegg.com is an invaluable resource for aspiring system builders. If you are absoultely familiar with the ins-and-outs of building your own system, I say go for it. If anything breaks down, your are on your own. Good luck trouble-shooting if you don't have an identical system to test components to see what's dead; is it dead RAM, did my CPU fry, why is there no power to my motherboard? Sometimes propblems are not the easy clicking harddrive that is on its' way out. ThinkComputers just did a review of CyberPower (OEM builder), and pricing the individual components it came out to over $2,000 when they were selling the system for $1599. Some OEM companies cross-ship bad components, and send out techs all on their dime. Something to consider...
edit: The computer linked from the ThinkComputers article is incorrect from the one reviewed. The actual price is $1765; still under their $2000 for individual components. New link below. The price is pretty good. I built a similar Core i7 920 this Christmas for around $1500 (if all of the crazy rebates come back... good luck with that).
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it was cheaper to buy it than to build it.
however if you want the exp. id say build it. (it is fun)
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If you do decide to go with a kit, beware of their trick. They will advertise their best component, but the worst component will have nearly no information on it. Also be especially sure to check the power supply in the kit.
Good luck!
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I used this rule to buy my parts found them at NewEgg with the help of a friend. here is a list will me & my son's 1st built pc play black ops on 3 monitors ok also he recommended getting the ssd drive to boot from will this help the gaming? building this weekend
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSC00-80GAD3-US 1200W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler
ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
OCZ Reaper Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3RPR1333C9LV8GK x 2 total 16 gb
EVGA 01G-P3-1450-TR GeForce GTS 450 FPB Video Card - 1024MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11, Fermi, FREE Performance Boost Overclock to 822MHz. x 2 cards
Seagate ST32000542AS Barracuda LP Hard Drive - 2TB, 5900rpm, 32MB, SATA-3G
Seagate ST32000542AS Barracuda LP Hard Drive - 2TB, 5900rpm, 32MB, SATA-3G
OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0120 PCI-E x4 120GB PCI Express MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Plextor PX-B940SA Blu Ray Burner - 12X BD-R DL/SL, 2x BD-RE, 16x DVD+R/-R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+/-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, SATA
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM