bayoubill
Mesh - How much difference in price than you buying one? How much did you save?
I started out with a budget of $1200, but ended up spending $1500. The reason being, I kind of went all out....I wanted a gaming DAW and had to spend the extra $$ for a good graphics card, new monitor, SSD drive, and lots of minor accessories on hardware.....(the Mrs. wasn't happy about this extra expense, but I wanted a machine that was SOLID and not worry about replacing the machine for at least 4-6 years).
I've had this build since the summer of 2013 and I'm still impressed with its performance......no issues whatsoever.
I had been saving for a good year to get this and didn't get the "latest/greatest" hardware.....I just checked the specs on what a lot of folks in here had and asked a lot of questions in the Computer forum before buying anything. The good thing for me was getting everything from Newegg where I signed up for their Preferred Account......and had 1 year to pay it without any interest adding up.
Now, your case may not be this as your requirements will be different than mine and also the pricing will depend on which components you choose. I don't know what your budget is, but the good thing about building your PC is.....the hardware will all be hand selected by YOU, and will be specific to your needs. You'll have to do a little research on the components and put up your virtual build on the Computer Forum (the Pro's will give some great advice). The actual build will be a lot of fun (at least for me it was). :))
Although "off the shelf" PC's look shiny/good and all ready to go, they do use cheaper/inferior products (+ bloatware) geared at general public uses. At the time of my build, I didn't want to hassle with troubleshooting hardware problems or deal with the headaches that some people were complaining about.......so, I chose to build mine. So far, I'm very happy with my decision.
