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I have an electronics degree so the actual building of a machine would not be a problem. That said though, I have never built a PC and am a little concerned about things like BIOS, installing drivers, OS etc etc.
Based a budget of $600-800 for just the PC (no monitor, speakers, keyboard etc)
Would I be better off just buying a retail system, after the CPU price drops reach them, or putting together the parts and building one.
How much better is the system I can build at that price really going to be?
How about going with someone like cyberpower.com or monarch or one of the other "custom" builders, where I can pick out the parts I want and get the system I really want, but without having to do all the work, plus it would have a warranty covering everything.
Mid-level Gaming and low level photo work is the biggest strain I would put on it.
Based a budget of $600-800 for just the PC (no monitor, speakers, keyboard etc)
Would I be better off just buying a retail system, after the CPU price drops reach them, or putting together the parts and building one.
How much better is the system I can build at that price really going to be?
How about going with someone like cyberpower.com or monarch or one of the other "custom" builders, where I can pick out the parts I want and get the system I really want, but without having to do all the work, plus it would have a warranty covering everything.
Mid-level Gaming and low level photo work is the biggest strain I would put on it.