Thread is a little old, but wanted to chime in because I'm looking at eCollegePc too. I don't think it's fair to compare the price he's getting with PcPartPicker, but instead to any of the other custom builders like CyberPower or FalconNW. By comparison, their prices are much less. I've built PCs before, but I used to buy a new pc about every 2 or 3 years. Now it's like every 10 years. I've looked at an in between option of getting a build from eCollegePC with cpu, motherboard, case and power supply, and CD Burner if you still want one of those. Then buy the hard drives, memory, video card separately. You can save about $150 that way and installing that stuff is dead simple. I don't like the fear of messing up a pin on a CPU as I install it or frying a motherboard accidentally. The other thing to consider about eCollegePC is that for $29 you get free pickup and returns for 1 year on your warranty. You can get 3 years, but I figure if anything goes wrong, it will be in the first few months. I've never bought from them so I'm not a customer and this is not an endorsement. Just saying their prices are actually really good compared to any other custom builder.