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So, I'm planning on building my own PC, I've always wanted to and I see the value of doing it for yourself.
That being said, dealing with individual warranties as opposed to one warranty for one machine from a pre-built vendor is kind of daunting/frightening. Furthermore, if you put together the whole system and something doesn't work, how are you supposed to figure out what went wrong? Especially when you're a total noob to computer hardware and construction?
Are component manufacturers honest with customer support usually? Can you trust them to honor warranty guarantees?
It seems like a lot can go wrong, especially for novices. I was looking at, out of curiosity more than anything, Digital Storm's Vanquish system. It looks very nice and is well priced, the only issue is the hold, outdated H81 motherboard that doesn't offer much in the way of future upgrades. It also doesn't include an OS, monitor, mouse, keyboard, or any other "accessories" with it.
I see the value in building your own system, the money saved and what not. For the price of the "best" or level 3 Vanquish, I can get a good H97 motherboard, or for a little more, a Z97 motherboard, I can get a 1080p monitor, a keyboard, and Windows 7 or 8.1. So building your own clearly saves money and allows you to choose the nice components you want and allows you to decide whether you care about future upgradeability.
With all those pros, it should be clear which is the best move, but building your own as a novice is a scary task, even though the challenge would be fun and thrilling, a lot can go wrong and diagnosing what went wrong is where I'd struggle the most.
I guess what I'm asking for, is, is it really such a rutheless task, to build your own PC? All these articles of pre-built vs custom built outline the pros and cons of each, but emphasise the building of your own rig's cons as the things that can go wrong and the difficulty of diagnosing the issue.
That being said, dealing with individual warranties as opposed to one warranty for one machine from a pre-built vendor is kind of daunting/frightening. Furthermore, if you put together the whole system and something doesn't work, how are you supposed to figure out what went wrong? Especially when you're a total noob to computer hardware and construction?
Are component manufacturers honest with customer support usually? Can you trust them to honor warranty guarantees?
It seems like a lot can go wrong, especially for novices. I was looking at, out of curiosity more than anything, Digital Storm's Vanquish system. It looks very nice and is well priced, the only issue is the hold, outdated H81 motherboard that doesn't offer much in the way of future upgrades. It also doesn't include an OS, monitor, mouse, keyboard, or any other "accessories" with it.
I see the value in building your own system, the money saved and what not. For the price of the "best" or level 3 Vanquish, I can get a good H97 motherboard, or for a little more, a Z97 motherboard, I can get a 1080p monitor, a keyboard, and Windows 7 or 8.1. So building your own clearly saves money and allows you to choose the nice components you want and allows you to decide whether you care about future upgradeability.
With all those pros, it should be clear which is the best move, but building your own as a novice is a scary task, even though the challenge would be fun and thrilling, a lot can go wrong and diagnosing what went wrong is where I'd struggle the most.
I guess what I'm asking for, is, is it really such a rutheless task, to build your own PC? All these articles of pre-built vs custom built outline the pros and cons of each, but emphasise the building of your own rig's cons as the things that can go wrong and the difficulty of diagnosing the issue.
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