If you buy a pre-built PC by some "company" you are wasting your money. Here's why!!!

So you have some money and are ready to purchase yourself a computer for work, surfing the net, gaming, or all of the above.

There are plenty of options out there, some good, some great, and some, not so much.

You could drive to the nearest electronics store and pick up an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) PC, but you would be paying a premium not only for the PC, but for the service of "delivering" it to you, the consumer. (Not to count tax charges!)

You could go online and buy a pre-built PC, but you would be paying for the service of "building" the PC you are buying.

Or, you could cut out the middle man, buy the parts, and build it yourself. This way, you would only pay for the PC itself, and you would do the work of putting it together.

Even if you are not tech-savvy, or if you have never seen a motherboard all your life, building a PC is not all that hard. All you need most of the time is a screwdriver, a bit of patience, and a willingness to learn.

In this post, I will comment on a computer sold by a popular company that sells "gaming" PCs,list the actual price of the parts they use, and how much you could save by doing the work of building it yourself.

Some of the parts brand and model they use are not specified (for example, the motherboard, the power supply), so I have chosen an "equivalent" alternative in those cases. For the alternatives, I chose quality parts with good reviews, and you can be assured that it's better than anything they might have on their offering. (Otherwise, why don't they list the part model and number?)

In my next post, I will list what you could do, if you had the $699.99 they ask for their PC and are willing to build it yourself.

Questions? Need help building your own PC? Have a budget, and don't know what you could do with it? Comment here, and I will reply asap!