Most of us 'enthusiasts' learnt to build our own computers for two main reasons. The first is one simply of cost. PCs come in two flavours, the cheap Internet ready variety which are fine for the most basic tasks but useless for anything more strenuous than Freecell, and the Gaming PC, which can play pretty much anything but comes with a price-tag to match. The second, and often overlooked, reason is the parts list. How often have you seen a specification and thought "if only it had a better cooler/more RAM/whatever"? So rather than paying through the nose to get a collection of bits you'll need to upgrade anyway it is easier to build it yourself.



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