Best PC to buy?

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by loochy

Building it yourself is almost always the best way if you are willing to study up a little bit. You get quality components throughout the machine. Many times general computer manufacturers get really cheap on things like motherboards, hard drives, and memory. If you build yourself you can can use quality components that will support future upgrades and will be easy to replace if something goes bad. Also, if you build yourself you don't get a machine with a stupid preloaded version of windows and bunch of crapware.

I'm a total novice at building a computer. The most I've done is upgrade memory and video cards. I'm a pretty quick study, though. I'll definitely look into it. I've got a couple friends that have done it so maybe they can give me some pointers.