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Originally Posted by Old Yeller
PsYcNeT covered everything, but just wanted to add that if you're already familiar with swapping out components, you can build a PC from scratch. Follow the motherboard manual, watch a few YouTube videos if you need to double check a step and you're good to go.
If you buy components from a place like Memory Express, they'll mount your CPU to the motherboard to test it before you even pick it up. Other than that it's really just mounting the motherboard to the case and plugging components in and providing power.. with todays cases cable management is pretty easy too.
I just built a machine for the first time in 10 years and it was a pretty easy/enjoyable experience.
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How much did you spend on it? My big thing is upgradeability. I have a Acer laptop from four years ago but I've already maxed out the RAM to 32GB and I'm unable to upgrade the CPU. I was looking at some of these and they seem way cheaper than what I'd be able to build myself by buying the components individually.
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