Quote: Original post by Ravuya
I'm gonna fling this over to Hardware.
I hear "ibuypower" a lot, I don't know if they're reputable or if they use quality parts.
However, it SERIOUSLY isn't hard to build your own machine from parts. Perhaps the hardest part is applying thermal glue to the CPU. You can do that if you've applied peanut butter to toast.
I was going to try ibuypower.com because their prices are far lower than everywhere else (except buying your own individual parts), but I had some questions and after sending them several emails and waiting a couple of weeks, they still would not respond to me. That's pretty reflective of what I hear about them in general: nice prices, terrible service. You might get a good deal, but if something goes wrong expect to spend months sorting it out.
So I agree, look into building one yourself (is what I'm doing). There are a lot of little things to hook up, but nothing is actually hard to do. Just need patience. Being willing to actually look at manuals & guides helps too.
