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ah yes the age-old question of whether to build your own pc or buy a pre-built

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we'll be answering it once and for all

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and here it is some of my regular viewers actually

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might not really like this but well anyway i really feel the answer is

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do whatever you want there's no absolute right way to buy a pc

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let's start by taking an objective look at some of the advantages to pre-built

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tier 1 pcs you know the ones that guys like hp or acer make number one is

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discounted Windows licenses for big system builders mean that particularly

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at the low end pricing is just plain better than what you can achieve

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building it for yourself number two is that some people just want a warranty

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yes i know your CPU comes with a warranty and your memory comes with a

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warranty but lots of people don't want to deal with that you might as well tell

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them that their new car has individual warranties on the muffler and shocks and

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engine and remote entry system and if they want anything fixed they'll have to

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diagnose it pull that part out ship it to the individual manufacturer and then

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reinstall it once the new one arrives they'll be all like what are you high

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i'll just take my mac to the apple store and they'll fix it for me

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number three is closely related to number one support not everyone has a

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tech savvy niece or nephew to help them diagnose issues they just want it to

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plain work out of the box and if it doesn't they want to call someone to

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help them the next option is getting a rig from a

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custom or boutique system builder the advantages here are pretty simple number

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one is customizability many boutique builders offer extensive options for the

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different components that you can have them install and if you're willing to do

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a little bit of learning about the parts you can get something that's just right

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for you even if you don't want to deal with the hassle of actually assembling

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it number two ties in pretty closely to the last one and it's quality if you're

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buying a mid-range to high-end custom system

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from a reputable builder they are using better components than any tier one

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commodity system your pc will likely run cooler be quieter and last longer number

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three is time i know i know i've heard

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it over and over what what time it doesn't take that long to build a pc and

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you know what those people are are right actually but this is my response you

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know what does take a long time troubleshooting a pc this is especially

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true if you don't have a garage full of spare parts to use for diagnosing an

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issue lots of people don't have a bucket of graphics cards on hand and they just

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don't want to deal with that crap speaking of buckets of graphics cards

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the reason that many of us have such things is related to benefit number one

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of picking everything for yourself and building your own pc you can save a few

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bucks and you can have fun doing it it's great i've been a pc tinkerer and

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hobbyist for the better part of my life now i even made a career out of it and i

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do all kinds of stuff that i know isn't that practical because i just plain love

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it water cooling is a great example it just doesn't make much sense from a

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performance standpoint anymore but i take pride in knowing that my system is

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faster runs quieter and looks better than what anyone who isn't willing to

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put in the time and effort can buy benefit number two of diy is infinite

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customizability and upgradeability because you've been through the gauntlet

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of actually building it in the first place you never have to be afraid of the

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guts again and upgrading is easy just

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set aside some cash and some space in a closet for a graphics card bucket and

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then you're all good benefit number three is community the pc enthusiast

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community is a great one to be a part of over at linustechtips.com we talk shop

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about pcs all day and we love it being part of it is amazing there are risks

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associated with building it yourself and you'll have no one else to point to if

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you break something but at least you'll have other folks who

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have been there before to help you through it and for me personally the

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benefits outweigh the risks if you want to get over the fear of opening up your

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pc case and building a pc for the first time you can check out our build guides

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on Linus tech tips it's my other youtube channel this last one is one that i'm

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not a hundred percent sure how to classify some pc parts retailers also

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happen to offer assembly service you might not get the same degree of tlc

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that you do from a boutique builder that's marking up the system by several

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hundred dollars just to put it together for you and test it and do all that stuff but you're also saving a ton of

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money my old employer ncix for example allows you to pick anything you want on

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their site pay the same price as someone buying individual parts would then pay

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only 50 bucks to assemble your system for you that includes any

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troubleshooting involved in getting it working right installing an os for you

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and a one year return to deeper warranty on the parts and labor on top of that

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you also still get the individual warranties on the components it really

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is a great service and it's a great way to get a truly custom grade pc without

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getting your hands dirty and without spending a bunch of money that last

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option actually sounded pretty awesome didn't it they should probably be paying

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me to make this video because i make them sound like the obvious choice here well they're not and it's not

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necessarily the obvious choice personally i'm a diy guy they're just my

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