3.2 Building or Buying

Three advantages of building a computer yourself are;

1: You can choose exactly what parts you want. Some pre-built computers give you the option to customize some parts, but you are still limited.

2:  By building a computer yourself, you learn about all the parts and what they do. In short, you gain much more knowledge then you would from buying a pre-built computer.

3: Can be made to fit a certain thing you want to do. An example would be a gaming computer. This means that you would choose parts specifically for the games you want to play. A good video card is a must in a gaming computer.

Three advantages of buying a computer are;

1: It costs less to go out and purchase a computer. However nowadays they are almost the same price.

2: Consistancy. If you buy a computer, you are guarenteed for it to work.

3: If you buy a specific computer, such as a mac, you get features that you wouldnt normally get from building one.


In my opinion, I believe building a computer is much better than going out and buying one. This is because if you build one, you really have so much more freedom over your choices and the knowledge is extensive. It would also be helpful to add into a resume for a job that you build a computer youself if it has to do with electronics. Overall it is more cost-effecient because your the one choosing what goes in. You have the liberty of choosing what parts are cheap and good at the same time.