Greetings ladies and gentlemen
TL;DR: im spending about 2600 bucks of my own money on an experiment for the masses
throughout the past 2+ weeks, i have been venturing into the purchase of a computer not from a name brand company (dell, alienware, etc) last week my laptop of 5 yrs (a beefy $6000 alienware laptop, it was a gift, calm down =D ) died on me, so i was forced to make a purchase to keep myself from going insane thanks to TV commercials
now i had two options:
-make one myself (usally the cheapest way, but due to large hands and being a bit rusty, i could possibly fry everything if done incorrectly)
-buy a premade one and hope the price doesnt kill me
through my research i had stumbled apon 3 websites, ibuypower, digital storm and another which i cannot remeber atm. through discussions on said forums to people with extensive research on product performance a rig was composed to about $2300 +tax = $2586.86 (knocking off about 80 bucks from the shipping because i will be picking it up)
now you may ask why i am posting this thread, well from the horror stories i have seen, i wanted to put myself in the same position as others to see how bad it could really get, i invested my own hard earned money and as the days go by will inform how the proccess goes, what i bought, and what i avoided so if you are also in my shoes desperate for a strong computer fast, this may be a viable option for you