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>but you get it cheaper because the people you buy it from are doing it at volume. Since I've been buying computers I've never seen this to be the case. I hav
by danssig 15y ago
>but you get it cheaper because the people you buy it from are doing it at volume.
Since I've been buying computers I've never seen this to be the case. I have yet to see a single time that buying a prepackaged computer of any brand was cheaper than buying the parts on e.g. pricewatch and building it myself.
Dislcaimer: I've always built machines with an eye towards gaming so maybe at the very low end this isn't the case. I'd be surprised even then.
- dfxm12 15y agoParts and labor are built into that price. You are also paying them to build it and for support. Again, you might not need that support and you might not need to have them build it for you, or you might need something that isn't offered in a prepackaged configuration... just like Facebook in this case.