I gotta disagree on the reliability aspect. Store-bought computers are typically more reliable than custom-built. Store-bought PCs have warranties that cover most hardware fuck-ups. Building a PC is hard enough if you've never did it before and having a small problem that can't be fixed can escalate into a huge time and money waster if you're not careful. Custom-built PCs are way more powerful but I gotta give the reliability factor (hardware-wise, not software...storebought PCs are about as stable as a tower of Oreos® concerning the shit software they come with preinstalled) to the storeboughts. All it takes is one faulty component or 1 wrong setting on a custom build and it's all gone to shit. To a new builder this is a complete nightmare.
-Lasereth
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