You don't have to build it yourself. I bought my current gaming machine from Cyberpower, iirc (cyberpowerpc.com) and I was very happy with their service. Their builder did things like detect when I had bumped up the graphics card to the point where I would want a bigger power supply.
There are a couple of similar sites around - you can find a system that's close to what you think you want and customize it.
If you don't like third parties, I've also found some good deals by haunting the Dell refurb pages (https://www.dell.com/Outlet). If you go there you're going to have to buy a config that someone else built but you can get fairly powerful machines for much less than new. It's often then simple to order an upgrade for what you want (esp video card or memory) and get someone to do that swap for you.
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Date: 2013-02-21 06:40 pm (UTC)There are a couple of similar sites around - you can find a system that's close to what you think you want and customize it.
If you don't like third parties, I've also found some good deals by haunting the Dell refurb pages (https://www.dell.com/Outlet). If you go there you're going to have to buy a config that someone else built but you can get fairly powerful machines for much less than new. It's often then simple to order an upgrade for what you want (esp video card or memory) and get someone to do that swap for you.