7 Reasons to Build Your Own Personal Computer

Have you thought of building your own PC? This might seem rather daunting, but if you are technically minded it could be a thoroughly worthwhile project for the following 7 reasons.

1. The Case

Retail PC cases are often sleek, stylish affairs that may have extras like displays and card readers which are all very alluring. However they are also usually small, flimsy affairs with poor airflow and little room inside for additional components should you wish to fit them.

If you choose your own case you can pick any style you want and ensure that it is large enough to incorporate any future upgrades and associated cooling.

2. Power Supply

You can pick whichever power supply fits your needs. Of course it would pay in the long run to buy a high quality, powerful supply that would be reliable and capable of withstanding any future upgrades such as a top end graphics card.

Generic power supplies included with retail cases are often weak and unreliable. This could make any future changes or additions to your PC impractical.

3. Motherboard

Motherboards in retail PCs are often low-end affairs that have poor connectivity and support. It is far better to have the freedom to choose your own branded motherboard to build your PC around. You can future proof your PC to a large extent and ensure reliability and excellent support.

4. Quality Components

Rather than rely on nondescript hard drives, optical drives, memory and other parts, you can hand-pick quality components to exactly suit your requirements. It is also reassuring to know what is inside your PC case.

5. Monitor

Retail PCs usually leave you with little choice when it comes to the monitor and you tend to have to make do with a very average screen. If you are going to spend a lot of time in front of your screen you may require a more suitable product. For instance you might want a screen with height-adjustment. If you are a serious photographer you might want accurate colours. You might want a large screen for a better movie experience or wider viewing angles if your screen is being shared.

All these necessities can be accounted for if you make your own careful choice.

6. Software

Retail machines usually come with an operating system installed along with a lot of unwanted advertising software. This adware can clog up your machine making it run more slowly and can be hard to remove.

Also, you may find there is no system disk provided. Instead, if your operating system goes bad you have to recover it from a special partition on the hard drive. If the hard drive fails, you lose your operating system which, of course, could be expensive if your PC is no longer under warranty. Purchase your own operating system disk and you can always have a clean installation with no adware.

7. Upgrades and Repairs

No problems here. You know your machine well because you did, after all, build it yourself. If it breaks down, then fix it in a jiffy! If you want to upgrade, then upgrade! No waiting around for an engineer to come and do it for you and think of the savings in costs and call out fees, not to mention your valuable time.