Quote Originally Posted by Eunys View Post
While building one yourself is going to normally be on par or a bit cheaper, and give you more control over your system specs. Many people are just not willing to try or just fear messing up.
There's some shops that assemble and test the system for you for ~100 bucks. And it will still be cheaper than buying a Sony, Dell, etc. system. The problem is that there's lots of components and the chance of DoA is pretty high with pc hardware. Not everyone has the nerve to debug a broken PSU ^^ The assembly itself is easy.