Many years ago I used to take apart and put together personal computers. However, it was not for gaming purposes.

The last machine that I ‘plug-and-play’ put together was back in 2007. I imagine a lot has changed since then.

My sons want a Windows gaming PC for this upcoming Christmas season.

Would it be more cost effective to purchase all the components and build a tower or purchase a prebuilt machine?

Also, I’m not looking for a high-end machine. Something in the middle should work fine since they aren’t hardcore gamers.

  • erpicht
    5•2 years ago

    Anything marketed as “gamer” is likely to be a rip-off.

    Buying components is typically more cost effective, and building a PC together with your sons would be a great learning experience!

    However, there are often pretty good deals for used PCs from gamers selling their middle-end rigs on eBay, for example. It’s also possible to get just a middle-end graphics card this way.