[iup=3519459]Kappa[/iup] wrote:I'd really like to make a gaming pc and was wondering if anyone who has done it before knows what it would be like in terms of cost? I hear it's cheaper than buying one right out.
More accurately, you will get much better hardware for the same cash by building it yourself than throwing your cash at a seller of prebuilt PCs.
The exact cost will depend on what you're willing to pay, and what you're willing to sacrifice (and every sane PC build will involve sacrifice, because very few people can afford a money no object build, and the gains are rarely worth the price premium). But as a baseline, I'd estimate £400-500 for a basic Intel build, then whatever you're willing to pay on top of that for your graphics card. There are places you can cheap out on a basic build, though, so it could go lower.
