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Well I've been thinking of building my own computer for a while, but I'm uncertain of what I should do, so I've come here to ask a couple questions
Is it worth building my own PC? or should I just go out and buy myself a PC, my school sells the tower for only $50 but the downside is that the tower is a Dell not sure what model but it's a pretty old model, should I buy the tower remove everything and add my own parts? or would it be better to just buy the Case of a tower and starting everything from scratch? Also I will be using the PC for mostly gaming.

Thank you all in advance​
 

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Definitely start everything from scratch.

You could get a much better case for just a little bit more money too, this one is only $79.99 w/o shipping.(There's much better cases' for not much money, I just did a quick google search)

 

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Always build your own, or have someone you know help you build one. The pre-made PCs are huge pieces of junk.
 

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The dell is most likely not compatible with a lot of the newer parts your better off starting fresh with a new build. Lots of tutorials on YouTube.
 

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What's your budget? What games do you want to play and at what resolution? what currency?

let me know and i'll fix together a build for you on PC Partpicker.
 

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Heaven said:
What's your budget? What games do you want to play and at what resolution? what currency?

let me know and i'll fix together a build for you on PC Partpicker.
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My budget would be from about $800-$1000, I'd be playing mostly games downloaded from steam, an example would be League of Legends, I'd like the resolution to be either 720p or 1080p, my currency is Canadian Dollars
 

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With 800-1000$ budget you can make a "mean" gaming pc.
If you need any help with compatibility issues shoot me a pm on here.

.. Or if you need to, i'd put together a rig build list for you, all i'd need is a maximum dollar amount.

But as with your question, always build your own PC. Pre-built computers normally lack in expandablitiy as well as parts they "cheap out on" such as throwing in a cheap mobo, psu, etc...

Don't use that dell case for 50$ You can find just as good of case for cheaper and it's already stripped of the "junk" internals.
 

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If I were you I would just buy a custom built PC. There are some sites that let you customize the parts so you can add anything you want to it.

Since you haven't ever built a PC you should have one built for you.

Also you would want a very good GPU if you want to game.
 

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Beats said:
Since you haven't ever built a PC you should have one built for you.
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This doesn't matter what so ever in my own personal opinion.
When I built my first computer I didn't know what I was doing either.

It is tricky at first, but its really not that bad.

Just reinstating I SERIOUSLY recommend building your own computer from scratch.
 

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Spiderman said:
My budget would be from about $800-$1000, I'd be playing mostly games downloaded from steam, an example would be League of Legends, I'd like the resolution to be either 720p or 1080p, my currency is Canadian Dollars
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This is the best I can make up for your money Spiderman.
It's seriously OP for games such as LoL.
You could save money but this is within budget and is such a nice build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($157.99 @ Canada Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.51 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($104.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($269.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $998.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-14 19:08 EDT-0400)
 

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Thank you for helping me out Heaven, really appreciate it
 

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Spiderman said:
Thank you for helping me out Heaven, really appreciate it
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No problem.
Let me know if you want me to do a build that'll save you money.
The build I posted is so OP for what you want, but it's in budget and will run games like BF4 comfortably.
 
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