My last two computers (over the last three years) have both been HP. I got them at Costco for about 600 – 800 ea minus monitor. I just go in and pick up the second to the best one they have, which is generally faster than what I need. Once you uninstall all that HP crap, they run pretty good.
One draw back of building your own that no one has mentioned here, and what costs you…..is the software. If you build it, you need to buy your OS and whatever software you don’t already have or can’t transfer. Don’t know about you guys, but the only time I upgrade MS Office is when I buy a new PC.
