but im wondering....

how easy is it to order online + build my own?

how much markup does best buy have?

is it a bad idea?

Ncix or most computer parts shops will assemble for you for 50 bucks .... but most pc building is like putting together lego.

Any time you come in here and suggest any kind of prebuilt computer from bestbuy or dell or any other shitty reseller of bad components that are overpriced you will get a resounding no from this community and with good reason .

they use subpar cases , subpar and underpowered and low quality psus ( imagine how you are going to feel when your shitty power supply fries your nice video card you bought or can't power it ).

Fill out the form with budget and what you need and the community can oblige .

And for 50 bucks it can come assembled

Prebuilts also generally use refurbished components, but this mostly applies to the kinds you 'configurate' online. Still a chance tho.

It really depends though, if all you want is a roasty toasty shitposty machine to do word processing and browsing/email on, you may as well just get one at best buy. If you have any interest in getting worthwhile performance for the money you will get at least 2-3x more perf/$ building one yourself. Let me know what you are going to be using the machine for and give me a budget I can build something really good on partspicker instead.

Actually assembling the pc is easy, nowadays it's practically lego's, and unless you're dabbling with multiple modular power supplies and get the cables mixed up, you'll never have an issue of "this shouldn't fit here but it fit anyway and everything got fucked."

I don't know enough to agree or disagree so please provide some fuken evidence

he's full of shit.

Getting a prebuilt is like making out with a girl that just gave another dude a blowjob.

so it's totally kinky and hot?

If that's what you're into I guess

Probably the worst analogy I've ever seen