Common Question: Could I Build It Cheaper?

Is the spec that of a pre built or what you want? Factory built (not the "custom" factor built) are often cheaper as the can buy in bulk to get a discount. HOWEVER...there often "cutting corners" which makes the a bit less reliable and certainly not "future proof" and why should they! They want to sell you a new machine every 2 years or so! They use a lot of "prioritized" equipment that pretty much guaranties you can't upgrade much more than RAM. often the mother boards are made to JUST take the CPU they supply If you were buying a mother board you wouldn't buy a Jetway or even Foxconn as they are cheap..and not too reliable...BUT you would take it in an HP factory machine (which is what your doing!)....PSU are mostly 300-350W too small for a GOOD video card even if they supplied one (often its just Integrated graphics) So IS a factory machine as good as "home built" nope, just cheaper!