Today, 16:28
Building your own system is actually quite simple IF you plan properly before you spend a single $.
Read each and every manual or review, ask questions (there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers) and shop at a PC specialist store, not a chain.
All building your own consists of is connecting cables and fitting parts into a box.
I've been doing it since 1997 for myself and family, friends and the odd blow in, as for costs, buy cheap and you get (mostly) crap.
Buy smart and ALWAYS negotiate.
My current build is relatively capable, BUT if I run intense weather and cloud cover at high setting I will often get the BSOD........so I have a new build taking shape.
What you first must take into account is what you want to run, then decide on a budget.
I liken it to tuning cars, 'How...