Quote Originally Posted by trigggl View Post
Well, I wasn't going to buy from them again anyways.


Quote Originally Posted by c303a View Post
As easy as it is to build a desktop, I would just highly encourage everyone to open your desktop up and take a look to see what is inside if you have never done it. It's not a big secret. A board, a hard drive, a video card, some memory and a case with a power supply. The hardest part will be putting the wires from the case to the motherboard. Just follow the instructions in the motherboard manual. Just about anyone with a screwdriver can do it as I am sure most of us in this community know. Go to your favorite parts store, talk to them and put their parts list on the forum. I am sure we will be able to help with the pricing and recommend the proper parts for you to buy.

You can also upgrade and as always we are all here to help. Cut out the middleman, build your own and get exactly what you want.
++1 Building your own system is well worth the effort. Never have to fight Dell's or Hp's hidden partitions with their spyware (yes Dell is notorious for this), junkware and the like. Nor will you end up with sub-par hradware like crappy RAM, faulty hard drives and anemic PSUs.

But for those that truly abhor a DIY system then I highly recommend buying a computer form Puget Systems (Link). Puget uses only retail components to build their systems. No restricted OEM doggie doo doo used, no spyware, malware or rootkits will be found lurking in their stuff.