Originally Posted by
Sherblock
If you plan on custom building, however, take your budget and double it. That's about how much you'll probably end up spending.
That's about right, assuming you make no changes to a prebuilt. However, that's rarely the case. Also, you can get exactly what you want with a custom, whereas a prebuilt will always entail some compromises. The big issue is the extent to which you can do the work yourself and not make mistakes in selecting the components.
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