![]() ![]() With all this in mind, three years ago I decided to give OriginPC a try. The high cost is really no surprise though, these are businesses providing a service and for the most part their mark ups seem fair. This level of control is appealing though it comes at a cost, computers built this way are typically considerable more expensive then the sum of their parts. ![]() SI will build computers according to customer orders, thus giving buyers much more control over what goes into their new system and in most cases even the software installed. Some of the software companies tended to install was very resource intensive and sometimes difficult to remove.įor many years there has been another option in the PC space which has grown in popularity recent, the Boutique System Integrator (SI). ![]() You couldn’t be sure what bundled software would be pre-installed on the system. Even when you did know what the model of a component was such as with a video card, you couldn’t be sure that it was from a trusted manufacturer. The community did have some valid points about these pre-built systems, a potential buyer had no idea about the quality of components such as power supplies. This was especially true for the rows of desktop computers stocked by electronics stores. For years PC gamers have looked down their noses at the pre-built offerings of OEM’s such as Dell and HP. The PC gaming community has a reputation for many things, good and bad but one of the key pillars is the DIY nature of your personal computer. ![]()
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