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Grinched*. Oops..: Edit
Sooo, last Saturday my wife and I discovered some grinch had broken into our apartment and stolen the presents from under the tree!! Plus, just about everything else of value.... So, after we get all moved out of that @&$!hole I'll be looking to buy or build a new comp!
If anyone has experience getting out leases in the US that would be good info too.
My main question is whether building or buying a comp would be better for me. I'm looking to spend about $1000(a little more if needed is ok) I'd like it to be able to smoothly run sc2 on full ultra, run Photoshop for my wife, and be good for streaming videos(hulu, netflix, etc, since it will play the role of our tv as well). I have near no experience with comp hardware. I only have a keyboard, and the $1000 doesn't include the monitor.
Would building or buying a comp be a more efficient use of the money? Which one is generally more powerful? Reliable? Longer lasting? Is it too hard to build with online guides and such?
Thanks!
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Building a computer and buying one are pretty comparable, cost-wise. The difference is that if you build your own it has everything you want and nothing that you don't.
It's not that hard to do, but if you're not confident you can just walk into a computer shop, point out the components you want and tell them to build it for you.
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Build >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Buy. Learn to do it once and you're set.
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Wow that is a shame 
In Australia it is pretty much always cheaper to buy the parts and build it yourself. $1000 should get you to your goal of SC2 on Ultra, Photoshop, etc fairly easily.
Building is computer these days is really really easy. Every connection is keyed (meaning you can't put something in the wrong way) and colour coded. Motherboard layouts are marked on the case so you can't screw up riser placements (if you even need them). Hard drive bays are screw-less. List goes on.
Usually the only "hard" part is connecting the front panel power switches and LEDs but all motherboard manuals come with good instructions and diagrams. Also if you make a mistake the worst that will happen is your lights won't work so you just turn it off and try again.
Building computers is fairly fun too.
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