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Building vs. Buying
| >>269475
The 3 deciding factors are: use case, upgradability/repair, cost.
The first decision is if you want to take your system everywhere you go, or not. This directly impacts the other two, as miniaturisation is not cheap and very difficult to upgrade for the parts are designed to work in a precise configuration.
A desktop is modular, with standard interfaces, interchangable components that can gradually be replaced with better versions.
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| For the same cost, a built desktop will have specs almost twice as high as the laptop, and with room to add or upgrade things in the future.
With a laptop, all you buy is mobility, which for some is very important.
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| With prices increasing on hardware and laptops becoming more popular, which would be a better option in today's time? Building a desktop with everything you want or buy a laptop that is close to your dream computer?