DIY pc yourself or engage a custom pc building company?

Before we dive into the main topic first we need to understand what is a custom build pc and pre build pc.

What is a custom pc?

Custom pc allows you to customize the parts of the pc you would like to build. You can have a variety of parts to pick for your gaming pc. It allows you to let your imagination go wild on the type of custom PC parts design and features you like.

You can build the custom pc yourself or you can customize the build with a system integrator like Aftershock or like myself who do personalised custom pc build.

What is a pre-built pc?

Pre-built pc consist of a list of pcs that already has a fixed pc parts. Usually you won’t be able to change too much parts in the list. You can get a pre-built pc from companies like Aftershock, Dell’s Alienware or myself who is a pc builder plus content creator who customised a lists of pre-built pc for you.

5 things to note when building your own pc

You get to enjoy the process of planning and buying parts with discounts on e-commerce platforms like Shopee, Lazada or Amazon.

You get to choose all the parts in the world for your custom pc build.

You will feel the satisfaction of building up the pc and power it for the first time.

You take full ownership of the pc parts. If you accidentally broke the pc parts during assembly of pc, the ownership is all on you.

If the pc faulty, it may take you hours to troubleshoot the pc and you need to claim the warranty yourself.

5 things to note when engaging a custom pc company

They take on all the risk for you during building.

They have warranty coverage for your custom pc. Either on site or you bring down your PC to their service centre.

You don’t need to worry too much about the compatibility of the PC parts. You just pick either the prebuild or ask them to customise for you.

They might have limited parts in selection as usually even for customise they already have a list of fixed parts where they buy in bulk to get cheaper price for you to customise. Or you can choose to have a personalised custom pc approach where you share your requirement and they plan the build for you without restricting the parts.

Some builds might be more expensive compared to buying individual parts your own.

Which should you choose?

Build yourself

If you are someone who likes to research and  save every single dollar you can when buying pc parts.

You are adventurous to build your own when starting out.

You want to have the luxury of choosing the parts yourself.

You enjoy the satisfaction of building the entire pc up and get it up and running.

Engage a custom pc company

You do not have time to research for the pc and just want somebody to help you build the pc.

You don’t want to risk damaging the component of the PC.

You don’t want to risk buying the parts that are not compatible.

You want warranty and a peace of mind when something is wrong with the pc.