>>I've picked up vibes that you want more performance, and you want to "play" with building it,
>>but there is a budget involved, and that makes quite a bit of sense for a first build before you
>>have experience.
A good assessment. I do want to learn, indeed have already learned a lot. Actually building will teach me more, no doubt.
There is a budget involved or building my own makes no sense. I could just buy something excessive. In fact, that's what I've typically done. The problem with that approach though is that the only real way of keeping the performance up is to periodically buy another entire machine. Best not to think about how many computers I have bought over the years.
Also, when buying a machine from a retailer it appears to me that they assemble it with the goal of getting the best price/performance aimed at a specific user profile at that moment in time. They use almost end of life products, inflexible configurations and products with limited comparability or upgrade-ability.
If I know more, then I should be able to buy smarter and buy individual components as and when. Seems like it ought to be loads more interesting.
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