There's plenty to consider Lee and it's a good idea to get feedback. Most people will tell you to build it yourself but i'll give you some things to consider in favour of the custom made option. 1. Price is not as much a consideration as you'd think. A lot of the firm's who custom build PC'S these days will put it together for the price you'd pay buying the parts yourself. 2. If you have a dud chip in your CPU, which is always a possibility, you run the risk of frying your motherboard and anything connected to it. This can happen when overclocking from what I understand. It'll all be under warranty but it could be a pain in the ass if it happens. I'm no expert by a long chalk so don't let the above sway you too much. My PC was custom built but when an electrical surge fried my ethernet port I had no problem attaching a new pci to the motherboard and I'll be replacing the gpu myself in the near future. Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk