Youtuber, Total Biscuit, Fires Shots at the site who call PC Gaming “Way too Hard”, we respond

A few days ago VICE, also a popular publication site known for their documentaries published an article claiming that PC Gaming is hard. Vice has a few subdomains for the respective categories where their articles are published. Writer, Emanuel Maiberg, who wrote the article published the article with the title “PC Gaming is Still Way too Hard“. Before even Total Biscuit responded to this on Twitter GeeksULTD had read the article itself as it was shared quite a bit on social media. However, the writer of the article claims a few points of why he justifies PC Gaming as “Way too Hard” in these clear points.

[generic-user-name]

The point that you need to keep putting money into a PC to be 'cutting edge' is true though. Of course you don't need to be 'cutting edge' but he was right.

[GeeksULTD]

A GTX 780 or R9 290 will be cheap and will get the job done. No need to upgrade every year. Consider that

[generic-user-name]

Get the job done and cutting edge are two different things.

[Erik7357]

Or a gtx1060 that's as powerful as a gtx980 and only $250

[freshslicepizza]

there are people who still play games on a 5 year old gpu, i'm not sure what your point is. unlike consoles you are not locked in and better yet neither is your software.

[Kleptic]

EDIT: just saw this is all 3 days old, but still showing as the 1st most popular article?

[TheFirstClassic]

Yeah I built mine for 650 dollars a year and a half ago and I still dont have any real need to upgrade. Witcher 3 runs at 40 fps on high.

[ITPython]

Yikes, you can play and enjoy a game below a solid unchanging 60fps? I find that anything under 60fps is too choppy, especially since that framerate isn't locked and can have some drastic mood swings. I need my games on PC to be running at exactly 60fps at all times otherwise the constant shifting of the fps drives me insane.

Its odd though, as 30fps on a console game feels fine to me (its certainly tolerable), but even if I lock a game at 30fps on my pc it feels really choppy and the controls are sluggish. For me the feeling of dropping at all below 60fps in a pc game has the same feeling as dropping below 30fps on a console game.

[ONESHOTV2]

ITPython..... 40-45 is an alright spot you still get the smooth feeling but if it drops to 30 then that's where the problem is 30 frames dont feel too good when using a mouse

[starchild]

@ITPYTHON

You're capping your framerate the wrong way then. Use Nvidia inspector and use the 1/2 refresh rate setting. It feels identical to the same games on my PS4.

Moreover, anyone serious about PC gaming should get themselves a monitor with variable refresh rate (i.e. g-sync and freesync). My Gsync monitor is the best purchase I have ever made for my PC gaming. Framerates around 40fps, like the example cpayne93 gave, are perfectly smooth. And of course you can also enjoy when your framerates go higher as well. Playing some games at 144Hz is amazing.

[GeeksULTD]

R9 290 could easily max out games at 1080p with good FPS, better than consoles. If it comes to the cutting edge, at 1080p the R9 290 or even the GTX 970 will do very well. And yeah, if you have the monitor, 1440p decently as well

[generic-user-name]

4k is the new cutting edge.

[glassgannon909]

wtf you smoking?
i had a 390x and even that couldnt max out 1080p with good fps in most demanding games unless things were skewed heavily in amd's favor with the drivers and api's

[Gh05t]

As opposed to what? What in life do you not have to invest money into to remain "cutting edge" especially in technology?

Not to mention the if PC's are still too hard what is the alternative, a console? That hasnt been cutting edge since PS2 and XBOX. our systems are now way behind the PC market.

[generic-user-name]

Ugh, read the article. This guy is claiming another guy was wrong for saying you need to keep investing money to be cutting edge. I am saying he was right.

Don't get so bloody defensive over pcs and actually read what you're commenting on.

[glassgannon909]

did you even read? for one, ps2 and xbox werent cutting edge because of how much they could do, they were cutting edge because of what they could do in so little.
in a pc , gfx cards become old in a year and youre out of the cutting edge troupe .the titan x was launched in march 2015 and it was the best and most expensive thing and its already being outperformed by a 1070, which isnt even gonna be in the top 3 strongest cards of this pascal lineup considering 1080,ti and next titan are all probably stronger..

[kingdom18]

It's not like console gaming is cutting edge. PC gaming is the only place to get the most "cutting edge" in terms of graphics. But that doesn't mean you need to be "cutting edge", far from it actually. You can play most new games at the same settings as consoles with modest specs. So yes your right. But that doesn't mean you have to use cutting edge hardware.

[generic-user-name]

That was never once my argument.

"So yes your right"

I know

Anything else you're getting from my comment is your own business.

[rainslacker]

My PC is about 5 years old, and the GPU wasn't cutting edge when I got it, and it can still play almost all the games on PC just fine. Maybe not ultra settings, but for the most part, it's perfectly acceptable.

I could dump a bit of money into this same PC, and have something more powerful than consoles should I choose, and that money wouldn't even have to be as much as the consoles are, and I'd easily get another 5 or so years out of it.

That being said, dumping money to remain cutting edge, doesn't really make PC gaming hard. One can do so when they feel compelled to do it. No rush really more often than not. In the meantime, they can play their games, and when they do decide to upgrade, assuming they've brought their computer in the last 5-7 years, it takes maybe 30 minutes to install a video card and drivers and be on one's way to continue playing their games in better quality.

Quite truthfully, most of the games themselves aren't cutting edge, so why would one be compelled to stay on that edge when it doesn't return much. This will be even more true going forward, as returns on new GPU's are going to become exponentially less with each iteration.

[starchild]

It's sad the way many people on this site use the PC as a means to bash the Xbox, but whenever a PC article comes shows up where are all these supposed "PC gamers" to defend it? Instead we get a bunch of these same people trying to attack or downplay PC gaming.

[generic-user-name]

Why are so many people not getting my point? I can only assume they didn't bother to read the article.

[PutridPlop]

All is points are valid. My PC is significantly outdated and for a decent upgrade it will cost me around $800, I also live in Canada so everything costs almost twice as much here as it does in the US. I'm waiting for Scorpio, hopefully I can just throw my crap PC in the closet and forget about it.

[Kingthrash360]

Lol how much you think a scorpio gunna run you with Canadian bucks? Lol it looks to be a 599.99 machine in the sYates gunna be like a G-ball in Canada no?
You'll save 200 Canada bucks and have a more powerful rig, playing the same games.....use the 200 to buy 3 games and bamm....win
Your welcome.

[freshslicepizza]

@Majister-Ludi
"Are you ever not speaking directly from your ass? Seriously you have no facts or proof so shut up."

some people can't help themselves and have an agenda and that agneda is to make the xbox seem redundant.

[Kingthrash360]

So what I said wasn't fact?
God I can even tell him that it would be cheaper to upgrade his pc and enjoy XBOX GAMES. How am I hating on xbox????????????? Lol man look up my comment and find me saying $@(& xbox or "xbone" or "xbox sucksss"
I have my opinion yes....but ive never just dissed tge xbox out of the air. I love my xbox....I do dislike how MS is destroying xbox and tried time and time again to hurt gaming for a buck. I ask where are the games BECAUSE I WANT GAMES. Gees yall too busy defending MS and missing the fact that the xbo lacks games. It's best games are 360 games!!! Dear god! WAKE UP.
All I was doing was correcting him. He said it would be too expensive when the scorpio would cost more....but hey, he might not even live in Canada becuse even at 499 it would still cost less to upgrade...and if you prefer console then say that to begin with instead of lying and saying it would cost more to upgrade when it would not.
Dam.
It's funny how I'm supporting the Xbox games...I never said play Playstation games. I was just helping and all a sudden I'm talking out my ass.
Xbots...smdh
people like you xbots are the reason the xbo isnt selling well start asking for the games....I swear I thought it was MS who did 180s...no its xbots who have done it more.
Power don't matter, to power is everything
Exclusives are everything, to I'm happy to share.
Indies are crap, to I can't wait for them!
Neo will kill console gaming, to I'm buying scorpio day1!!
I can go on.

[Liqu1d]

moldybread talking about others having an agenda lol.

[ninjazfistz]

What are your specs?

[Kornholic]

PC players are often intentionally misleading about the easiness of PC gaming.

[uth11]

They downplay problems, downplay costs.

So many times I've seen them quote a low price on a gaming PC build that they claim will beat PS4/XB1 for less money. Except that build will be missing crucial components, like Windows, or Case which hides the true cost. It will be built out of low-end parts that none of them would even consider using in their own rig, and the information that it outperforms PS4 will be based on what some guy on NeoGaf claimed. When you check a reputable benchmark site, it won't quite measure up.

Source- I've done a few dozen PC builds since 1995

[Ysmir6723]

The ps4/xb1 consoles are very easily beatable.My 1500 euro pc has more than 18 trillion floating point operations per second.Consoles are made from very low quality parts,worse than low end pc parts.Consoles where i live cost 400 euro+50 for bigger hard drive+50 for extra contoller+50 for 2 years extra warranty and if you keep it,lets say 5 years its 5*50.So consoles,with more expensive games,usually 3 time as expensive as pc games i purchase,is about 800 euro with a single game.And i ask you:Why in the world would any pc player pay 800 euro for a 40 euro tablet cpu,a 60 euro gpu and even ancient bluetooth 2.0?To play games at 900/1080p 30fps at low/medium settings?

[Timesplitter14]

what on earth is complicated about PC gaming? You could say it costs more money and you'd be right... but complicated?

You get a guide ( http://www.logicalincrement... ), buy the parts, put it together in an hour and you're done. And then you enjoy DOOM at a mind-bogglingly smooth 144 fps on ultra settings with Vulkan. The only downside is that you won't ever be able to go back to those near-unplayable 30fps games after that

It's not PC gamers who are misleading; it's the other people who have an irrational fear of building PCs

[uth11]

it only takes an hour to assemble the hardware IF there are no snags. Sometimes things don't work, sometimes the holes in the case don't line up properly with the components, sometimes things flat out don't fit (gpu is too long and there's no space in the case for example)

Then it's still time consuming installing the OS, all the drivers, and the software- often there are snags there too. And if you've never done it before, there's a learning curve there too. How do you think a newbie is going to respond when they have to decide to install between MBR and UEFI when they don't even know what that means? That's just one choice among many, and the information will get overwhelming quickly.

PC building is ultimately a hobby. If you have the time and patience for it, it's a fun hobby. But you can't expect people with different hobbies or lifestyles to not be intimidated or even interested in learning because they have other priorities. And acting like these people are idiots is hardly going to win them over.

[Timesplitter14]

Let's consider an absolute worst-case scenario where assembling your PC takes you two evenings (10 hours).

10 hours every 3-4 years isn't something that "requires time and patience". Besides, even I don't know what MBR and UEFI actually do in practice, but I don't even have to know. I just have to follow google's advice

Actually I don't even know why we're talking about building PCs. You can buy pre-built PCs for only like 10% more money than you would've spent building it manually

[uth11]

10 hours is like an entire weekend lost to the project and perhaps a very grumpy customer who was repeatedly told it would "only take an hour, tops!"

And you can't rely on google for advice because many people have opinions that will steer you wrong. You need to do your own research.

[Timesplitter14]

Again, that "Logical Increments" guide I linked above is all you will ever need. It's been around for years and has always been trustworthy and up-to-date. Every tier contains the best, inter-compatible, low-risk components currently available

[Clunkyd]

Or maybe they don't want to deal with any issues on PC. It's inevitable.

[NeverEver]

This

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Saying that a PC itself costs less than a console, ".... If you build it" has always been a bit of a cop–out. You can easily make the point that it's cheaper in other ways, which makes the dishonesty even more silly. I can't believe someone has already used the word "peasant" in the comments section.

[Ysmir6723]

Depends how smart and wiiling you are.For me,and all my gaming friends who all play only on pc,is very easy.If it seems hard to you,and console players,simply dont play on pc.

[Razzer]

Still don't get why everyone assumes PC gaming requires building a gaming PC.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I'm still running a 7950 so I'm sure it will cost me a good chunk of change to get up to date.

[Movefasta1993]

What 200dollars?your gpu is over 4 years old no shit

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

What kind of dumb ass reply is that to my statement?

[BlacKJesu5]

Your comment was dumb...card is old as hell....you can spend $200 and be good for another 4 years

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

There's more than just updating your graphics card to be up to date. You have no idea what my computer can or can't do so assuming I only need to spend 200 to be caught up it dumb...

[Movefasta1993]

lol thank you,dude is lost in time. Some dusty gpu,xbox one can over power .

[Majister-Ludi]

Honestly this guy has no idea what he is talking about I upgrade my pc on a console cycle more or less. I also enjoy looking for different parts to get a high quality experience. Honestly only one word comes to mind when I listen to this guy bitching and it's peasant.

[yomfweeee]

Congratulations, but your single experience doesn't prove anything. Your average person couldn't build their own PC without a lot of research.

[ninsigma]

No one can build a pc until they put in a lot of research. Do you think PC gamers just magically knew how to build one?? Do it once, you know how to do it forever.

[FlameBaitGod]

yomfwee if the average person cant built a PC than humanity is over, I built mine at 14 years old by looking at youtube videos, "a lot of research" LOL!!! like if we where building a freaking plane. I love the majority of people here commenting without ever trying to build a PC Lol.

[yomfweeee]

@ninsigma

Maybe I shouldn't have said "a lot of" but it does require research. And I want to clarify that when I'm talking about "building a pc", I'm not talking about just the putting it together part... I'm talking about everything you need to know and understand to even get to that point (just like the VICE article was talking about). For example compatible components? You knew you had to get certain things that worked together. Aside from compatibility, you could spend a long time just picking a component cause there are endless options for each.

My nephew for example is 19 years old. He considers himself a PC gamer and doesn't really ever use his console. He came to me this week asking what kind of GPU he should get for his girlfriend's computer. I can't just give him an answer without several questions. What kind of motherboard does she have and what kind of slots are in it? Have much space is available inside physically to fit a card? What kind of power supply is in it? That's just the beginning of it.

@FlameBaitGod

I've built my own PC, so don't embarrass yourself with comments acting like you know who has or hasn't built a PC. I'm not some PC master race type of person who thinks a 5 year old could build a computer. I can be realistic. Your first comment about humanity is beyond ignorant as well. Humanity is over if the average person can't build a PC? A vast majority of PCs are pre-built. The world wouldn't change if no one couldn't build their own PC.

[freshslicepizza]

i built my own pc, it wasn't very hard. just make sure the parts match up and the key is the motherboard.

[senorfartcushion]

"2 pointless idiots argue about something unimportant"

[yomfweeee]

I like the morons responding to the tweet claiming that building a PC is easier than building a Lego set.

[Timesplitter14]

I will never get why people get so scared and insecure when confronted with the idea of building a PC.... you just plug a dozen components together, nothing more

[yomfweeee]

I'm not scared or insecure, I've built my own PC before. I never said it was hard, but please don't act like I could take a dozen components (making sure the parts are even compatible requires knowledge itself) over to my grandpa's house and he's going to put it together just like that.

[Timesplitter14]

Chances are grandpa also asks you if you could "install facebook" for him. He doesn't know how to use facebook. That doesn't mean facebook is too hard.

And it doesn't require knowledge. It just requires 15 minutes of googling to find a good build. Here's the best guide I know: http://www.logicalincrement...

[Clunkyd]

@Timesplitter
Please dont speak for others. Some people dont want to take the time or knowledge just so they can play video games.

[rainslacker]

Some people just aren't technically inclined, or never had experience with a computer. Even if they do, they may struggle through using a computer, because they aren't accustomed to how to do things. Those that use a computer every day, may be more comfortable with it, because they're used to it, and don't see the same barrier of entry of having to learn everything from scratch.

It's not hard to build a computer, but to assume that everyone could just go out and buy some parts, take them home, put it all together, and install some software is kind of exaggerating things. With those people, they possibly wouldn't even know where to start to look, and most of the things they may find will be completely lost on them when they go out to research.

I'll liken it like this. It's not hard to lay a tile floor. But it's not something most people would think they could do, or do well. But lets say they do go and research it, and then decide they know how to do it. In doing so they've come to understand certain key aspects to be able to do it right. But even if they understand the principals of mortar, but may not understand that not all mortars are the same. They may not understand the principal of misaligned angles having a compound exaggeration on the squareness of the edges as you move further and further away from that offset tile. More importantly, once they notice the problem, they may be way out in the deep end in knowing how to fix it. That leads to a lot of frustration, giving up, or tons of "Googling" to figure out what to do to fix it. Even if they manage to figure all these things out, they may have missed something like how tiles that aren't set level to one another won't accept grout properly, thus giving them a crappy looking floor which will be prone to the grout eventually cracking, and then coming out of the grout lines.

So yes, it's easy enough if you know how, but there is more to it than just slapping some parts together, and just reading some stuff does not bring understanding.

Most of my professional career after college has been in IT before getting into the gaming industry, and I can say, there are many people who aren't comfortable with, or understand computers than there are those who are, and most of that comes from lack of exposure. Unfortunately, this can be even more true today, despite computers being a bigger part of our lives, because most people's experience with this stuff is now mobile, where they aren't expected to, or advised, and especially not encouraged to do it themselves.

You see people every day who are comfortable with it, and could easily put together a computer because you are active in a community which does such things, and you know a lot of people who can and will do things like this routinely. But that user base is a small percentage of the overall population.

I won't argue that people aren't giving themselves enough credit, but if they lack the confidence to even go past the barrier of entry, then them building a PC is not going to be an easy task.

[Erik7357]

I mean I've actually had more trouble with some Lego sets actually than building a PC 😂😂😂

Dude the 12+ Lego sets are no joke

[Bladesfist]

Same here, you're always missing a bit or you did a bit wrong so you have to tear it apart again. Bloody Lego!

[scoltar]

Don't go with Dell, folks who are interested in trying PC gaming! I need to restore my Alienware Alpha that I bought 3 months ago to factory settings. The backup I made through their software, AlienRespawn won't work. The program told me to contact support, and when I did, they would not help saying my computer was out of warranty, even though I have the receipt showing I bought it on 04/02/2016, and their website saying that they come with a one year warranty.

[ocelot07]

It is a double edge sword really. On one hand as a PC gamer. It is easy and the benefits you get out of being a PC gamer is great. Cheaper games, Better looking games, Games run better than a console and it will only cost you about a extra £200 over a PS4 or Xbox One. Another bonus is not only can you play PC games Microsoft is brining there Xbox games over to it.

On the downside if you have no experience with PC hardware. It can be a little difficult just to get a game to work. Like for example I have Assassin's Creed Black Flag for PC. For some reason if I try and run it via Uplay it won't load up. If I go into the install folder and run the launcher as admin it works fine. No trading in games which a lot of console only players can't let go off.

[ITPython]

Having been a console gamer my whole life, and also recently building my own PC for gaming, I can say without a doubt that PC gaming isn't exactly a plug and play experience like console gaming is.

I mean sure, you can technically turn on the your pc and be in a game just about as fast as you can on console, but there is just so much more going on. Setting aside the upkeep of the OS and all things outside of playing a game, the graphical settings alone is a vastly more convoluted and complicated experience than with the fixed graphical settings you get with console games. This is especially true if you are a bit OCD, as any hiccup in framerate could be for a thousand different reasons, and since we have ultimate control over all graphical settings in pc games, investigating why you aren't getting a solid 60fps could end up consuming many hours. Heck I have easily spent more time troubleshooting and tweaking graphical settings than I have actually just playing my games.

With console gaming if there is hiccups or graphical problems, you just deal with it. As it is completely out of your control to fix. Now this is just one example of the vast difference between console and pc gaming. And while pc gaming isn't exactly "hard" its nowhere near as convenient as console gaming gaming is.

[Bolts]

If being The Master Race is easy then everyone could do it. Only a select few with the means and ability can enter this kingdom of 60 FPS. Those that can't...well there's always the consoles. If you can turn on your TV then you can figure out the consoles. You're probably gaming at god awful 50-60 ms input lag with a decade old TV but with 22-30 FPS it doesn't matter that much anyways.

[rainslacker]

PC's aren't really hard, and anyone who isn't a complete moron could figure out what needs to be done to get a PC running games. how long that will take will depend on their computing experience as a whole, but for the most part, it's not overly complicated.

PC"s aren't as easy as consoles, and there is more work involved beyond just the gaming itself, and someone with no experience may take longer to figure out how to solve a problem, but you consider it easy because you have experience with it. I'm sure at some point though, you weren't that comfortable with it and had to learn what to do. Trying to make the "PC Master Race" out to be some sort of godlike being who transcends other people's abilities is why most people don't care for the PC master race.

But hey, if you want to keep the noobs out go right ahead. I mean, no sense in trying to promote PC gaming to the masses when you guys can have it all to yourselves.

Funny thing is, your comment is in direct contradiction to almost every other master race person I see, who go on and on about it being as simple as pie.....which is ironic, because pies aren't simple if you don't know how to bake one.

[quent]

Building your first PC is a great experience, just take it nice and slow, its like playing with big Lego parts,(re attach if parts don't fit) when its done its something you built with your won 2 hands it feels awesome, you also learn so much over the years from using a pc, I like building budget pc's to se just how much performance i can squeeze out of a system with a limited budget, also pc and console prices shouldn't really be compared, modular "consumer" hardware pc parts will always cost more then mass produced parts that are part of a prefixed system.

Ps

I know pc gaming isn't for everyone, but its a lot easier then what most people think.

[Casepbx]

Why don't they just buy pre-built PCs if they are too lazy to build one?

[Lennoxb63]

Because the pre builts are too expensive. They are charging you for the labor of assembling it, instialling an OS, and possibly another company's parts.

[_LarZen_]

I built my first PC all alone when I was 10 years old. That was many years ago. Today it's even easier.

You have to be pretty simple minded to think building a PC today is "Way to hard".

[Lennoxb63]

Bullsh*t

[_LarZen_]

A child can do it. And I did. As a adult it's so easy I could talk my grandmother trough it. As a child it was like playing with Duplo.

You basically have to ba a little dense to find it hard as an adult to build a PC today.

[Lennoxb63]

Your grandmother would be lost as hell. Unless she's already technically savvy. That would also be cheating. Hand your grandmother the parts and let her do it herself. Then we'll see the results.

[NeverEver]

People who bitch about building PC's being "too hard" or "too expensive" really should just stick to their plastic toy consoles if they can't manage to read a few guides and watch a few videos to learn a bit about something as simple as putting components together. The console fanboy rubbish in this comments section is sickening, they really need to rename this site to News for Babies.

[ScorpiusX]

Not hard , just not my cup of tea

[feraldrgn]

I've got to get another PC myself at some point & just looking at the process it's a bit overwhelming.
Looking for the best parts for sufficient gaming, that can at least do 1080p 60fps with everything on decent settings (not ultra), while not consuming too much power in the long run & having it be quiet too.
No overclocking & no brand locking so I can back up properly.

Then deciding whether to get it built & hope delivery is fine & that they even have the part options I'd want (i7-4790k, 750ti)
Or buying parts seperately with no knowledge of part compatability, best chipsets & good ram, medium-tower size with good airflow & fan placement for best cooling, hoping parts aren't DOA, worrying about frying parts through static screwups while building, or plugging the cables in right, picking the OS.
All this in mind while hoping to keep the bills cheap in the long run, it's just ends up being so much of a worry that I end up not bothering.

[shatteredminds]

As someone who has just taken my first steps into PC building (last parts get delivered tomorrow!) I can say that its been a mixture of headaches and stress followed by a ton of research and learning. But man, it will be worth it in the end plus that sense of accomplishment when it boots up for the first time.

I've probably spent the best part of £900 on it in total, buying parts each month, but that's only because I've bought the most recent, high end gear so that it will last longer with the possibility of VR in the future. If i wanted to or needed to I recon I could have got my costs down to around £600 for high-middle tier rig.

Even if i did go the cheaper route, £600 is still a lot of money people for most people, however if you have the time and money I'd highly recommend doing it for the learning experience and opening yourself up to a whole world of games that you simply can't get on console.

[Str8Chaos74]

Building a PC is not hard, there is so much miss information in these comments it's laughable. Built my current PC 2 years ago, it destroys any console in terms of performance and it helps me make money. I have also had zero problems playing games on it. It is not an all day project, it's a few parts you put together and is a skill that is actually worth something career wise. I still don't get the comparison people make with consoles, a PC is not a video game machine, it's just something it can do along with many other functions. Yes it is more expensive, but the money you put in makes the games look and play better. It will always be better than a console in terms of performance, this is a FACT (Constant upgrades is a myth also BTW). Not to mention it does so many other things it makes the console comparisons idiotic. Both have their place and both are great. If anyone here wants to try or ever needs help, PM me and I will gladly help you. I know a ton about PC hardware and am in the IT field by profession. It's a fun project that is very rewarding. Now a days most people consider a computer a necessity, why not have a f@#king awesome one? If you really enjoy video games you won't be disappointed.

[Bladesfist]

If you think building a PC is hard then buy a prebuilt. If you go to a specialist store you tend to be able to get a good rig without a terrible markup.