Buying a PC vs building one...

[Suga Foot]

I'm doing the same thing with my tax return.  I think building is better than retail just because you get a clean os with no crap on it.  I don't know about where you live, but we have tons of (mostly Asian) little stores that will build a computer for you.  There's one that's just called "Computer" lol.  I'll be getting the computer from this place http://a-power.com/home  I've used them exclusively since like 2001.