In the market for a new Desktop.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Is it still worth doing a custom build these days? I've generally done 
that, except for the current desktop, because I got a good sale price on 
it. It seems to me that might save ya few  coins or at least let you 
spend coins on parts you actually care about. Since you know what you 
want, it doesn't make sense to get a prebuilt box. I usually get as much 
RAM as the board will handle and the fattest CPU the board will take, 
and then skimp on most other things, because I don't typically heavily 
use the GPU. RAM tends to be what you run out of first, so empty slots 
are a crime and should be filled. Get 16 GB or more of that, and you can 
skip the swap partition and get a speed boost.