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ExThaNemesis posted...

See this durability point is weird to me, because every Desktop I've owned has actually run into problems long before this Acer laptop of mine. I'm talking like 2-3 years and then something is going severely wrong. The last one, a CyberPower PC was nearing 4 years and the motherboard started dying.

I'd just like to point out, another benefit of buying a desktop piece by piece and assembling it yourself (which is WAY easier than you think it would be, it takes like two hours if you're new to it) is that you'll generally get a warranty on each piece of the computer, and not just a warranty for everything combined.

These will generally last MUCH longer and be way more convenient than just having one for the whole PC, because generally if something goes wrong with a prebuilt you have to ship the whole thing in.

I had a power supply go bad a few months ago, but it was in warranty so I filed the warranty with the manufacturer, shipped the part out, and they gave me credit to go get a replacement model from a retail store (Best Buy in this case). I had it replaced in half a day.