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sparky_buzzsaw

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Companies similar to Dell and Alienware?

Yahoo News has an interesting article on the downfall of Dell.  In a way, their faulty craptacular parts affected me last year, when my video card decided to blow its own brains out.  It has me thinking, though - what companies, if any, offer similar custom PC's you can adjust and buy as a whole?  Or is this a dying trend?  If so, I'm not enthused.  I hate trying to put together parts in PC's due to my vision problems, and I sure as hell don't want to buy some cheap piece of shit from Sam's Club.  It's nice to have a company where you can pick your parts and go with it. 
 
Any ideas?

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Yahoo News has an interesting article on the downfall of Dell.  In a way, their faulty craptacular parts affected me last year, when my video card decided to blow its own brains out.  It has me thinking, though - what companies, if any, offer similar custom PC's you can adjust and buy as a whole?  Or is this a dying trend?  If so, I'm not enthused.  I hate trying to put together parts in PC's due to my vision problems, and I sure as hell don't want to buy some cheap piece of shit from Sam's Club.  It's nice to have a company where you can pick your parts and go with it. 
 
Any ideas?

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There are plenty of PC building services out there. Geno's mega-thread recommends CyberPowerPC and they seem decent enough; haven't tried them myself.

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@Bigandtasty:
Very nice.  Thanks.  My laptop has enough horsepower to last me another year or two before I need to finally purchase a new PC, and I think when I do, I'm going to go full bore with the sucker and make it a beast.