Do you have to be a gamer to build a custom PC?

eMachines are crap to begin with so if it crapped out it just lived up to it's potential :)

Windidugo said:

Most custom PC builds today are made by gamers. But I'm not a dedicated gamer. But i just want high performance for the best value. So can I still build a custom PC build?

There are many things that can be done with a High end machine gaming happens to just be one of the (MANY) capable things you can do Video decompression is another

Virtual Machines to run other operating systems ,TV tuners servers all around home entertainment endless possibilities

ThrashZone said:

eMachines are crap to begin with so if it crapped out it just lived up to it's potential :)

When I was shopping around for my first PC, I eschewed eMachines because of their poor reputation. I decided on Gateway because of their stellar reputation and that they had their own stores with their own service personnel who should be more competent than generic ones plus they had a store that was close to where I lived. A year or so after I bought the machine, *&^%$#@! Gateway closed all their stores and merged with eMachines.

My Gateway laptop crappy M-series is still alive and kicking :)
It also has mediocre spec's but bought 1-2 months before my Acer so it's also kicking at 6 y.o.
Bought from the same site

ThrashZone said:

My Gateway laptop crappy M-series is still alive and kicking :)
It also has mediocre spec's but bought 1-2 months before my Acer so it's also kicking at 6 y.o.
Bought from the same site

I got seven years of service from my old Gateway. I only retired it mostly because I had outgrown it.

Hell I just recently added a ssd to mine and it flies

ThrashZone said:

Hell I just recently added a ssd to mine and it flies

Careful! SSDs are habit forming! I will not own a machine that doesn't have one anymore.