Why would an editor, colorist, or animator purchase a workstation from a custom PC builder, instead of one of the brand name manufacturers? Puget Systems, a PC supplier in Washington state, loaned me ...

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Purchasing new equipment, especially for the resource intensive acts of something like video editing, can be fraught with pitfalls. With such a large investment, nobody wants to make the wrong choice.

I am looking to build a decent gaming PC (I really don't play games a lot but I do photo editing too). My main concerns when building: - Budget up to $600 (without monitor, mouse, keyboard). - Case: I ...