BIG +1 for this.
Until recently i’d always self built, generally with a fair amount of success, but occasionally i would find myself having to try out various components, usually video cards, as ‘something’ would cause some kind of performance issue.
i’m no longer able to self-build, due to arthritis, so last year i bit the bullet and purchased a new system from inta-audio here in the UK. Apart from an issue on the first day which was down to microsoft issuing KB3004394 which prevented unsigned drivers from installing, i have been completely blown away with the performance!
On reflection, the amount of time i spent trouble shooting and the extra cost of having to spend money on multiple graphics cards because of bottlenecks etc, it would have been cheaper and less hassle to just go down this route in the first place… not to mention that i also got a year’s on-site warranty with another two years remote support as part of the package…
A year later and i am STILL regularly blown away with its performance and am a total convert when it comes to purchasing from a specialist builder…