I thought about the custom build myself, but from what I see at the
moment, the CPU and motherboard bundles are running close to $500 now,
and that's not even taking into account the RAM. The good thing is that
you won't be saddled with an OS that you have to get rid of, because
there is no OS on a custom build other than the one you put on it or
hire a builder to put on it, and the boot firmware should just boot up
from the optical drive or USB you plug into it before you transplant the
hard drives. That said, you shouldn't even have to worry about
installing a new OS from scratch unless your SSD is damaged. This is
because Linux is very easy to transfer from one PC to the next just by
taking the OS drive out of one and putting it into the other. Since in
that case you wouldn't really need to worry about hard drives sucking up
your funds, your CPU, motherboard, RAM, case and optical drive should
most likely stay under $700, and definitely under the $1,000 high side
of your budget without making your life needlessly difficult or making
you get help just to boot it up for the first time.
~Kyle
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