There’s a growing sentiment these days in the IT industry that building your own computer is no longer worth the effort. With commodity pc vendors like Dell and HP, is it worth it? All signs point to yes says PennywisePCs, a build your own PC blog. In their recent comparison of price, they show a mid range computer - 800 dollars from dell, being over 40% more expensive than when you build an identical, nay, slightly superior machine yourself. They look to make it even easier for you to do so - highlighting cheap computer builds and hardware deals on their homepage, such as a $140 computer build