Ok my buddy has an Alienware computer that was 1500$. It’s a year old and has a big ding out of the corner. He complains about it being slow and not to his liking all the time. Do you think $500 is a reasonable price?
You can buy the cpu and good mother board make a nice build and maybe even a case if you have anything left over my bro got. Case for 50 case is a case but its your build atleast not some dudes used laptop