| You want to buy a PC but you are not able to decide | | | | assembled PC |
| which one to go for, Branded or Assembled. | | | | 2. Difficult to upgrade. |
| I have mentioned some advantages and | | | | 3. Not possible to customize the configuration |
| disadvantages of both the types. | | | | Assembled PC:-Assemble a PC with hardware part |
| Branded PC:- Entire PC is assembled or bundled by | | | | and peripherals of various brands. Eg. makea PC with |
| branded company with single brand nameusing OEM | | | | Intel processor, Asus mother board, Seagate Hard disk, |
| hardware. eg. Dell Optiplex PCs, HP Pavilion PCs, | | | | Sony DVD drive, LG monitor, |
| Compaq presario PCs, etc. | | | | Logitec mouse Samsung Keyboard etc.. |
| Advantages of branded PC | | | | Advantages of an assembled PC |
| 1. Come with Preloaded Operating system. | | | | 1. You can customize the configuration. |
| 2. Quality assured because manufactures of Banded | | | | 2. easy to upgrade. |
| PCs are expertise in this industry. | | | | 3. Cheaper when compare to branded PC |
| 3. We can expect good performance. | | | | 4. Most of the parts come with 3 to 5 year warranty. |
| 4. Good Service support. | | | | Disadvantages of an assembled PC |
| 5. Come with PC restore CD. | | | | 1. Service support is poor. |
| Disadvantages of branded PC | | | | 2. Uncertain about quality. |
| 1. 20 to 30 % expensive when compare to an | | | | 3. Need to purchase OS separately. |