I think it could be worth it to buy or build a desktop tower PC with more powerful computer parts since you may end up using the same desktop computer for over 10 years like some Windows desktop computers which are 15 years or older. Plus, there is a chance that you become a fan of PC gaming after playing games like GTA V, and Crysis on the PC, and you need to buy a better video card, and more RAM to play these games smoothly on a PC. You also need a faster PC to smoothly record gameplay video, and stream gameplay video on sites like Twitch and YouTube Live.
A lot of pre-built PCs which cost under $400 also seem to use very cheap quality parts, and have a poor cooling system where there is one CPU fan, and no exhaust and intake fans, so lower quality PCs may overheat more.
You may spend a little more money on a more powerful computer, but it may cost less than buying computers in the future because of inflation where your money can buy less things in the future like in Venezuela and parts of Africa where their money's value can't buy many things compared to the US dollar.
If you well maintain and repair a desktop computer, or use it for short periods of time like 2 hours or less a day, the desktop computer may last very long. I seen some very old computers which still work after many years.
There are some people who use old computers which were once very fast in the 1990s, to run a lightweight modern Linux operating system like Puppy Linux at a fast speed. If they bought a slower computer in the 1990s, it maybe too slow to run some Linux OS in 2017.
A lot of pre-built PCs which cost under $400 also seem to use very cheap quality parts, and have a poor cooling system where there is one CPU fan, and no exhaust and intake fans, so lower quality PCs may overheat more.
You may spend a little more money on a more powerful computer, but it may cost less than buying computers in the future because of inflation where your money can buy less things in the future like in Venezuela and parts of Africa where their money's value can't buy many things compared to the US dollar.
If you well maintain and repair a desktop computer, or use it for short periods of time like 2 hours or less a day, the desktop computer may last very long. I seen some very old computers which still work after many years.
There are some people who use old computers which were once very fast in the 1990s, to run a lightweight modern Linux operating system like Puppy Linux at a fast speed. If they bought a slower computer in the 1990s, it maybe too slow to run some Linux OS in 2017.