How much profit is it ideal to make off of a custom pc?

[El_Roberto]

Personally I charge nothing to build computers, or fix them. I rely on tips from the people im building for, most i've got is $150 and ive built about 5 for people. I dont like charging people so if I ever end up owning my own store ill have a good reputation around town. Also I can get parts 200% cheaper than can be bought locally (I usually build about $1400 rigs which would cost about $2500+ to get locally), I have no idea why my town has such a high markup (almost no other towns charge as much) on tech stuff but it could be useful for me in the future.

 

[QuaziBee]

If your ordering online, thats exactly the reason. Local stores have a crap ton of overhead and the turn around time for products in a small town computer shop is very long. They have to charge that much to stay alive.