When I came across this community and discovered I could build a computer and have it run Mac OS, that was the inspiration. Many people I know have built their own machines, but they were always Windows based. I've NEVER been a fan of windows, I guess you could label me a "fan boy." (stupid term).. I've always used Mac products, always will.
So the prospect of building my own machine was exciting, and here I am. I've only built one so far and it is still going strong eight years later!! So I'm looking forward to building my next one here very soon. (Soon as my business gets back going after this ridiculous virus lockdown garbage is over)
The secondary reason being in design, music and multimedia, I could build a heavy hitter system for a fraction of the cost of a real Mac. So double win.