I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers...
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM
In my experience it's still a fairly large price difference, at least a few hundred bucks, but it is a hundred times more demanding of a process, with a lot more potential for failure and headache.
Half of the reason you build a computer is to save money. The other half is to be more familiar with it, feel more invested in it, etc. The sort of reasons that a car fanatic wants to tinker with a car on their own, even if it's not really saving them time or much money. I'd assume that this doesn't really apply to you?
Half of the reason you build a computer is to save money. The other half is to be more familiar with it, feel more invested in it, etc. The sort of reasons that a car fanatic wants to tinker with a car on their own, even if it's not really saving them time or much money. I'd assume that this doesn't really apply to you?
BUT, with my present finances, I'm really more interested in the cost vs. performance comparisons. I'd love to just throw it all to the wind and have at tinkering and toiling away, but I do not have that kind of time and energy. Particularly since I think I will be upgrading my school laptop to the improved version they are offering us at a nice price (450 for a 1900 dollar laptop). I'd just stick with that, but I'd like to have a gaming system and these laptops are good, but they don't have a dedicated video card.
Of course, the fact that I'm pretty much obliged to buy Intel keeps my costs high regardless...but papa would be irritated if I bought AMD
(He's an Intel employee)actually, come to think of it, sometimes he gets free hardware. I should see if he could get a hold of anything that I could use. That would make building my own system more economical...
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This message last edited by LadyLorraine on 02/05/2011 at 06:42:27 PM
New PC: to build or not to build
- 02/05/2011 04:16:46 PM
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The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days.
- 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM
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I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers...
- 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM
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Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer...
- 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM
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yah that's part of the problem. I don't have a desktop right now. Not even a case
- 02/05/2011 07:37:45 PM
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It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too
- 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM
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I always buy Intel. Papa works there
- 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM
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- 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM
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Huh, small world. What site?
- 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM
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I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one
- 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM
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- 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM
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I don't know about you...
- 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM
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*NM*
Just get a pre-made and add a few components (ie: graphics card) to make you feel like you built it. *NM*
- 02/05/2011 08:53:07 PM
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Build it.
- 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM
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Warranty/Troubleshooting
- 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM
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How?
- 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM
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Re: How?
- 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM
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Wow, I never heard about that.
- 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM
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Nah, it was years ago. The one you gave me advice for was the replacement of the replacement, hah
- 03/05/2011 07:41:24 PM
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Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine.
- 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM
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Ah. yeah, it was one of the pieces that got replaced. It was probably at least partially responsible *NM*
- 03/05/2011 08:12:50 PM
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I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell
- 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM
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If you like tinkering, then build one. Quality control is all on you, but it's "yours" then.
- 03/05/2011 03:00:21 PM
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#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM*
- 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM
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Or just format when you get it. *NM*
- 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM
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With a pre-built you can't often do that.
- 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM
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for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you
- 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM
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Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM*
- 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM
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Yah, they don't.
- 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM
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Well, it's understandable, just annoying.
- 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM
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You really should just stop using Dell as your example
- 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM
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- 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM
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Oh, hush. 
- 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM
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YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!!
- 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM
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Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!!
- 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM
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My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular.
- 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM
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I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq).
- 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM
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Huh. I have a Compaq too. It shipped with bad RAM, but once I fixed that it's worked like a charm.
- 05/05/2011 12:43:48 AM
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