Pre-built brand name PC's vs Build your own

Dr Studly · 04-05-2006, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Hitman

Here is my 2 cents:

If you have the knowledge to build your own, do it. No matter what is on the market, you should to be able to replicate it, cheaper; unless it is a trade secret of course.

If you do not completely understand the mechanics of a computer, then I'd purchase a Dell (casual user) or an Alienware machine (high-end gamer). Avoid current eMachines, I say "current" because Gateway recently bid on eMachine, and there is no telling what they may produce.

yea...

lol! i love old threads...

34erd · 04-05-2006, 06:39 AM

WTF dude?

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LOL! i love old threads...

Yeah... your trashing the forum and filling it with clutter. How did this contribute anything usefull?

fade2green514 · 04-05-2006, 01:09 PM

when i started building computers my dad had been running a pentium 4 2.4ghz with 512mb of ddr266 ram. basically, he got his built with a 12x dvd burner from a company called "XI computer corporation."
his P4 ran at 2.4ghz and was 90C idle. it was poorly put together, and there was only one case fan, temperatures were just sky high.
not to mention, they sold him some blank dvds with the computer that DID NOT WORK!
all of this costed him $2300... and it wasnt even the newest stuff at the time!!!
it was a nice upgrade from a pentium II 350mhz though. lol..
later, the overheating took effect. it stopped rebooting for him, which is when he finally asked for my help. he wanted something cheap that would last him a long time.
this is when i replaced his old pentium 4 with an athlon 64 2800+ socket 754 1.8ghz. runs nice and cool at 35C

Thug541 · 04-05-2006, 07:46 PM

I am a fan of prebuilt actually. I hate hate HATE trouble shooting. I recently purchased a new Sony Vaio (been a vaio fan for the last 5 or so years). Main feature I like is it's liquid cooling which keeps everythign nice and quite. Only thing I see me replacing is the video card, and in the future maybe anoter stick of 1 gig ram.

04-05-2006, 01:09 PM	#33 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,630	when i started building computers my dad had been running a pentium 4 2.4ghz with 512mb of ddr266 ram. basically, he got his built with a 12x dvd burner from a company called "XI computer corporation." his P4 ran at 2.4ghz and was 90C idle. it was poorly put together, and there was only one case fan, temperatures were just sky high. not to mention, they sold him some blank dvds with the computer that DID NOT WORK! all of this costed him $2300... and it wasnt even the newest stuff at the time!!! it was a nice upgrade from a pentium II 350mhz though. lol.. later, the overheating took effect. it stopped rebooting for him, which is when he finally asked for my help. he wanted something cheap that would last him a long time. this is when i replaced his old pentium 4 with an athlon 64 2800+ socket 754 1.8ghz. runs nice and cool at 35C __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

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04-05-2006, 07:46 PM	#34 (permalink)
Thug541 Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 100	I am a fan of prebuilt actually. I hate hate HATE trouble shooting. I recently purchased a new Sony Vaio (been a vaio fan for the last 5 or so years). Main feature I like is it's liquid cooling which keeps everythign nice and quite. Only thing I see me replacing is the video card, and in the future maybe anoter stick of 1 gig ram.