Is building your own PC still cost effective?
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Is building your own PC still cost effective?
Just wondering really, never built one before but I'm willing to give it a go if there is a decent saving to be had over an off the shelf one. also my mums PC is ancient so if I manage to build myself one I can do one for her next cause she cant afford to buy one.
Dont need anything mega spec wise, but wouldnt want anything less than my current laptop, 1.5ghz P4, 1gb ram and 80gb hard drive, graphics card is a radeon 9700, dont know if thats anygood but the bastard thing wont play tiger woods
Dont use it for gaming, mainly for net useage and porn
Any suggestions?
Dont need anything mega spec wise, but wouldnt want anything less than my current laptop, 1.5ghz P4, 1gb ram and 80gb hard drive, graphics card is a radeon 9700, dont know if thats anygood but the bastard thing wont play tiger woods
Dont use it for gaming, mainly for net useage and porn
Any suggestions?
Fife Radge
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for just a normal spec i wouldnt build one youd bee cheaper buying one try a web site lie www.planetmicro.co.uk thats where mines came from
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yeah if your not after anything special(which your not) then just buy, it tends to be less of a money saver the lower the spec you go, if your after a super computer then you can save at least 600-700 by building yourself 
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I tend to agree - if it's not a "specific intention" PC (ie a gaming machine, or a graphics intensive work machine, etc) but just a net + recreation PC (like mine is) then it might pay to buy one of the shelf...
I bought a used Dell Optiplex (tower) for £200 which came with a 2.8ghz P4, 1.5gb RAM, 60gb HDD (wasn't worried as I had replacement drives to go in it), DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, mouse and keyboard (no monitor) and was set up with XP SP2 and ready to rock out the box - on-board gfx and sound.
All I did was stick in my Hard drives, reinstall the OS, add an optical soundcard, and plug it into my monitor - sorted!
It's been faultless since I have had it (2yrs now?), only had to reinstall a few times, usually to my own fuck up Can't stop messing around in the registry and for a virus that fucked me so hard in the ass, my teeth were brown....
But if you choose to build, don't go less than 2.6/2.8/3.0ghz P4, 1gb RAM minimum, and at least 120gb HDD - trust me, you can fill these fuckers up proper quick!!!!!!!!!
I bought a used Dell Optiplex (tower) for £200 which came with a 2.8ghz P4, 1.5gb RAM, 60gb HDD (wasn't worried as I had replacement drives to go in it), DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, mouse and keyboard (no monitor) and was set up with XP SP2 and ready to rock out the box - on-board gfx and sound.
All I did was stick in my Hard drives, reinstall the OS, add an optical soundcard, and plug it into my monitor - sorted!
It's been faultless since I have had it (2yrs now?), only had to reinstall a few times, usually to my own fuck up
Can't stop messing around in the registry and for a virus that fucked me so hard in the ass, my teeth were brown....But if you choose to build, don't go less than 2.6/2.8/3.0ghz P4, 1gb RAM minimum, and at least 120gb HDD - trust me, you can fill these fuckers up proper quick!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Thrush
I tend to agree - if it's not a "specific intention" PC (ie a gaming machine, or a graphics intensive work machine, etc) but just a net + recreation PC (like mine is) then it might pay to buy one of the shelf...
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