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kelemvor:
Lots of pics I see of people's cabs seem to have Dell as the preferred PC.  I know lots of people have Dells just because they are inexpensive but just curious.

Do you have an actual PC inside?  If so, what brand or just something you pieced together?  Or do you just have components in the cab but not in a PC case?  Just curious what everyone does.

Mine will have a Dell in it since I have one laying around not being used.
heffe2001:
I've got a Dell 2.4 in one, and a Gateway 2.8 in another (I HATE gateway, but at least the mobo in that one has an AGP slot, the Dell is just straight PCI).  When I upgrade my desktop first of next year, the Gateway is going away, and my cab-PC will be a 4.6ghz x2 AMD, which should handle pretty much anything I care to throw at it for quite a while.

Of the 2 machines above, the Gateway definitely plays better than the Dell, I've got a decent ATI video card in it (x1650 I think, can't remember atm), and the dell is using the onboard intel video till I can get a decent PCI card for it.  It's not used for much (mostly juke/music at the moment), but better video is always a plus :P.

Onyx_PghPA:
I have to admit that I've never owned an off-the-shelf desktop PC, so I can't speak to any particular company as being a good choice.

What I tend to do is build a new PC every 12-18 months and the "old" PC goes to some other task, so the PC I built last year is now in my cabinet and the one before that is working as a domain/file server for all of my machines.


Onyx


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ratzz:
Mine, like many I would imagine, is a second unused PC that is a combination of upgrades and replaced parts.

I think that if you have got a fairly decent spec, and all the relevant games for you run, there is little need to go for a 'label'.
mvolke1:
I have a Dell SFF in my cocktail. It's not that great. It makes the screen go all blurry, and I have to unplug and plug in the monitor to get a clear image.

I'm looking at some PCs on ebay at the moment to upgrade.
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