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HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: SirPeale on July 02, 2009, 10:48:35 am ---
--- Quote from: CCM on July 02, 2009, 10:13:37 am ---
--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 02, 2009, 09:43:03 am ---I would suggest build your own...  I don't buy store-made PC's.

Avoid Vista if you can...  seeing as how M$ is planning on ditching it soon.

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I agree completely.  I always build my own.  You can get a better computer for much less money if you build your own.

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Once upon a time that might have been the case, but you can pick up an off the shelf unit for not much dough these days that works quite well, plus it's ready to just plug and play.

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Yeah... and it's full of subpar parts and loaded with tons of software you don't need...

CCM:

--- Quote from: SirPeale on July 02, 2009, 10:48:35 am ---
--- Quote from: CCM on July 02, 2009, 10:13:37 am ---
--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 02, 2009, 09:43:03 am ---I would suggest build your own...  I don't buy store-made PC's.

Avoid Vista if you can...  seeing as how M$ is planning on ditching it soon.

--- End quote ---

I agree completely.  I always build my own.  You can get a better computer for much less money if you build your own.

--- End quote ---

Once upon a time that might have been the case, but you can pick up an off the shelf unit for not much dough these days that works quite well, plus it's ready to just plug and play.

--- End quote ---

I just built a decent computer back in December.  The only part I kept from my old rig was the DVD burner.  I spent less than 600 for the case, motherboard, processor, ram, hard drive, and power supply.  For now I am using the onboard video, I don't do any computer gaming at this point so onboard is fine for me.  I also had my full version of XP Pro from my old computer that I was able to install on the new one.  I got all of the parts from newegg and I know they are all quality.

I bought a 1TB hard drive for $85 last month to use for movies.  So my total is just a bit over $600 at this point.

Doing it this way, you know exactly what is in there and you have total control of everything that gets installed, no bloatware...

massive88:

--- Quote from: SirPeale on July 02, 2009, 10:48:35 am ---Once upon a time that might have been the case, but you can pick up an off the shelf unit for not much dough these days that works quite well, plus it's ready to just plug and play.

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The key here is if you are willing/able to pirate your OS, or use Linux  =D

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: massive88 on July 02, 2009, 11:28:49 am ---
--- Quote from: SirPeale on July 02, 2009, 10:48:35 am ---Once upon a time that might have been the case, but you can pick up an off the shelf unit for not much dough these days that works quite well, plus it's ready to just plug and play.

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The key here is if you are willing/able to pirate your OS, or use Linux  =D

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Windows XP Pro SP3 is only $130 for system builders.

massive88:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 02, 2009, 11:40:43 am ---
--- Quote from: massive88 on July 02, 2009, 11:28:49 am ---
--- Quote from: SirPeale on July 02, 2009, 10:48:35 am ---Once upon a time that might have been the case, but you can pick up an off the shelf unit for not much dough these days that works quite well, plus it's ready to just plug and play.

--- End quote ---

The key here is if you are willing/able to pirate your OS, or use Linux  =D

--- End quote ---

Windows XP Pro SP3 is only $130 for system builders.

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"Is only" is relative, I built my entire arcade machine 15 months ago for $465, which was a pretty good computer back then (though I was using the onboard Geforce 7100 video).

Spending another $130 for an OS would have increased my price by 28%.

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