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What brand of PC is in your cabinet?
crashwg:
I've got an 8 y/o Sony laptop with a broken LCD in my cab. Not like I could use it for much more and probably couldn't get more than $100 for it...
northerngames:
I build and part my own together you can build your own pc with the same results as a retial off the shelf type for around half the price and usually there parts are cheaper and worsr quality.
I have been told dell are all refurbished factory blems but have not checked into becuase I could care less :laugh2:
check a best buy ad or similair find a pc that suits you then go to newegg.com and piece it together with what the add had listed parts wise and then compare your final price between the 2.
leapinlew:
I've used a variety of computers, from off the shelf to custom jobs. It really depends what available and if it will do the job. I wouldn't turn my nose at a computer good enough to run the job.
In the 4 way cabinets - I use these generic Celeron 600mhz's I have laying around. It plays the 4 way games great. In my trackball/fighter cabinet I use a 2.8ghz Dell system.
The biggest issue I have with brand name equipment and arcade cabinets is the proprietary issues you can sometimes have. For example.
With the Williams Multi-game system:
Turns out it doesn't like not having a PS2 keyboard installed. Wouldn't get past post. Ridiculous "no keyboard attached, press F1 to continue message" I tried a patch released by compaq, but it didn't work. I had to swap out the USB ipac for a PS2 ipac I had.
With Widowmaker:
It was Dell computer and absolutely would not boot unless I attached the power button assembly. It was a proprietary circuit board that connected to the motherboard using a special connector. Normally this is just some jumpers marked PWR SW, RST SW, etc, but with Dell I had to specifically use theirs.
Sometimes you HAVE to use an off the shelf system. Here I used a laptop to power a mini
Anubis_au:
I've built the last few computers I've had.
Building a vanilla pc as opposed to a getting a name brand computer allows you the freedom to decide every component, and it almost always (I would actually say, always) comes out at a cheaper price, and the quality is there as long as you go with quality components.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Anubis_au on October 13, 2007, 09:03:28 pm ---I've built the last few computers I've had.
Building a vanilla pc as opposed to a getting a name brand computer allows you the freedom to decide every component, and it almost always (I would actually say, always) comes out at a cheaper price, and the quality is there as long as you go with quality components.
--- End quote ---
We've seen this argument before. I know I couldn't build a PC as nice as the ones I've been buying from Dell for at least the last 2 years. These aren't gaming computers, mind you - so there wasn't a need for massive storage, super-duper video cards, etc.
The low\mid range PC's doesn't make much sense to build financially. The high end gaming systems are a different story still - but I wouldn't call a high end gaming system "vanilla"
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