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| leph555 |
| looks like a pretty good deal, but i would still recommend building your own |
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| Aristronica |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
looks like a pretty good deal, but i would still recommend building your own |
don't have the experience/knowledge. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aristronica
don't have the experience/knowledge. |
to tell you the truth there is no knowledge needed in building a computer, everything comes with instructions which are easy to follow. only thing that you need to keep in mind is to make sure before you buy that the parts are compatible
edit: if you build the computer yourself it will cost you 387.92 + shipping (it won't be to much cause im sure you will get free shipping for most)
Only thing you won't get is a ty copy of vista and a hard drive filled with trial software
+ It will be a brand new computer not a refurbished one |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
I dont know where you found those parts for 387.92... but the proc alone is $100. Plus around another $100 for a 400 gig hd. Plus $100 for 3 gigs of memory, (and thats the cheap stuff). So thats $300 bucks already, and that's before buying a mobo, case, power supply, vid card, peripherals, and an optical drive. Even if you did come close to that price with building your own... you're talking all cheapest of the cheap parts. And of course... you need an os. (Vista Home Premium is over $200)
[all prices grabbed from Newegg.com]
Just curious where you found all those parts for $387.92. This seems like a decent deal even though it's refurbished. I'm always leary of using cheap parts. (especially with things like power supply and memory). |
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| leph555 |
cpu 109.99
ram 59.97
hdd 99.99
dvd burner 25.99
motherboard w/ integrated video card 49.99
memory card reader 7.99
case w/ power supply 22.99
keyboard & mouse 13.99
============================ 390.90 (+ shipping)
he still has some money to spend if he wants to get better parts.
am i missing something? |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
All from newegg? So I guess it's possible, but a $20 stick of memory? No thank you. Plus the power supply... He'll have WAY more problems with all these cheap parts then if he just bought the prebuilt; especially if he doesn't know what he's doin. Furthermore, are all the parts compatable? Does the mobo support the ram? How big is the power supply, and is it sufficient to run a 5000+? There are too many factors that could go wrong for a guy new to system building.
My advice is still to go with the prebuilt. Building your own can be very easy if everything is rosy, but the minute he runs into a problem (and there usually are problems with cheap parts) he'll be in a world of . (what if it doesnt post? what if he doesnt seat the heatsink properly?... etc.) Plus it still doesnt address the OS problem... and even if he goes with XP (my personal preference), home edition is still around $100, and that's for an OEM copy.
Go with prebuilt. It's worth the extra $110 to be free of potential headaches. |
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| Aristronica |
| so the one in the link above is pretty good? yes? |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aristronica
so the one in the link above is pretty good? yes? |
that is correct |
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