I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... - Edit 1
Before modification by LadyLorraine at 02/05/2011 06:42:27 PM
In my experience it's still a fairly large price difference, at least a few hundred bucks, but it is a hundred times more demanding of a process, with a lot more potential for failure and headache.
Half of the reason you build a computer is to save money. The other half is to be more familiar with it, feel more invested in it, etc. The sort of reasons that a car fanatic wants to tinker with a car on their own, even if it's not really saving them time or much money. I'd assume that this doesn't really apply to you?
Half of the reason you build a computer is to save money. The other half is to be more familiar with it, feel more invested in it, etc. The sort of reasons that a car fanatic wants to tinker with a car on their own, even if it's not really saving them time or much money. I'd assume that this doesn't really apply to you?
BUT, with my present finances, I'm really more interested in the cost vs. performance comparisons. I'd love to just throw it all to the wind and have at tinkering and toiling away, but I do not have that kind of time and energy. Particularly since I think I will be upgrading my school laptop to the improved version they are offering us at a nice price (450 for a 1900 dollar laptop). I'd just stick with that, but I'd like to have a gaming system and these laptops are good, but they don't have a dedicated video card.
Of course, the fact that I'm pretty much obliged to buy Intel keeps my costs high regardless...but papa would be irritated if I bought AMD
(He's an Intel employee)actually, come to think of it, sometimes he gets free hardware. I should see if he could get a hold of anything that I could use. That would make building my own system more economical...