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How? Aemon Send a noteboard - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM
The problem is that all of those advantages are 100% dependent on you being able to correctly identify which piece has the problem.


This is true.

In the past, I've mistaken which pieces were causing the problem multiple times in a row, costing me hundreds of dollars in unnecessary replacements.


...but this is confusing. If you return a part for a replacement, all you're out is a few bucks in shipping. Even if you return every part one at a time, your cost isn't going to top fifty bucks. How on earth did you drop hundreds of dollars on this sort of thing? :P

In any case, failures are rare, and the majority of them are easy to diagnose. Furthermore, if someone didn't want to go through troubleshooting themselves, they could just drive it down to a local computer shop and have it diagnosed while they waited, for $50-ish (less if you know a computer nerd or have access to a university). And even if you tack on another $50 to the price of building it yourself, I still say it's worth it for the component quality and customization.
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New PC: to build or not to build LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 04:16:46 PM 1348 Views
The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days. lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM 1093 Views
I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM 1448 Views
Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer... lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM 1110 Views
yah that's part of the problem. I don't have a desktop right now. Not even a case LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 07:37:45 PM 1102 Views
It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too Jragghen - 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM 1238 Views
I always buy Intel. Papa works there LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM 1164 Views
Huh, small world. What site? Jragghen - 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM 1290 Views
I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM 1052 Views
small world or large company? *NM* Foxhead - 03/05/2011 10:48:11 AM 597 Views
Both? *NM* Bergioyn - 03/05/2011 02:35:57 PM 571 Views
I don't know about you... Fox and Ravens - 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM 1170 Views
And you would have been getting a Dell. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/05/2011 03:27:44 AM 615 Views
Truth *NM* Fox and Ravens - 03/05/2011 04:38:36 AM 586 Views
Just get a pre-made and add a few components (ie: graphics card) to make you feel like you built it. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 02/05/2011 08:53:07 PM 571 Views
Build it. Aemon - 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM 1275 Views
Warranty/Troubleshooting lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM 1105 Views
How? Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM 1070 Views
Re: How? lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM 1070 Views
Wow, I never heard about that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM 1110 Views
Nah, it was years ago. The one you gave me advice for was the replacement of the replacement, hah lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:41:24 PM 1054 Views
Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 1114 Views
Ah. yeah, it was one of the pieces that got replaced. It was probably at least partially responsible *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 08:12:50 PM 611 Views
I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM 1093 Views
lol, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 04:37:18 PM 1130 Views
At this point, I'm looking at building thanks to papa LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:59:07 PM 1089 Views
If you like tinkering, then build one. Quality control is all on you, but it's "yours" then. Zalis - 03/05/2011 03:00:21 PM 1078 Views
#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM* Macharius - 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM 590 Views
It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:26:29 PM 1096 Views
Re: It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Macharius - 04/05/2011 02:14:20 PM 1087 Views
Or just format when you get it. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM 568 Views
With a pre-built you can't often do that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM 1120 Views
for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM 1030 Views
They say they do. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:46:19 PM 1086 Views
Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM 592 Views
Yah, they don't. LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM 1061 Views
Well, it's understandable, just annoying. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM 1062 Views
You really should just stop using Dell as your example LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM 1034 Views
Oh, hush. Aemon - 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM 1262 Views
YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM 1080 Views
Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! Aemon - 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM 1131 Views
huh. fair enough! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 05:43:19 PM 550 Views
My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular. Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM 1097 Views
I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq). Aemon - 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM 1053 Views
Huh. I have a Compaq too. It shipped with bad RAM, but once I fixed that it's worked like a charm. Ghavrel - 05/05/2011 12:43:48 AM 1041 Views
Yes, almost without exception. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM 1227 Views
I think build your own L0gan - 17/05/2011 07:55:30 PM 1516 Views
Have you made your decision yet? Two Wongs - 28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM 1236 Views
I'm going to be building one with my dad LadyLorraine - 01/06/2011 02:42:35 AM 1009 Views
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