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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 1287 Views
The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days. lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM 1030 Views
I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers... LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM 1392 Views
Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer... lord-of-shadow - 02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM 1057 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 1048 Views
It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too Jragghen - 02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM 1180 Views
I always buy Intel. Papa works there LadyLorraine - 02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM 1112 Views
Huh, small world. What site? Jragghen - 02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM 1237 Views
I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM 1003 Views
small world or large company? *NM* Foxhead - 03/05/2011 10:48:11 AM 560 Views
Both? *NM* Bergioyn - 03/05/2011 02:35:57 PM 537 Views
I don't know about you... Fox and Ravens - 02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM 1103 Views
And you would have been getting a Dell. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/05/2011 03:27:44 AM 586 Views
Truth *NM* Fox and Ravens - 03/05/2011 04:38:36 AM 555 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 538 Views
Build it. Aemon - 03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM 1213 Views
Warranty/Troubleshooting lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM 1041 Views
How? Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM 1017 Views
Re: How? lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM 1006 Views
Wow, I never heard about that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM 1055 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 992 Views
Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 1050 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 580 Views
I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM 1047 Views
lol, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 04:37:18 PM 1074 Views
At this point, I'm looking at building thanks to papa LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 04:59:07 PM 1036 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 1023 Views
#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM* Macharius - 03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM 556 Views
It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Aemon - 03/05/2011 05:26:29 PM 1041 Views
Re: It's a plus, but I'm not sure about #1. Macharius - 04/05/2011 02:14:20 PM 1026 Views
Or just format when you get it. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM 533 Views
With a pre-built you can't often do that. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM 1049 Views
for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM 977 Views
They say they do. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:46:19 PM 1032 Views
Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM 560 Views
Yah, they don't. LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM 1002 Views
Well, it's understandable, just annoying. Aemon - 03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM 1006 Views
You really should just stop using Dell as your example LadyLorraine - 03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM 983 Views
Oh, hush. Aemon - 04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM 1188 Views
YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM 1026 Views
Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!! Aemon - 04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM 1064 Views
huh. fair enough! *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/05/2011 05:43:19 PM 513 Views
My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular. Ghavrel - 04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM 1036 Views
I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq). Aemon - 04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM 995 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 992 Views
Yes, almost without exception. Aemon - 03/05/2011 07:58:32 PM 1161 Views
I think build your own L0gan - 17/05/2011 07:55:30 PM 1437 Views
Have you made your decision yet? Two Wongs - 28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM 1181 Views
I'm going to be building one with my dad LadyLorraine - 01/06/2011 02:42:35 AM 958 Views
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