Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: The DEL hilarity continues

Posted by Parks, Raymond on
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This.  I just got to this thread (still active) today because I was out ill, but my next personal desktop will be built by me consulting with the Tech Report System Guide <http://techreport.com/review/29012/system-guide-current>.  For Gillian's stated purpose, I would recommend something along the line of "The Sweet Spot" on page 8 of the article.  It is a gaming oriented build, so the GPU might be overkill.

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On Dec 13, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:

From what you’ve said earlier, isn’t your computer like 9 years old?
In that case, most everything is probably so out of date that it might
be best to just give it to some geek that likes tinkering with old
stuff. If it were me, I would build one from scratch. Surely some nice
geeky guy or gal would help you, and you would learn a lot in the
process. Of course, that begs the question of what OS to put on it. MS
gives system builders good deals on OEM versions of their OS. Or, see
how you get along for a while with purely open source, i.e. Linux,
OpenOffice/LibreOffice. My $.02, probably worth about that much.

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Gillian Densmore
<[hidden email]> wrote:

Ray I think you called it  that damn thing crashed yesterday.

Crashed (noun and adjective):

Common accurence with windwos.  Symptoms: Unresponsive programs, a blue

colored screen,  mouse and keybored ignored, and otherwise describing doom.

Now it won't even boot.

As I am now in the market for a new desktop because I've put about at least

300 into the DEL (see also doom, crash, and crappy computers, highblood

preasure, and general dystopic state with a yen to crush the world)

I'm disinclined to much more, if any into it.

I'd prefer a computer that rocks.  For me that meens can play games, kick

ass parts so as it's not in the damn shop costing as much or more than I

initially payed for.

Based on my now soured taste twards this dell  and having replaced the hard

drive 3 times, It'd be preferable to have one with two  seperate hardrives

so as backup is simple and easy.

I saw a green tank one Amazon for 900. (with free prime shipping) from

CyberPowerPC with 16gigs of ram and Nvidia of some sort that sported 2 gigs

of ram

In in the interest of transparency: I might prefer to replace this DEL

because it, or windows iritiates me. I'd prefer to Keep the Hard drive it

has (If it's still good)

It's power converter and motivators are bad then that's likely at least 30,

and it doesn't feel like it's aging gracefully. It might make a good little

linux box, provided I can put in a new hard drive

What others do if they were in my place?

New computer? (newer parts meen less wear and tear and other issues)

Replace the failed part (god knows where to even get one in santafe)?

Both? (Might buy a small amount of time till new computer) :

What kind of computer would people recomend? I've used and enjoyed Apples in

the past. If there's a PC brand that rocks by all meens sugest some.

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