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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: The DEL hilarity continues

Posted by Gillian Densmore on
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What (if any) realistic benifits are there to building a computer yourself these days?


 And does anyone have opinions or experience with Cybertron(PC)? I found them on a random google search.

One in particular here people seem fairly content with:



One thing that stands out is they seem to use regular parts. Some of those seem to get  somewhat ok  reviews. A few people have said it'd be a good idea to update the power supply.

when compared to  following guides on http://pcpartpicker.com/  making sure I stick to systems that are around 700-800 dollars.

I more or less come up with simillar parts, and I end up spending as much of or even way  more.

 I suspect in part because Winderz 10 is around 130-200 dollars, and intel chips are pretty expensive.

Anecdotally years ago I couldn't tell the difference from a intel vs AMD chip in real world day to day and gaming.


What's others peoples experience and opinions?









On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Parks, Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:
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In that case, most everything is probably so out of date that it might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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