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Its certainly cheaper than a horse.
You owe it to yourself to click here really.Originally Posted by Blitzen
these days? probably not - not when you factor in the cost of software anyway
you get a greater degree of control though
It depends on the software you wish to use, and if you regard your time as an expenses.
Typically even if you don't charge for your time - it is still cheaper to buy one.
well i was even going to pay my friend to build me one...............
Usually you get higher quality components and you can specialize certain aspects of the computer to suit your needs.
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Melons
Depends how much you're spending. If you need a £300 beige box. You'll never best Dell and the other budget machines. When you get toward £800-£1000+ theres money to be saved.
I tend to recycle bits of my old one, case now has its 3rd mobo in it, 4th cpu, 3rd gcard, 2nd HD, 2nd monitor, same OS!!
My last upgrade was to the asrock 939 board, originaly used my 9800pro (overclocked), when that went bang changed to pci-e, carried the ram, hd, etc over from my old setup. Starting from fresh would probably be cheaper to buy than build
It depends on how much you're spending. At the low-mid-end it's definitely cheaper to buy pre-built. You can however save money when building a machine that uses high-end components. A machine around the £2000 range will be up to 10% cheaper if built yourself, though you don't get the integrated support.
I agree with the above points.
It's not really cheaper, generally, to build your own unless you know that you want to re-use some parts (or even the OS, if you can).
It can also depend on what purpose you want it for.
If you give us all the purpose, what you have currently, and what you want to spend we could suggest either DIY parts or a system builder.
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
System as shown, plus: Microsoft Wireless mobile 4000 mouse and Logitech Illuminated keyboard.
Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. Creative Gigaworks T40 SII. My wife. My Hexus Trust
To me, the main advantages of building myself are that I can pick and choose precisely the spec I want, and that I can reuse those bits of old systems that don't need changing.
The disadvantages are that I have to build it, that I can't just call the nanufacturer when it stops working and that I have to take responsibility for getting the hardware choice right, even when I'm not up to date with some current hardware (but then, on that last point, there's plenty of nice people on here to point me in the right direction and warn me off the utter dogs).
I don't expect to save much, but I do expect to end up with exactly what I want, not a collection of components that the manufacturer can buy cheapest this month.
Well for one thing i am not a gamer. I surf alot and read forums and news. I play a game once in a while. But i do run a 5 monitor setup.
Why not do this....
Work out the exact hardware spec you want then call.
- MESH
- SCAN
- Vadim
And get them all to spec to exactly what your friend would build.
Compare the prices, and the fact you have a warranty and make sure you include legal software on each.
Post back the results
Well it doesnt take alot of CPU power to surf the internet.
You currently run a 5 monitor setup, so you clearly have a currently working setup.
Why do you want to change it? What is it that you want to do with your requested new machine that you can't do (or dont do fast enough) with this? Tell us about the current setup - CPU, RAM, what sort of graphics cards etc etc (if you know).
I might sound like i'm being pedantic, but if you aren't clear about what you want to achieve then you might not get good value for money. There is a pretty old acronym in the computing field, GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage Out. The more & better information you give, the better information we will give you.
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
System as shown, plus: Microsoft Wireless mobile 4000 mouse and Logitech Illuminated keyboard.
Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. Creative Gigaworks T40 SII. My wife. My Hexus Trust
Yep, as usual the Hexus community has come up with some good advice. Self built machines tend to be better components and you can customize your machine to do exactly what you need. Shop bought machines are cheaper but not as flexible if you're doing anything unusual.
I do a lot of recording with my band so need a fair amount of CPU power, lots of HDD space but very little graphical grunt(still running a 6600GT) as I don't really play games anymore. I self built and got the EXACT machine I needed for significantly cheaper than these so called "Pro Audio Machines".
Like everyone else has said, what do you need it for? If it's for a specialised job or task, self build is probably best. Otherwise go to a decent PC builder and spec up one of their machines telling them what you'll use it for.
Do you mind if I ask what you do with 5 monitor setup?
... and if you are not into computer DIY where did you get it from?
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