The only real sacrifice I made is that I ended up with an ASUS motherboard that didn't have PCI-E and only had 2 SATA ports.. okay for me for now, but I might someday upgrade to the Intel motherboard I originally wanted.
Rick Nick McClure wrote: > For the stuff I got in mine I know I couldn't have gotten it that cheap. > > The motherboard, proc and ram would cost at least $600, then add in the > video card, and storage it would have put it at $1000 easy. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 12:35 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: PC Purchase Advice >> >> Nick McClure wrote: >>> I don't know. For the same system and a hardware warranty I've been able >>> to get things cheaper from Dell than if I built them myself. >>> >>> I've built loads of computers, but now I'm buying them pre-built. >> I used to build my own, then more recently I've bought dell's. Hadn't >> built my own box in about 7 years until just recently. >> >> But what would've cost me $1400 from Dell, $1200 from Intrex (local >> shop), and $750 from Tiger Direct cost me $500 to buy the parts from a >> fly-by-night company in Canada. >> >> So for me, the extra $900 wasn't worth the 3 year dell hardware warranty. >> >>> Of course, working at a university does get me a 12% discount off any >>> sales. >> I have that benefit too but like I said, I saved a lot more money going >> this route. >> >> Rick >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211320 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
