All the more reason to roll your own. A big case like Armor with proper cooling and a
PSU that's not maxed out will last longer than any pre-made system. Not to mention
with 6~8 years there's a lot of part swapping that can happen on a custom that can't
be done with a Dell. If you were trying to spend $400-500 w/ no long term requirement
I'd be silent on this topic but that's not what you've targeted.
As to some major Taiwanese part vendor dying vs. Costco/Dell/Lenovo is just magic
8-ball forecasting not a valid comparison IMHO. When it comes to "supporting it", OK,
but vendor support comes at a cost & tends to be overrated lacking in real help.
nobozoz wrote:
But if I build it myself, I have to maintain it myself. With the economy
tanked, I'm more confident that Dell/Costco will be around in 12 months
than I am that Mwave, Newegg, ASUS, Acer will be around. I may soon be
living on a fixed income and only expect to upgrade every 6~8 years when
that comes to pass. As it is, I'm still running WIN2K on Abit BH6's (ca
Spring 2000). Every mobo I bought after that died prematurely from
cheapie Taiwanese caps which seem to have found their way back into the
supply chain lately (re: FORCE5 recently).
Lenovo might be a possibility because I doubt the Chinese gov't. will
allow them to fail. Can anyone vouch for Lenovo's desktop reliability
and user serviceability in a meaningful way? I'd love to hear it.
Jim
maccrawj wrote:
You got $1200 to spend the are better building a system from scratch!
