I just finished building my own system for home and here are the conclusion
I've come to!
It is pretty hard to save $$ doing it yourself, the big advantage is knowing
exactly what you have inside the box. With the slow sales of computer
systems over the holidays There are allot of good buys out there now on
systems and they may continue to drop for a little while yet!
If you decide to build your own here are a couple of sites I found helpful:
To find the best price on all your parts goto: http://www.pricewatch.com/
To get info on motherboards and such goto: http://www.tomshardware.com
Have fun!! Things are changing so fast every decision you make may be
obsolete by tomorrow :->
Jim S.
> Hi all,
> I'm considering purchasing a new computer for home use. Will probably
> install some applications on it, such as Autocad and Microsoft Visual C++
> (Smartcam too? ) so that I can do some work at home. I'm fairly computer
> literate, but not good enough to make my own (not yet, anyway). I'm looking
> at some of Dell's systems. On the other hand, my brother, who is something
> of a computer guru, can put together a custom system for me. He's into the
> good stuff; scci drives and the like. More expensive, but free support
> (kind of). He told me to make sure I get an ATX case if I buy a box from
> Dell or any of the other makes.
> I was wondering if any of you have gone the make-your-own route and
> would be willing to share your experience. Good, bad, indifferent? Cost is
> a factor here - I want to be considerate of my wife's feelings : )
> Thanks for any thoughts you might share,
>
> Chris
>
> BTW, if any of you are interested, the Dell 4100 series computers do have
> an ATX case. But this is the only model that does. We do business with Dell
> and every so often have Dell engineers floating about. One of them was the
> source of this bit of info.
>
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