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Planing on buying a new computer

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by manny2260, Jul 9, 2008.

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  1. manny2260

    manny2260 Well-Known Member

    Wow it seems AlienWare have alot of issues.
     
    manny2260, Jul 9, 2008
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    So far I have spent about £3,000 on my computer over the last 3 years. It originally cost £2,000, but since then it's had a new motherboard, a new case, two upgraded graphics cards, a SCSI controller and two 15kRPM disks, two new storage drives, 4 new optical drives (they kept dying) and a new soundcard and more ram. My X-FI lasted 3 years before starting to have problems, the problems started after I replaced my dual geforce 7800 GTX SLI set up with a geforce 8800 GTX. Self-build is the way to go, and it's really not all that difficult.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 9, 2008
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  3. DB_Odin

    DB_Odin Well-Known Member

    i agree with loony on this.. ive had a gateway and it never was great with maintnence... if youa re going to dish out the cash for a enw comp i would recomend lenovo. those comps are like tanks.
     
    DB_Odin, Jul 12, 2008
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  4. manny2260

    manny2260 Well-Known Member

    I've decided to build my own which seems to be cheaper and also gives you a much greater level of customization. But when the time does come for me to start buying my parts Ill post again. Hopefully Loony will be willing to help, who better than RomUlation's tech. guru to help me build my dream machine!
     
    manny2260, Jul 12, 2008
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  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yeah no problem. As it happens, I've found pictures I took 3 years ago when I built this machine so I might get around to doing a tutorial.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 12, 2008
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  6. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member


    LOL THAT SERIOUSLY IS FREAKIN' FUNNY
     
    waylonn, Jul 15, 2008
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  7. nutcr4cker

    nutcr4cker Member

    My plan in next 2 year is to buy 2x 1GB DDR PC3200 and Creative SoundBlaster Audigy.
     
    nutcr4cker, Aug 20, 2008
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    both of which are already considerably out of date.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 20, 2008
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  9. sir spamalot

    sir spamalot Well-Known Member

    tis the season to be building new rigs, it seems :)

    you know how it is, you shell out £180 on that new intel processor, and £200 on the latest DDR3 mobo. and a hefty amount on dual channel DDR3 ram, only to find it's going to be superseded by new DDR3 ram in the next month, meanwhile intel core i7 is pking its head around the next corner ;D

    i was on messenger with my friend for about an hour with him bawling about this. i told him to shut up and build a server, in the end.
     
    sir spamalot, Aug 20, 2008
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  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    i7 won't be available for a while yet.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 20, 2008
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  11. XD9999

    XD9999 Well-Known Member

    nooby question from me: when you want a new desktop computer do you buy parts to assemble or do you buy a whole set?
     
    XD9999, Aug 22, 2008
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    what do you mean by a 'whole set'? If you mean a prebuilt computer, then I buy parts to assemble.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 22, 2008
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  13. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Prebuilt computers are usually sold in the usual tech shops, custom built means you have to buy everything you want separate (also making sure they're compatible with each other), with cases and PSUs and so on, and then put it together yourself. I've only ever done one myself.
     
    anandjones, Aug 22, 2008
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  14. Gietz

    Gietz Well-Known Member

    I have to agree. I'm building myself a PC October-ish, and it works out to be around $500. This works out good, seeing as the parts in it if you bought this PC retail, would be $700+.
    Plus I'm getting all my parts from a really good and well priced store. nVidia 8600gt for $60 ;D
     
    Gietz, Aug 22, 2008
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  15. XD9999

    XD9999 Well-Known Member

    so its better to buy parts to assemble than to buy pre-built computers. i need to read a lot before i can cut costs
     
    XD9999, Aug 25, 2008
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  16. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it can cut costs, in my case it cost more but the machine was up to date for a lot longer. Additionally you get exactly what you want, not some manufacturer's guess at what you might want.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 25, 2008
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  17. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    it is always cheaper as to find the exact same thing as you want would cost at least twice as much. (aart from in loony's case with his crazy machines)
    but then again if you don't know what you are doin and break some parts as you put it together it will cost.
    and anyway most of the time your just paying for names and software.
    if you intend to buy it all legaly it will cost more then buying a pc from a shop but if you allready have it or can get it by other means then it is cheaper. as you will need an OS microsoft office and othe shit like that.
     
    equitypetey, Aug 25, 2008
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  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    hardware wise it won't be more expensive, just the OS as windows is heavily subsidised by computer manufacturers.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 25, 2008
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  19. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    thats what i just said!!!! :D

    lets look at it this way i just made a pc. a nice little runner nothing great just something that will get me by has a dual core medrange graphics card enough ram big hdd good case+psu. it cost me half as much exactly then the same spec from a shop althogh it has better quality parts as i could choose them.
    but if i had baught all the software it would of cost the same.
     
    equitypetey, Aug 25, 2008
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Yes I know, but your first post wasn't quite clear on that.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 25, 2008
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