On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:11 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
> Both ways have their down sides. I used to buy and build. Then I
> started buying Dells. I have saved some time and maybe even some
> money. If one of them fails I loose both time and money.
> Reliability is important to me. I just don't fee like I want to
> research components, buy them and build them. Maybe I need to
> revisit this whole thing next time I buy a new system.
>
I built my first from-scratch system about a year ago. I doubt I
saved any money. The main reasons I did it were 1. I got exactly what
I wanted, without bundled junk I didn't want etc. and 2. it was fun.
If it were anything but an in-home machine I would have stuck with a
commercial vendor.
alex
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