Which OS??

[Siphonophora]

next time i’m gonna build my own computer i think.

[Mattman]

I highly recommend building it yourself. It’s much more fulfilling, and you know exactly what’s going into your box… No more cheap surprises.

A 667’s still pretty good though, so you can definitely hold off on that (unless you’re gonna be doing some serious floating-point calculations.) Memory’s probably your first concern though… After the new OS, that is. <img>

[Carl.]

</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font>Originally posted by Mattman:
<strong>I highly recommend building it yourself. It’s much more fulfilling, and you know exactly what’s going into your box… No more cheap surprises.
</strong></font><hr></blockquote><font>I agree completly.. During the Raiders/Patriots playoff game, I finally built my own system.. Athlon XP 1700+, DAMN.. sure beat the PPro200..

Another benefit to building your own is $$$ savings. Initially, you may need a case, A GOOD Power Supply, motherboard, processor, memory (depends on type of RAM), CASE AND PROCESSOR FANS (VERY IMPORTANT $30 investment)!!!!!. Thats it. You could use your exisiting video card, HDD, CD/DVD, CD-R/RW, etc.. and when you have enough free dough, buy what you need (want). I went to the local PC Club and got a case, 256 MB DDR2100 Memory, Processor, motherboard, and fans for about $400US. I used my OLD PCI Voodoo3 card until I could buy a GF2MX400 AGP (waiting to buy that Ti42 or 4400), added more space later, etc. etc.. Buying a new pre-manufactured system with what I wanted from any of the big three (Dell, CPQ, HP) at the time was over $2,000. <img> <img>

FWIW, (and living up to the Geek in Geeky Tech Chat!! <img> )

Carl

<small>[ 07-24-2002, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: Carl. ]</small>

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