08-11-2005, 03:31 PM
Hi,
Thanks, but really there's little budgeting involved. Simply make a list of all the items needed. Then find the best price for the 'fixed' items (case, PS, OS, floppy, DVD, and to some extent HD and memory). Then simply balance how much to put into the CPU and video card. Stepwise upgrade or downgrade these last two until you hit your price point. Mostly it's a matter of google-fu. :)
And, yes, it is a pleasure to gain or regain some measure of computer literacy and know that the system you have assembled is very nearly the best deal you could make at the time. Those that say you don't save by building your own are often comparing the apples of top component choices to the oranges of 'similar specs'. For a better comparison, use AlienWare or Falcon to 'build' a similar system. The savings are considerable.
And, of course, by building your own, you have all the manuals, etc., that permit you to maintain the system, and even recover from total disaster. With a little on line searching, you even have the ability to tune your system for maximum performance. Not to mention the knowledge of what's what when you open the case.
Franky, for a home or gaming system I can think of no downside to 'rolling your own'. :)
--Pete
TaMeOlta,Aug 11 2005, 03:43 AM Wrote:Great job on budgeting Pete ! I suppose theres more satisfaction in building from the ground up , rather than what I ended up doing :whistling: , and I won't do any "plugging" for my machine !
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Thanks, but really there's little budgeting involved. Simply make a list of all the items needed. Then find the best price for the 'fixed' items (case, PS, OS, floppy, DVD, and to some extent HD and memory). Then simply balance how much to put into the CPU and video card. Stepwise upgrade or downgrade these last two until you hit your price point. Mostly it's a matter of google-fu. :)
And, yes, it is a pleasure to gain or regain some measure of computer literacy and know that the system you have assembled is very nearly the best deal you could make at the time. Those that say you don't save by building your own are often comparing the apples of top component choices to the oranges of 'similar specs'. For a better comparison, use AlienWare or Falcon to 'build' a similar system. The savings are considerable.
And, of course, by building your own, you have all the manuals, etc., that permit you to maintain the system, and even recover from total disaster. With a little on line searching, you even have the ability to tune your system for maximum performance. Not to mention the knowledge of what's what when you open the case.
Franky, for a home or gaming system I can think of no downside to 'rolling your own'. :)
--Pete
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