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<blockquote data-quote="Emiricol" data-source="post: 456071" data-attributes="member: 469"><p>Building your own is no longer really cost-effective unless you are getting something in the high end (and know what you are doing). If you are focusing on the "sweet spot" of bang for the buck, or going bottom end, you can't even buy the components at fry's for what you can have a pre-tested, warrantied, pre-assembled box shipped to you for.</p><p></p><p>Case in point: Months ago I bought an athalon XP1800 with 256 megs of pc2300 RAM, a 52x CDR, hercules prophet 4000 video card (just 32 megs), 7200 RPM hard dive with 40gigs, and a 10/100 ethernet card, with built-in 64-channel sound and 300 power supply (no monitor, no OS or software)</p><p></p><p>Now, that's not the greatest system by any stretch of the imagination, but it works for anyone but a serious gamer, really. The cost to me, pre-assembled, tested, with full warranty, and including shipping, was $525. You can get a system not too far beneath that, now, for $200 at friggin' Wal-Mart. I would have built the computer like I did my other one, but at those prices, why bother? Plus there's value in not having to make 10 trips to Fry's...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emiricol, post: 456071, member: 469"] Building your own is no longer really cost-effective unless you are getting something in the high end (and know what you are doing). If you are focusing on the "sweet spot" of bang for the buck, or going bottom end, you can't even buy the components at fry's for what you can have a pre-tested, warrantied, pre-assembled box shipped to you for. Case in point: Months ago I bought an athalon XP1800 with 256 megs of pc2300 RAM, a 52x CDR, hercules prophet 4000 video card (just 32 megs), 7200 RPM hard dive with 40gigs, and a 10/100 ethernet card, with built-in 64-channel sound and 300 power supply (no monitor, no OS or software) Now, that's not the greatest system by any stretch of the imagination, but it works for anyone but a serious gamer, really. The cost to me, pre-assembled, tested, with full warranty, and including shipping, was $525. You can get a system not too far beneath that, now, for $200 at friggin' Wal-Mart. I would have built the computer like I did my other one, but at those prices, why bother? Plus there's value in not having to make 10 trips to Fry's... [/QUOTE]
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