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September 11th, 2007, 10:21 AM
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To Buy or Build?
Well I went out and bought a new motherboard yesterday, dont know all the specs on it yet but its a dual PCI slot, Pentium 4 board with a 24 pin ATX power connector and a few other little frills for $104.05. Then I started looking at the prices of new PC's and looking at all the new equipment I will have to buy to build my own and the prices are very similar between the two.
Ive looked on **** and you can get the parts there readily and theyre usually cheaper than brand new but alas, 90% of them say "We didnt test this part. Sold AS IS, no returns" which is the same thing as saying "We can sell you a bad part and take your money without letting you return it" so I dont trust many parts off of **** and the ones that are tested sell for like new prices so its just not worth the risk.
My question is, what has been your guys experience with building versus buying or vice versa? Is it really "cheaper" to just build your own PC rather than by a new tower? Or is that just the mindset?
Last edited by RaleTheBlade; September 11th, 2007 at 10:27 AM.
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