| sublime78 said: Well, my 3,000 dollar Macintosh from 4 years ago died. I bring up price not to brag but because its relevant in my woes.
I have wanted to get a gaming PC since Diablo 3 was announced but I was holding off for a spec announcement. Now that my desktop died I'm urged more and more towards a purchase. I have an Alienware credit card and it's just itching to spend.
But it scares the crap out of me, losing a machine that cost so much, I feel like I was cheated on by the wife I don't have. But it's this sort of, scared shitless at it happening again feeling. I'm affraid if I invest in an expensive gaming PC it's just going to be pointless when it dies. If it was a 500 dollar Walmart computer that died in 4 years... no biggie. But If I'm going to make a serious investment I need to know it will last, a security you cannot have outside of your warranty's length.
I looked up online and the model of Mac I had, Dual Core G5 Powermac is prone to having logic board failures and power supply issues. But I'm scared our janky power capabilities in this old house might have contributed to its death. I use a surge protector but if it was the power supply that went out on the mac then did the surge protectors even help?
I'm just confused, and when I opened her up it was really dusty. I don't know what to do about that, a computer tech once told me you shouldn't air duster your systems insides because it forces the dust into the board. But I don't know what else to do. I use an air filter in my room and I dust when I can, what else can I do? Seems like as long as a computer uses cooling fans it is going to draw dust in. Which brings me to the fact that you can get liquid cooling on most Alienware systems... would that help?
I just have too many questions, I'm sorry... but this whole ordeal scares the crap out of me and shows me how fickle an expensive computer can be. I'm really tempted to say screw owning a nice system and just use my laptop for internet not play games. But DAMN I want Diablo 3 and some other upcoming PC games. |
does your work use dells because you can get an employee discount on dell's and alienware(owned by dell)
