SvennoJ said:
oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:
It is simple though, you simply look at the slots, look at the card and see "Oh, this fits here... hey, this is just like that shapes game I played in pre-school where I had to fit the square in the square hole and the triangle in the triangular hole".
yeah, that is pretty much 80% if not more, the rest is the fine screws and then installing everything, making sure you don't drag your stuff on the carpet and plugging it all in but plugging it all in is the same task as above.
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maybe to you. My point is that not everybody is you. that's all. you could draw me a dam picture and I'd still have trouble figuring it out. lol
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Don't worry about the self build zealots. If you can afford it, why not make it easy on yourself. By the time you add the retail version of windows and other accesories, a mass produced complete package solution isn't even that more expensive, those go on sale too. Plus you get warrenty on the system working, not just the parts. Also just installing everything sounds a lot less work than it is.
I've had pcs made to order in specialized shops, got them from Dell online, altered them myself and bought the one I currently use from Future shop (Best buy eq). That has been my most reliable PC yet... I have kids now, even replacing a battery is difficult with those around :)
Ofcourse if you plan on upgrading you might want to keep some things in mind, like enough free slots for a dual slot GPU and a powerful enough PSU. Or you could just wait until low power more compact GPUs come back into fashion, as they are now.
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The biggest benefit of self build is not price, it is quality and configuration of the parts inside. the mass produced ones nearly always take a ton of shortcuts and cheap options on the internals, fans, heat sinks, drives, memory, airflow, slots etc etc. buying a mass produced dell or HP will give you a solid reliable machine and if you aren't technical at all it probably is the best option and gives you a decent machine. but if you understand the internals and are willing to spend the extra time to buy parts and build you can build a superior machine for a similar price.
