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Yes | 51 | 78.46% | |
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Hello,
I'm curious as to the hardware setup of these $150 systems? Are they thin clients or full-fledged desktops?
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Hello,
The first time I built a computer, it was back around 2000. Going from memory, I built it on an ASUS (or was it an ABIT?) board with an AMD XP Processor at 1.6GHz and 768MB RAM several optical and hard drives and an (big!) Antec case. It was a workhorse for six years. It could have lasted longer (I think it just needed a CMOS battery - but I was also getting random shutdowns from overheating) and it was still competitive with low to medium desktop systems when I replaced it. The next (and my current) computer I bought from HP, because I was too busy and lazy (and lacked the motivation) at the time to build it myself. It has a ASUS (nVidia) board and an AMD X2 4600+ with 1GB RAM. It is a good system, but alas, competition for computer time with family members necessitate that I acquire a new computer. In about a month or two (when I have the money saved up), I am going to build another system - two or three, actually. The first will be on an ASUS or Gigabyte board (not sure if I will go ATI or nVidia) with an AMD X2 4850e and 1-2GB RAM. I am also deciding whether to get a fit-PC or not (it is oh so tempting to give it a try). The other system (which might have to wait a little bit) will be a mini-itx system. Gigabyte showed off a couple new mini-itx boards last year (I saw one site selling them for $300 - I'll wait for the after holiday sale ) built on the VIA C7 Eden CPU (1.2 - 2.0GHz). There are also JetWay boards built on the same CPU, but I have heard bad things about JetWay. I'll build this with 1GB RAM and in this one I'll definitely put in a CF hard drive (though I'm considering it for the others as well). I'll put all of this into a thin client (hopefully sealed - as in fanless) case.
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For me it comes down to the following criteria:
Is this computer for someone other than you or your immediate household? Is this computer a notebook? Does this computer need a lifespan of less than 3 years? If the answer is yes to any of the above, then I buy pre-built. Otherwise I like to build. I find that I am the only one who meets my specs. At the university I work at you have to justify any system that is not Apple, Dell or Sun. And with the Dell you have to justify if it is not a specific model of Dell. While it seems draconian, it has saved lots of money over the past 2 years in both hardware costs and personnel hours. From the helpdesk side it makes life so much easier to eliminate the part of the script that starts with "What kind of computer do you work on?" And when you can go to Dell and say with certainty "We will be purchasing around 7000 Optiplex stations this year" you tend to get a better rate. Or at least that is what the administration claims. |
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Since 1993 i have build my own computers. The last time was in 2004...(hey man...its watercooled )
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I build my own workstations, which usually end up as servers later. However, when it comes to corporate use, we use Dells, they seem to last longest both for Desktop and Server use. I will say though, I love Sun servers, they simply just don't die! I have a Netra T1 AC 200 with LOM flashed in 2000, so it may be older, and it still runs perfect, with all original parts. Since I have had it for the pas 2 years it has been in a closet which is usually above 90F.
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Built it my own
Hi all, 1st post here.
I built my own pc, mixed parts with many used except fer the Radeon HD2600 which is the only item bought as new. I got my DFI LanParty rdx200 (hooked because of the raid 5 SATA port, but haven't had the chance to use it yet) and Athlon64 3500+ (939) separately on a local ebay-like site. Then I bought the Radeon, a friend lend me his 15" Toshiba lcd and a Samsung DVD-RW, found an old ps/2 keyboard and oh, this mouse is new too, sorry bout that. I even assembled the stuff in a friend's case! This mobo have a rare habit of not booting sometime, but I guess it's what I get fer a used item. Other than that, it's working great! Used to own a laptop with FreeBSD + XP before but the machine died. Since then I've been saving to built this 64bit pc and now (although technically, the build is not yet finished) I'm going to put OpenBSD AMD64 in this pc-o-mine woohoo! p/s: Guess that sums up how broke I can be sometime... lol. edit: Ouch, forget to mentioned that my boss gave me 2 Kingston 512Mb sticks, and a friend gave me a 40gb and 20gb Western Digitals. Last edited by karl; 23rd July 2008 at 03:54 PM. Reason: so now it's quite complete. |
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I didn't bought my computer, I don't have enough money since i have to spend it on my college
so, i prefer go to my company's IT warehouse, there's dozen of dead compuer there ( somewhat like a computer's tomb..creepy ), and all I have to do is dig it and cannibalize it i built my own server from 5 dead PC's...my senior told me that my harddisk once used by the director of company before he bought new mac...and dump his PC into warehouse.. should've named this server frankenstein....
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