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23 Aug 2008, 12:13 pm

In your face dell, I can build a computer for $500 cheaper than you sell them,

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23 Aug 2008, 12:40 pm

nodice1996 wrote:

In your face dell, I can build a computer for $500 cheaper than you sell them,

Congrats.

Building computers makes WAY more sense than buying from Dell or Compaq in my opinion.

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23 Aug 2008, 1:00 pm

That actually depends on the purpose of the machine. Yes, if you are looking for ultra high end, gaming machines..., yes it's cheaper to build than to buy. However, I frequently work with business class machines, and at that level, it's actually more economical to buy them than to build them. Quantity purchasing of the components makes a huge difference in pricing.

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23 Aug 2008, 1:43 pm

this is a gaming computer, I built it specifically for playing crysis

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23 Aug 2008, 4:44 pm

kc8ufv wrote:

I can truly agree with you on that.

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23 Aug 2008, 5:19 pm

You do realise Dell can get a deal with computer part manufacturers so they can get them much cheaper than can be sold for..

"You fit our parts in your computers and we'll give you an unbeatable deal"

I'm sure one of these parts are AMD, but they are at the moment behind for some reason.

I'll never buy, I'll build to the end. I could probably easily spend close to £3K on computer parts...

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24 Aug 2008, 2:50 pm

I know, that's exactly how they do it, Keith.

My personal desktop is built, but my laptop is bought, as are the systems for my parents shop, and the township I handle the IT for. I can't get the combination of hardware and software for close to what I get from Dell, and that doesn't even count the cost of my time to assemble everything.

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24 Aug 2008, 2:57 pm

Way to go Dora the explorer

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24 Aug 2008, 4:37 pm

Eggman wrote:

Way to go Dora the explorer

I concur. Poor choice of thread title.

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24 Aug 2008, 6:16 pm

Nice, what's the specs?

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24 Aug 2008, 7:35 pm

sorry, made the thread right after i got it working after staying up all night, so not really thinking well then,
specs are
cpu: 3.0 ghz amd athlon 64x2
RAM:4 gb ddr 2
HDD: 500 gb sata
graphics:dual 256 mb geforce 6200

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24 Aug 2008, 8:41 pm

You're going to play Crysis... on a Geforce 6200.

I don't think that'll even play Far Cry on high. You got a really crap card by today's standards, Crysis needs at least an 8800GTX for it to run half-decently on medium :lol:

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25 Aug 2008, 1:17 am

^ he has two cards, a twelve year old with an SLI?

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25 Aug 2008, 7:03 am

I like the thread title. Very descriptive.

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25 Aug 2008, 8:16 am

computerlove wrote:

^ he has two cards, a twelve year old with an SLI?

2 6200's is still not fast enough for today's games.

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25 Aug 2008, 11:13 am

Paddy789 wrote:

computerlove wrote:

^ he has two cards, a twelve year old with an SLI?

2 6200's is still not fast enough for today's games.

it'll play crysis, and anyway, did I say this was a permanent setup? I plan to upgrade when I have the money, oh and the OS is that wretched evil pig, vista.

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