buy retail or diy?

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freddiepm61

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for top end comtponents
(athlon 64 fx 55, 6800 ultra etc.)
is it cheaper to buy piecemeal and put it together yourself, or buy the computer predone

either way, where should i go to buy this stuff (all online)
thanks
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It's usually always cheaper to do it yourself. Click the banner at the top of the page for the best place to buy your components.
 
I FIND ALIENWARE TO BE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE $$$$$

/me ducks


hahahha...of course build yourself!!!!!!!!!
 
Mysogonist said:
I FIND ALIENWARE TO BE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE $$$$$

/me ducks


hahahha...of course build yourself!!!!!!!!!
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ducking isnt gonna save you from a swift kick in the nuts :D
j/k


build it yourself and you will be happy you did. not only will you save money, but you will have gained valueable experience that will benefit you forever and ever and ever.
 
High end parts is where you can save the most by building your own. If you wanted to build something on par with the shitty budget Dells, you'd be hard-pressed to get under their price. When you get up to the good stuff, they are marking up pretty high and you can do significantly better than them.
 
does anyone know of a new egg equivalent in the uk.
on the whole, the ones that i have looked at are crap (shopgenie.co.uk for example..)
thanks
f
 
MemoryInAGarden said:
NEVER buy high-end equipment from a system builder. The only retail PCs worth their price are bargain basement models.
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Fixed.

Also, don't forget the cost fo the OS when comapring prices to OEMs like Dell/HP.
 
When you're looking at regular old comps with very common parts, it'll probably be cheapest to buy from an OEM in terms of price, since large OEMs can buy tons of stock for prices lower than what you pay. I prefer to build my own still.

And yeah, for high end, building yourself is always best (unless you're afraid of being your own tech support). High end parts are expensive, and more expensive still when you buy from OEM. You also gain control of what parts you put into the computer, so you know that you're using an nForce3 mobo from Abit with, say, Corsair XMS RAM, instead of just picking "Give me 1 Gig of RAM: +$500"

I think you could build a pretty awesome system with those two parts and other essentials for $2500 or so (since $1300) already goes to those two alone. Though my one suggestion would be to save just a little money with the 6800 GT. Almost same performance, only takes up one PCI slot and only uses one molex connector, can generally overclock to 6800 Ultra speeds if you so desire. Just a suggestion.

ewarz said:
ducking isnt gonna save you from a swift kick in the nuts
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Nope, but if he ducks... nuts = face. :D
 
Well, with newegg I can make even a budget PC for $200 less than Dell.

FYI, those cheap cheap Dells are so cheap because now they only come with a 90 day warranty...what kinda crap is that?
 
DIY, much better. Plug allows you to upgrade later on...
 
Mr_Evil said:
Well, with newegg I can make even a budget PC for $200 less than Dell.

FYI, those cheap cheap Dells are so cheap because now they only come with a 90 day warranty...what kinda crap is that?
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With software?
 
Frosty_axe said:
With software?
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That's with a 100% legal copy of Windows XP home. I don't count the other Software Dell puts on their systems because it's either a trial version (Norton) or it is a program that's available as a free download or worthless in the first place.
 
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