Exactly the geeky guy I had in mind :-) Another nice thing about building the system from scratch is that you get to decide which parts are important enough to you to spend a lot of money on. Since I’m not a gamer, I’d just use a motherboard with built-in graphics (maybe most of them do) and see if it was acceptable, and spend the money on a better display. Then, at some later point, it’s easy enough to add on a dedicated one.
Also, getting Amazon Prime seems like a good deal to get free fast shipping on components. On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Parks, Raymond <rcpa...@sandia.gov> wrote: > This. I just got to this thread (still active) today because I was out > ill, but my next personal desktop will be built by me consulting with the > Tech Report System Guide < > http://techreport.com/review/29012/system-guide-current>. For Gillian's > stated purpose, I would recommend something along the line of "The Sweet > Spot" on page 8 of the article. It is a gaming oriented build, so the GPU > might be overkill. > > Ray Parks > Consilient Heuristician/IDART Old-Timer > V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 > NIPR: rcpa...@sandia.gov > SIPR: rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov (send NIPR reminder) > JWICS: dopa...@doe.ic.gov (send NIPR reminder) > > > > On Dec 13, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > > From what you’ve said earlier, isn’t your computer like 9 years old? > In that case, most everything is probably so out of date that it might > be best to just give it to some geek that likes tinkering with old > stuff. If it were me, I would build one from scratch. Surely some nice > geeky guy or gal would help you, and you would learn a lot in the > process. Of course, that begs the question of what OS to put on it. MS > gives system builders good deals on OEM versions of their OS. Or, see > how you get along for a while with purely open source, i.e. Linux, > OpenOffice/LibreOffice. My $.02, probably worth about that much. > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Gillian Densmore > <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ray I think you called it that damn thing crashed yesterday. > > > Crashed (noun and adjective): > > Common accurence with windwos. Symptoms: Unresponsive programs, a blue > > colored screen, mouse and keybored ignored, and otherwise describing doom. > > > > Now it won't even boot. > > > As I am now in the market for a new desktop because I've put about at least > > 300 into the DEL (see also doom, crash, and crappy computers, highblood > > preasure, and general dystopic state with a yen to crush the world) > > > I'm disinclined to much more, if any into it. > > > I'd prefer a computer that rocks. For me that meens can play games, kick > > ass parts so as it's not in the damn shop costing as much or more than I > > initially payed for. > > Based on my now soured taste twards this dell and having replaced the hard > > drive 3 times, It'd be preferable to have one with two seperate hardrives > > so as backup is simple and easy. > > > > I saw a green tank one Amazon for 900. (with free prime shipping) from > > CyberPowerPC with 16gigs of ram and Nvidia of some sort that sported 2 gigs > > of ram > > > > In in the interest of transparency: I might prefer to replace this DEL > > because it, or windows iritiates me. I'd prefer to Keep the Hard drive it > > has (If it's still good) > > It's power converter and motivators are bad then that's likely at least 30, > > and it doesn't feel like it's aging gracefully. It might make a good little > > linux box, provided I can put in a new hard drive > > > > What others do if they were in my place? > > > New computer? (newer parts meen less wear and tear and other issues) > > > Replace the failed part (god knows where to even get one in santafe)? > > > Both? (Might buy a small amount of time till new computer) : > > > What kind of computer would people recomend? I've used and enjoyed Apples > in > > the past. If there's a PC brand that rocks by all meens sugest some. > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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