In <a6b9336cdb62bb46b9f8708e686a7ea005bde01...@nrhmms8p02.uicnrh.dom>, on
10/29/2009
at 11:55 AM, "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> said:
>You specify the motherboad, size and brand of memory, exact video card,
>exact PSU, CD or DVD desired (or none), CPU type and clocking, heatsink,
>software (Ubuntu or Windows or none), HD brand and size (or none), case,
>and sound adapter.
You can't; you can only specify, e.g., a part number, a model number.
Vendors ship different parts for the same part number, based on
spot-market prices. Google for "chipset du jour". BTDT,GTS[1].
>Of course, you do pay to "get the best".
I'd be happy if I could at least get the same part when I order the same
part number. At a minimum, I'd like for the vendors to be consistent
within a single order.
[1] No tee shirt, just the scars.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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