But it's not really buying mid price range. I buy technology that's just behind the curve and that allows me to build a complete box for less than $400 WITH a minimum 3 year warranty (except for the video card).
Luther On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:10:53 -0600, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luther, > > You may be touting warranty but you have been doing what I've been advising > all along. You have been shopping from at least mid price range - up and you > have been buying quality product. And I bet you have not had to take > advantage of one of those warranties yet. > > Shop the bottom end of the hardware market to piece one together or shop the > bottom end of the assembled PC market & the story is completely different. > > My real issue is that most of the local integrators are putting together > machines from the cheapest parts they can find. Then some of my clients buy > them to "save money" and I have to deal with them later. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Luther > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:27 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again > > My shopping is based on the warranty and quality. > Antec cases and power supplies-some have 3 year warranties, lower quality > have > 1year warranty. > AMD-get a processor that is boxed with heat sink and fan, they have a 3 year > warranty. > ASUS motherboards have 3 year warranties, most other brands have 1, a > few have 2 > both ATI and NVIDIA video cards have 1 year warranties > > Kaleb, you'll love this advise, you just need to sit there on your lazy > butt and > comparison shop. Use Google, Tigerdirect, Newegg, and Zipzoomfly (my > personal > favorite for price/shipping/customer service), and others you feel > comfortable > doing business with. Just browse, read reviews, and make your decision that > way. > > My recent upgrade was: > Asus M2N-E SLI MoBo (3 yr warranty) > Corsair TWIN 2GB memory (lifetime warranty) > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core running at 2.0Ghz (3 yr warranty) > That cost me about $260 shipped. > > I already had: > 80GB Western Digital SATA hd (5 yr warranty) > HP DVD+/-RW (out of warranty) > Antec Case/power supply (out of warranty) > monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc (out of warranty) > > I still need to upgrade my video card. I'm watching eBay for a NVIDIA SLI > 8500xxx PCI-E card with 512MB ram. Might even add a widescreen LCD to > that.... > > Luther, all about warranty > > -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) '82 300CD (166 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
