+1 It's very rare I take on a home computer issue anymore - I'd rather jab a fork in my neck.
On a gaming computer - I plan on rolling my own next time around. While I'm not really a fan of building from scratch anymore, I still find it's cheaper to spec out my own hardware. Spend a couple hours finding the current hot mobo's, chipsets, video cards, RAM etc and run with it. In my case I find out what was top of the line nine months ago and buy THAT. 90% of the performance for 50% of the cost, if that. Dave From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer "...I am a little burnt out over home computer support ..." and the choir sang, "AMEN" !!! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ________________________________ From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Gaming computer Ok, long day, too little info; It's a company gift to someone. I would rather someone else build it, and support/warranty it for the next 3 to 4 years. I am a little burnt out over home computer support (I left that work a year ago after 6 grueling years). Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577 Office (707) 935-9387 Fax (707) 766-4185 Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com<mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Gaming computer I'm not a hard core gamer, but if I was I'd probably build my own ... just built a new desktop/server, microcenter has the i7 quad core cpu for under $200 now, and a mother board for about $200 that works with the i7 and holds up to 24gb RAM... got it dual booting Win 7, and Win2008R2 with hypervisor ... On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Gene Giannamore <gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com<mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com>> wrote: Curious which brand people purchased or recommend (if anyone ever does). I know of alienware, but dell bought them. TIA ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~