> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/11/15 Wed PM 10:47:49 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: [OT] Computer geeks: Hardware help requested > > John Francis wrote: > > >Nowadays I don't think it's worthwhile putting your own system > >together unless you want something really out of the mainstream. > >Just let HP (or Dell, or ...) build it for you; it comes with > >a warranty, and might even be cheaper than the cost of all the > >individual components (especially if you want a copy of Windows). > > I think it's been years since building your own computer was > advantageous from a financial standpoint. But it's still the way to go > if you want to choose your own components, know exactly what you're > getting and have full documentation of every part. > > I'll probably buy the motherboard and CPU, memory and a power supply, > keeping my current case, two hard drives, CD-RW drive, DVD-RW drive and > floppy-drive/memory-card-reader. I expect I'll still save money over > buying such a system new.
One thing to watch out for is noise levels. although things have started to improve over the last year or two, many components could have significantly elevated noise levels over your present machine. You can buy (allegedly) silent 650W PSUs nowadays for the same price as one that sounds like the flight deck of the Nimitz at rush hour. Graphic cards are another high-level noise source, followed by hard drives. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
