did you buy your pc or build it? i personally bought mine 4 years ago but i since replaced everything in it. sis amd mother board 1 gig ram 2 x 200 gig hd radeon agp 9550 video card w/ 256 on board ram 19" flat panel display 550 watt dual fan power supply 3.0 gig processor [ i think] 4 external fans for cooling. you?
built is much better, but some times the bundled software you get with a new pc is better, but i build mine
I bought mine but I had a lot of extras added. I bought it becasue then you are covered under the compaines "warenty if anything fails.
warrenty thats true. im glad i had mine when my sony went to crap 4 weeks after buying it. when i got it back it was a completely new pc. i hate sony vaio's the mother board-hard drive-and processor all died at the same time 2 times. so i finnaly built this sucker, the only thing left is the case and even thats all moded out. i have a 7 year old pentium 3 700 mhrtz hp and it has never died once i have not replaced a thing in it in 7 years. i still use it.
I bought the parts and got my friend to put it together. I hate building pc's especially mounting the board and installing windows. I know its easy but I rather be doing something else.
See that is why i do not think I will custom build a computer becasue if it does crap out on you there is nothing you can do and the cost somes out of your pocket.
If you have a reputable supplier like I do, you will have no problems claiming the parts on warranty. I once saw an old retired guy return a celeron processor because he had chipped it with a screwdriver while trying to put it in the motherboard. The store took it back under warranty and gave him a replacement. But I have been burnt when I bought a hard drive from a swap meet (computer market) it failed after 3 months and was out of the warrantly period (1 month). The only thing I buy from these places now are just dvd discs.
yes, and the parts are more than likily under a 1 year warrenty if you buy them new. i think i have 500 into my pc in custom parts. if i were to order a pc with the same specs from a manufacturer it would cost near $2k.....
The last time i bought a pc was pentium 2 and after that i start customized my own pcs. It's fun u assemble every parts by urself! Getting to know more about hardware and understanding how things work inside ur casing!