On 21/02/11 17:27, Ross Mounce wrote:
have you thought about just building your own?
I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades
and HDD replacements.
Simple stuff like that.
But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to
processor + mobo + heat sink scares me tbh.
It really isn't hard if you are patient. Pretty much everything is keyed
so it only goes in way round...
Here's the last machine I built and it's been great.
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/08/build-your-own-pc/
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/09/build-your-own-pc-part-ii/
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/11/30/build-your-own-pc-part-iii/
My wife's machine and the kid's desktop computers were all home built
too. Go on.
Al
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