On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 08:43 -0800, Richard Gaskin wrote: > So I'm curious: How many of you here have built your own computers? > Did you go with a barebones, or do it from scratch? Did you go with > Intel or AMD, and why?
Hi Richard, I have just put together a computer. It's my third one and by far the most ambitious as far as performance goes. The first two were mostly about saving money. It's not hard at all! I picked the parts rather than buying a kit. This offers the advantage of allocating your resources in a way that can better match your needs. I matched a fast CPU, high quality motherboard, and a substantial power supply with a modest but very adequate, for me, graphics card. Most prebuilt systems or barebones kits scale all their components equally, but that would have had me spending money (probably lots!) on a graphics card I don't need or left me with some combination of lower spec'd CPU, lesser mobo and/or (potentially) unreliable power supply. I have a machine that performs fantastically, runs cool and should live a very long time. I buy most of my stuff from TigerDirect but the CPU and CPU cooler I got from eBay. I chose in Intel i7 quad in the 1366 socket. I didn't really look at AMD this time, although my first two machines were both AMDs. Look for rebates and specials! I'm running Linux Mint 64 bit with dual monitors and have Windows 7 and Snow Leopard running inside VirtualBox. All very sweet! I like it :) Warren _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
