hi missy

i have not read any of the past posts on this topic but i am totally blind 
and have built many computers both professionally and for my own use.
at todays prices for components i don't understand how the price got to be 
$5000.

do you have any experience building computers?
  i no longer sell computers which i build because the off the shelve 
prices are so low now.



if you have any specific questions, i would be glad to answer them.  like 
i said, i no longer sell computers so my advice comes un-biased.
pete


On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Missy Hoppe wrote:

> Hi! I thought I sent this to the whole group yesterday, but I don't think
> it made it. If it was already posted, I sincerely apologize.
> Missy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Missy Hoppe" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "David Poehlman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Buying vs building a computer:
>
>
> Hello, all. I'm wanting to build my own computer as opposed to buying one
> because I went to Dell, and to buy a system from them that is comparable to
> what I'm wanting came out to be over $5,000. By picking the parts myself,
> even when factoring in the cost of having it put together, I can probably
> get the job done for less than $4000. Also, I have a Dell system at work,
> and there have ben days when it's been even less reliable than my system
> here at home. Finally, with a Dell, Gateway or whatever, it's going to come
> with tons of software that I'll have absolutely no use for, not to mention
> a 20 inch or bigger monitor. Further more, judging from what I've read,
> it's pretty tough to add anything to a prebuilt system should one feel the
> need to do so.
> This 5-year-old system that I'm preparing to retire was built
> piece-by-piece, and for the most part, it's worked like a dream. The only
> difference this time is that I'm actually going to know what parts I'm
> using; I have no clue what mb, processor, etc. are in my current system,
> which makes trouble-shooting tough. My thinking that if I know exactly what
> parts I have, it will be easier to trouble-shoot should problems arrise.
> I know that I could probably do this whole project for less than $2000, but
> my hope is to make my system as future-proof as reasonably possible. As for
> Vista, I'd rather wait a few years until I'm convinced that it's going to
> be stable; xp is working well for me, I just want it to go faster and be
> more responsive, which is why I was asking for advice reguarding
> motherboards and video cards.
> I hope this answers some of your questions, and that everyone is having a
> great day!
> Missy
>
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