off topic - custom built PC in NJ ?

[icebear]

Sorry folks,

I know someone mentioned a company in New Jersey (US) that custom builds PC's in a thread maybe 2-3 weeks ago. I tried searching for different key words to find the thread again, no luck. I also tried google to find that company but also failed. A little help would be greatly appreciated.

Although you can find great deals on PC's out there they come with a software bundle. Black Friday will be crazy in the shops - all customers will fight about the remaining stock of PC with Vista built in.... and you would actually have to go custom built to get XP instead - and pay even more ! How crazy is that ?

Happy holidays.

 

[Al Kaplan]

Vision Computers?

 

[George S.]

Net Trip Computers?

 

[icebear]

Vision Computers?

Hi Al,

thanks but I guess this is not excately NJ

Vision Computers, Inc.
5865 Jimmy Carter Blvd.
Norcross, GA 30071

 

[kipkeston]

Hey I would visit places like www.newegg.com and simply add a bunch of items to your cart and put it together at your own home. With computers, each part only fits one way and in one place, it's easy.

 

[icebear]

Hi kipkeston,

I put in some more memory (+2gig) recently but to built one from scratch, I guess would give me some gray hair... I don't want to go that route. To much hassle to get help for trouble shooting when it doesn't work - I wouldn't try to built a camera either - ok that's apples and oranges but you get what I'm trying to say.

 

[40oz]

I build computers for a living, so I'm not going to say assembling from a kit is hard.

But you can't just buy parts, plug them together, and expect things to work. Motherboards need a matching processor, and vice versa - just because it fits doesn't mean it will work at all.

Memory comes in a myriad of specs, from speed and size to registered, unregistered, EEC, non-EEC, buffered or not, etc. Hard drives, video cards, etc. all require support on the board.

I'm not saying it is beyond the average person's ability to put together and build a very nice machine, but there is no savings, either in cash or time. A local shop can build one to spec in less time, and will be able to ensure your components will work together. They've done it before, and will know what can go with what.

The idea that it is as simple as plugging things into their slots is an extreme simplification.

 

[ampguy]

every once in awhile (every couple of weeks?) Newegg and others sell the BE or other AMD line of dual core low power processors (45W), that also speedstep down, this allows me to bulid (upgrade) my desktops to that of notebook power consumption.

I'd highly recommend this, benefits include less noise, in addition to less power consumption. Active PFC PSU's are great too, many are around ~$20 or $30 on sale.