The Computer with no name has passed...

Ghoulish Delight · 12-13-2007, 09:39 AM

I highly recommend Newegg.com for shopping. When I built my TB RAID box, I spent a couple weeks shopping prices. Internet, Fry's, Microcenter. I ended up purchasing all but 2 components through Newegg.

Pirate Bill · 12-13-2007, 09:56 AM

RIP nameless. (But don't all computers have a name by default?)

I second the Newegg recommendation. I've used them quite a bit.

Moonliner · 12-13-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I highly recommend Newegg.com for shopping. When I built my TB RAID box, I spent a couple weeks shopping prices. Internet, Fry's, Microcenter. I ended up purchasing all but 2 components through Newegg.

I think if I had taken all the money I've spent with Newegg and used it to purchase their stock I'd be a majority shareholder by now.

So yes, I recommend them also.

However in this case I went with my local mom and pop computer store because they had all the parts I needed on hand for at close to the same price as Newegg and they warranty the entire system themselves which makes long term support a bit easier. Plus it's a funky old store with lots-o-weird stuff and it's just fun to visit.

Kevy Baby · 12-13-2007, 12:23 PM

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Plus it's a funky old store with lots-o-weird stuff and it's just fun to visit.

That alone is worth paying a small premium!

And I have had great experience with New Egg as well.

Snowflake · 12-13-2007, 12:32 PM

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That alone is worth paying a small premium!

And I have had great experience with New Egg as well.

Yeah, and then there are people like me who are very afraid to open up a cpu/tower/container to even dust the motherboard for fear of dislodging something. When I took the Dell 8200 for a RAM upgrade and the guy opened the case, he was shocked it was running with all the dust/cat hair that was in there. There were dust bunnies the size of armadillos in there!

So I will order from Dell or Mac or whomever for a ready out of the box when the time comes.

Chernabog · 12-13-2007, 12:40 PM

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When I took the Dell 8200 for a RAM upgrade and the guy opened the case, he was shocked it was running with all the dust/cat hair that was in there. There were dust bunnies the size of armadillos in there!

Out of curiosity, for those of you who dust the inside of electronics -- is there a product that's good to use? Do we just bust out a dustbuster, open up the CPU, and go to town?

Ghoulish Delight · 12-13-2007, 12:49 PM

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Out of curiosity, for those of you who dust the inside of electronics -- is there a product that's good to use? Do we just bust out a dustbuster, open up the CPU, and go to town?

Safest bet is compressed air.

Pirate Bill · 12-13-2007, 01:01 PM

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Safest bet is compressed air.

I hope you mean canned compressed air and not a shop compressor. Shop compressors do not dry the air and can spray water (unless you have an inline drier which is usually very rare in a home setup). Also, there can be a tendency to have the PSI set too high.

Moonliner · 12-13-2007, 12:55 PM

So here we are with specs for the Son (or possibly daughter) of The PC with no name:

(Note you non-geeks might want to back out of this thread at this point...)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU

4GB of DDR2-800 SDRAM

20x Samsung DVD Burner

2 - 750GB Segate barracuba SATA drives w/32mb cache

Asus EN8500GT PCI-Express viedo card

XP-Pro

and it all fits in a nice small/quite Shuttle PC barebones w/ Intel G33 + ICH9DH chipset

12-13-2007, 09:39 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I highly recommend Newegg.com for shopping. When I built my TB RAID box, I spent a couple weeks shopping prices. Internet, Fry's, Microcenter. I ended up purchasing all but 2 components through Newegg. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	So here we are with specs for the Son (or possibly daughter) of The PC with no name: (Note you non-geeks might want to back out of this thread at this point...) Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU 4GB of DDR2-800 SDRAM 20x Samsung DVD Burner 2 - 750GB Segate barracuba SATA drives w/32mb cache Asus EN8500GT PCI-Express viedo card XP-Pro and it all fits in a nice small/quite Shuttle PC barebones w/ Intel G33 + ICH9DH chipset __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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