Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 10:20:49

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Arelor to Nightfox on Sun Apr 24 2022 05:58 pm

 Ar> Nowadays an OEM machine is just so, so much cheaper unless you scavenge
 Ar> for used parts. Money is certainly no longer the reason why one does a
 Ar> build. I think the main advantage these days is that you get to decide how
 Ar> the computer is built so you can tailor it to specific tasks.

 Ar> Maybe there is a bit of an exception to high end gaming stations since the
 Ar> OEM may overprice those a little, but if you are a hardcore gamer you are
 Ar> probably going to be also a hardcore PC modder.

Yeah, I've been building PCs since the mid 90s, and I still enjoy building my own.  I like being able to choose all the parts and deciding how I build it.  There have been a couple times when I've bought a pre-built PC, and sometimes I've had the feeling that some PC makers might skimp on a few parts.  One time I had bought an HP desktop PC, and although it was pretty good overall, the fan on the graphics card it came with eventually became annoyingly loud.  I searched online and found it was a common problem, and it was common enough that HP was replacing the cards under warranty.  I contacted HP about mine, and they agreed to replace it.  Initially they suggested I ship my entire desktop back to them so they could swap out the card, but I told them I know how to do that, and they shipped me a new graphics card with a free shipping label so I could ship back the existing graphics card.  I thought that was pretty good customer service.

Nightfox
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