Subj : Re: Intel NUCs
To   : HusTler
From : Adept
Date : Wed Aug 16 2023 15:52:14

 Hu>  Av> I bought and older (2017) celeron the other day for a good price, loo
 Hu>  Av> like running anything other than Windows 10 on it may be an issue :(
 Hu> 
 Hu>    Maybe? Where do you buy your PC's? Let me put that question to all.
 Hu> Where do you buy your PC's and Laptops?

I went to idealo.de, after deciding roughly what I wanted for the laptop, and after using pcpartpicker for making a desktop computer. And for that, at pcpartpicker, I started with a guide and then adjusted after reading comments. Still wound up buying a water cooler that _only_ fits on the bottom of my case, which is unfortunate for the longevity of my system.

And, when using idealo.de, it was giving me price comparisons, and I ordered from a few different places, avoiding certain places for one reason or another. And, after that experience, I know have my favorites for ones where the process went smoothly (e.g., Alternate.de and CoolBlue), and try to avoid ones where it didn't (Galaxus.de, I believe, but mostly because they sold me a processor, and I canceled the order because they managed to not get it to me within 12 days or something, and who knows when they would actually have it in stock.).

That's... probably not useful information to anyone, other than that pcpartpicker made building a system _way_ easier than it would have been.

But I was buying new, rather than getting old systems. Old systems are, I figure, things you get on ebay or Craigslist, or similar sites. And becomes a bit like going thrifting -- never quite know how good of a deal you can get.

Oh, in the past, I did like getting surplus stuff from my university's surplus store.

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