To Build Or Not To Build

are you a trader?


Quote from jjme007:

I have always bought off the shelf computers, or what’s euphemistically called “build your own” computer. I am now ready to really build my own computer. I have researched the component parts and read up on various websites and bought a couple of books. The whole process should take approximately 4 hours. I would be interested in hearing what experiences others have had in this endeavor?
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Quote from ElectricSavant
are you a trader?
That’s a perceptive question. If you mean am I day trader no. I am a casual trader/ investor and I’m interested in taking it a notch further – perhaps an active swing trader status. I’m aware that some might consider fussing over parts and reliability of a computer for this purpose as overblown, but nothing could dissuade me from taking very seriously the importance of communications. I would rather not concern myself about the innards of a computer, but the alternative which is to rely on others for advice when basic hardware issues/ problems arise well I have been down that road and it’s not very satisfactory. I have heard nothing to convince me to the contrary.
 
Sigh! never mind...perhaps I am jealous.


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Quote from ElectricSavant
are you a trader?
That’s a perceptive question. If you mean am I day trader no. I am a casual trader/ investor and I’m interested in taking it a notch further – perhaps an active swing trader status. I’m aware that some might consider fussing over parts and reliability of a computer for this purpose as overblown, but nothing could dissuade me from taking very seriously the importance of communications. I would rather not concern myself about the innards of a computer, but the alternative which is to rely on others for advice when basic hardware issues/ problems arise well I have been down that road and it’s not very satisfactory. I have heard nothing to convince me to the contrary.
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Quote from options2001:

This is so not true. I built a High end computer for about $1200 with better specs than a dell xps system worth about $2000. You got to know where and when to buy the parts thats the key. Also dell rips you off when u costumize or add different parts than the baseline computer. So if you buy a base computer with out upgrading most dell deals are hard to beat.
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On several occasions I've priced components with consideration of building one, but I've never come CLOSE to the savings you claim... not even once. Therefore, I'm concluding you are exaggerating because you're a Dell hater.
 
Quote from gnome:

On several occasions I've priced components with consideration of building one, but I've never come CLOSE to the savings you claim... not even once. Therefore, I'm concluding you are exaggerating because you're a Dell hater.
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To the contrary I like dell. All my monitors are dell and am quite happy with them. I have hp laptop and like it more than dell ones I have used in the past. If you dont believe if you can build high end computers and save money compared to dell go to ebay and see comparable computers in $1200-2400 range and youll notice dell computers are not the cheapest. Youll also notice all the cheapest computers in that range are custom made ones. Like i said if you know when and where to buy parts and build a decent computer Youll save lots of money and get a much better computer than buying from dell. I have build several computers for myself at very big discount to dell. I have no reason to lie or exaggerate. was only trying to help
 
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