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My thought on building a budget machine? I dont think the price will be cheeper.....maybe a few dollars more at the onset but in the long run it'll be cheeper as was said. not to mention no program...

Been down for a couple of days with a busted machine but happy late X-Mas and a happy New Years.

Thanks guys for all the info & help you give.

It seems everyone has an opinion, I just want to say Thanks Jamie for taking the time to help others. Thats a positive in my book.

Thank you

Whats a good program to record streaming audio? Im thinking of turning my old computer into a dedicated recorder of streaming audio to supplement my music collection. Something that will capture the...

So I have a question......If one needs to reinstall Win XP on in essence a different computer, Dosen't MS require you to buck-up for a new disk?

Personally I think it sucks that if you have 2 (or...

Just a shout-out to you brother and a big Thank you for taking the time to help those (me included) that dont have the experence yet to put together a rig.

And of course A big Thank-you also goes...

Thank you very much for all your input. I can live with $600 +/-. Actually I would have no problem with Robs $1000 rig. I just feel that its a waste of a good rig in my hands doing simple stuff. (You...

My needs are simple and I really dont need to build a "super" PC. I just want to listen to tunes/surf/ and check out some vids once in awhile. No gaming,just current and fast. My system is currently...

It seems to me (what I have been reading)that the cost to build a pc is only the tip of the iceburg with windows OS so full of holes and constantly under attack from spyware,trojans and the like....

Thank you Rob for yet another question answered.

Thank you........So I load 98 first then the upgrade? Not just the upgrade?

Please bear with me, I'm learning.......What is better for new rig?
I have win98... buy xp upgrade ($99)
or buy xp full edition ($189)
Does it all come out to the same thing?

Thanks

I did read that Jamie, Its the post that got me to thinking that I should scale down my project. (By the way, thanks for all your post to the forum)

Greetings, Been reading since Rob started this forum (thank you Rob) And I must say that I learn something everytime I stop by here. The problem is, it just gets me more and more mind boggling. That...

Rob, seeing newegg is cheaper at this time on memory is there any advantage going to crucial for these?

Fyi Rob- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820148069

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820146565

Syracuse, New York

Rob, Does you book detail different levels of build? Such as "Basic low buck" "Midlevel" or "Super Gamer" ? I wish to build but really dont need anything other than e-mail/surfing/mps at this point....

I have been wondering the same thing. How does one choose? Its almost mindboggling the choises.

Dan

Rob, I know its only been a couple of days....but how are you liking your latest build so far over the last one?

my guess would be about $700-$800

Not that I'm gonna buy a preassembled unit but I keep looking at the ads from the stores and noticed that all one can buy is Vista now. Looks like XP just disappeared.

Thanks Rob for your response. I have the desire to build that is fueled by my desire to learn. I believe I have the skill to do this. I have disassembled and maintained 2 older units (10yr old +) and...

I realize that makes like Dell and such are priced "better" due to volume made but are they really better? Does one trade price for being loaded with proprietary software and other "junk"?
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