50 more bucks, easiest money spent and better performance

Jan 23, 2013
9:50:08am

Heinz57

memory is the "workspace" for your data and apps to run. Think of it as your "desktop" at work. More room on your desktop to do more things, regardless if multitasking or not (you will end up multitasking).

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Heinz57

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Just ordered the parts for my first PC build in years.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:17am

snowbird

1/23/13 9:18am

Right at $1000, give or take taxes and shipping.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:18am

Really?! that seems really high for a mid-tier machine

murrolems

1/23/13 9:25am

That number doesn't include everything. It's a build from scratch.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:29am

I know, still really high, does it include a monitor?

murrolems

1/23/13 9:30am

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Buffalo

1/23/13 9:31am

About right if you are buying quality parts...

phillidius

1/23/13 9:33am

I'm hoping to get it right the first time. Like I said, been a while. :)

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:34am

What OS did you choose? Win7? Win8? Other?

phillidius

1/23/13 9:36am

Windows 7. I have zero interest in 8. I've used it plenty and am unenthused.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:38am

Right there with ya :)

phillidius

1/23/13 9:49am

I'm comparing to a deal like this:

murrolems

1/23/13 9:31am

That deal does kick butt, though it's expired. Also I'd rather not just get a

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:33am

Also it doesn't include an SSD and my video card is substantially better.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:34am

This^^^SSD HD 1TB gotta be a pretty penny

kalifi

1/23/13 9:37am

I think he got a 1TB hard drive AND a 120GB SSD... right? Also...

phillidius

1/23/13 9:38am

Yes and yes.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:38am

My bad...quick read...SandYFan, did you get a mechanical keyboard?

kalifi

1/23/13 9:40am

Um no? Just a standard Logitech, I think.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:42am

If you value the process of putting it together

murrolems

1/23/13 9:38am

I HATE the bloatware that comes with DELL or other pre-builts

kalifi

1/23/13 9:41am

Very easy to do a fresh OS install

murrolems

1/23/13 9:42am

^^This^^

vacougfan

1/23/13 9:44am

Still makes it a wash. There is fun in building.

kalifi

1/23/13 9:46am

I agree.

vacougfan

1/23/13 9:47am

Has something changed?

HuskerFan2

1/23/13 9:50am

Dell has been including a disk to reinstall the OS as a fresh install

vacougfan

1/23/13 9:55am

It's a lot of little things.

HuskerFan2

1/23/13 9:36am

Accurate estimates.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:39am

Just finished building mine for $500. Started early December, waited on deals

Steve O'Rama

1/23/13 10:02am

Nice build.

SandYFan

1/23/13 10:05am

Thanks. Leaned heavily on Slickdeals. If you're looking for memory upgrades...

Steve O'Rama

1/23/13 10:47am

Fun stuff

Kelbob

1/23/13 9:22am

Hey, it gets warm in my computer building room.

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:23am

Go 16GB RAM if you can

Heinz57

1/23/13 9:43am

I can't think of a reason why I need to. I don't run super-RAM intensive

SandYFan

1/23/13 9:44am

50 more bucks, easiest money spent and better performance

Heinz57

1/23/13 9:50am

But also the easiest thing to upgrade later too...

phillidius

1/23/13 9:52am

50 bucks is cheap for memory and yes you can get later

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