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Post Date: 2008-03-23
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    Posted: 23 Mar 2008 at 3:01am
Someone please help me!!
Ok, so I'm in college and my major is Computer Engineering, so I obviously like computers. My problem is that I have personally never built my own computer. I would really enjoy building my own, but Digital Storm's comps are really cool and come with a great warranty and awesome service. I dont know what to do, should i say screw it and try to build my own? Or, go with DS??
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Posts: 190 		  Quote Harry Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Mar 2008 at 9:43am
I have heard this dilemma before on this board.  From what I can remember the cost savings for a "build it your self" was not all that great.  But you would have to figure that out yourself.
 
What dissuades me from building is the lifetime support that DSO offers.  That to me is the clincher.
Cool Master HAF 932
Core i7 965 DSO OC
Water cooled CPU
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
6 GB DDR3 1600 OCZ
1000 W Corsair HX
GTX 470
300 GB Raptor
tera 7200rpm
Windows 7
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Posts: 505 		  Quote brian Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Mar 2008 at 11:55am
go with ds and then buy a cheap computer to fix or tinker with. that way you are getting a kick ass computer and one you can rebuild or do whatever with.
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I think the question to ask yourself, is "is it worth it to have bench tested components, and thus avoid 90% or more of the RMA process that a do-it-yourself builder has to deal with?". Things are different than they used to be. It used to be that someone with the technical know-how could  put together a system and be reasonably certain that components would work out of the box.

Things have changed. You don't need much technical ability, and you can leave the soldering iron in your toolbox.  The caveat, is that while the assembly is now easy, and the parts *much* cheaper, the quality level of the individual components has gone down considerably.

In my opinion, in addition to the customer support you get, you pay for DSO to test the system's components so that you, the end user do not have to deal with nightmare scenarios like sending your 2rd or 3rd motherboard back to the manufacturer, hoping that the next one will work.

To me, that alone is worth the price differential.


Edited by Tyler Lowe - 23 Mar 2008 at 1:05pm
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