Any reasons not to get this computer?

[pokerdirty]

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Lol they design the chipset eh? Bwahahah no.

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dude, quit flaming people for no [censored] reason. every post i've read of yours is just telling them they are wrong with nothing to back it up. if i wanted advice from a 8 yr old, i'd go ask an 8 year old.

good day, sir.

Ok, here is to back it up. Intel Pentium D is a socket LGA775 designed by Intel. That is all it can be, and your chipset has that exact socket. It's not proprietary beyond Intel.

[mrkilla]

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Ok, here is to back it up. Intel Pentium D is a socket LGA775 designed by Intel. That is all it can be, and your chipset has that exact socket. It's not proprietary beyond Intel.

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I believe the Gentelman was refering to the actual Motherboard and not the "chipset" in the term your thinking of

oh ok, so not the chipset. I dunno man, 3 things here:

1) I really REALLy doubt you could build a comparable computer for the same price. Maybe though, but especially at levels below that, you simply could not do it cheaper by yourself than walking into a store and buying one already made.

2) Let's face it, for real world computing, the type of person that would purchase a computer at best buy would most likely never notice any shortcomings in the motherboard. I say "most likely", but I feel this is a fair assessment having built numberous computers and worked at a computer retailer.

3) Building your own computer is not for everyone. Especially if you haven't done it before. If you can't definitively say WHY you are building your own computer, I really don't see the point. I built mine, but only because I wanted an uber leet machine for gaming.

[mrkilla]

Well he asked why I wouldnt like it I tell him why, no matter if he cares or not, if it will make a diff to his purchase or not or his computing experience. its all IMHO anyway.

But as far as the Manfuatures go I am no Gateway or Dell fan.


I mean a Chevy Cobalt is a nice car...for the price


In anycase you stated to reformat your PC when you get it, this controdicts your above statement, meaning you have identified him as the average home user where the chipset/Geek [censored] doesnt matter, there for I wouldn't expect him to be reformatting a machine, thus the OS Builds/Standards are important. As well as the installed applications.

In the Context of dirtys question, it matters.

I would recommend everyone in the world to reformat their computer when they buy it, especially with how easy manufacturers make it. You'll see an immediate performance gain.

[DrNo888]

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I would recommend everyone in the world to reformat their computer when they buy it, especially with how easy manufacturers make it. You'll see an immediate performance gain.

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Hmmm...I got the Dell 9100 (3.0GHz w/ 1G RAM)and have been using as it came. It is kinda slow compared to my old PC which was an AMD 1700+ with 512Mb RAM. So you are saying that if I reformat, then it should run faster?

What about all the software (XP,resource disc,etc)?
I got some disc, but wouldnt reinstalling those software be the same as when it arrived?

I need some schooling on this computer stuff.

and another thing, since we have obviously thrown out standardized computer terms in this thread, could you explain what you mean by "OS build"? You mean Media Center?

[mrkilla]

OS Build - Yes the way they install and Configure Media center, and the fact that it is installed for starters. Its also a falvored Media Center, , Gateway Centric.
Yes all this can be configured and tweaked, but the average user doesnt want to do that. Also there "out of box" installs are notriously bad and wind up crashing.

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If you're the type who thinks it's obvious that you should reformat any new computer immediately upon receiving it, you're also probably the kind of guy who doesn't "need" to because you built it yourself anyway.