DIY is not always cheaper, prices on desktops have come down enough that you will be hardpressed to justify the difference in cost between two machines (one built and a Dell) to any but the knowledgeable.
Personally I would say build it yourself if you dont have enough excess $$ to justify a prebuilt. You can slowly get the parts together to do what you want. hard wyrd wrote: > going DIY for the casing might be extreme (even though I suggested it) > but yeah, use whatever case is available. Bottomline is, if you wanna > save on parts, build the machine yourself. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:22 PM, David Wade Hagar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> That is a bit of a project for a lot of people. I consider myself to >> be a linux geek but I have nowhere near that kind of time. Especially >> to do a DIY case. >> >> On Jan 19, 2009, at 4:06 PM, hard wyrd wrote: >> >>> Build the machine yourself if you'd ask me. >>> >>> Get low form factor boards (cray, asus, msi, etc..), get a fanless >>> power supply, slap on a DIY stainless casing and bam! low-power box. >>> Put your favorite distro in, turn on the preferred services and you're >>> done >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
