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To: RagTimeBand who wrote (4380)	12/19/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Read Replies (2) of 14778

What to buy? A completely built system; a partially built system; or build it from scratch. Help -- I'm sure I'm rehashing a topic that's been covered many times before but I'm hoping that some of you will be so kind as to share your opinions about this topic with me. The last time I looked into this it was much cheaper to buy an already built system from an OEM. The justification for buying a partially built system (example: case, mother board, pwr supply, cabling) would be if you couldn't find an OEM offering the drives and or cards you wanted. The justification for building a system from scratch was either 1) you wanted to learn or 2) you like a lot of pain. (just kidding, I think). ---------- Some of the things I'm struggling with: Do I go cheap or expensive? If I go cheap I'm concerned about buying a motherboard that's 6 months old and thus doesn't have the latest and greatest chips and chip sets on it. Also by going cheap am I getting what I pay for? In other words I might save, but will I run into serious problems because of trying to save a few bucks? I want to go with a SCSI HD (probably the latest I can get, either SCSI 2 or 3). I'm leaning towards Win98 but haven't made the final decision. I want a system that will allow me to upgrade to NT5 (workstation) when it comes out. Any comments suggestions would be appreciated. Emory

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