say someone wants a basic pc. main uses would be....
browsing
music
movies
possibly a bit of gaming but not sure what they play atm-if anything
is it really worth building something from scratch or would it be better to just pick up an off the shelf jobby.
basically a friend is looking for a pretty basic pc to do the above as their current one has bitten the dust. they have been looking at the usual suspects, typically off the shelf firms, but i've been trying to coax them into think about putting something together themselves, simply because i feel you get much better bang for buck, better components etc in general when you self build and also a much easier pgrade path later-am i right in this, or does that really only apply when building something that is a bit higer end.
as it is they have seen a couple of desktops in the £350 region that interest them, but at this price point could we do any better going down the road of a self build
i'm not 100% sure what's salvageable from the old pc, probably the dvd drive is about it internally. but they have a mouse/kb and monitor that i think they can keep for the time being, and they also can get a copy of win7...
so basically a long winded spec me
browsing
music
movies
possibly a bit of gaming but not sure what they play atm-if anything
is it really worth building something from scratch or would it be better to just pick up an off the shelf jobby.
basically a friend is looking for a pretty basic pc to do the above as their current one has bitten the dust. they have been looking at the usual suspects, typically off the shelf firms, but i've been trying to coax them into think about putting something together themselves, simply because i feel you get much better bang for buck, better components etc in general when you self build and also a much easier pgrade path later-am i right in this, or does that really only apply when building something that is a bit higer end.
as it is they have seen a couple of desktops in the £350 region that interest them, but at this price point could we do any better going down the road of a self build
i'm not 100% sure what's salvageable from the old pc, probably the dvd drive is about it internally. but they have a mouse/kb and monitor that i think they can keep for the time being, and they also can get a copy of win7...
so basically a long winded spec me
