Can you guys that built your own tell me how much something with the new quad cores would cost?
when you build them for others, you tend to become their tech supportAlways worth it to build your own in my opinion; however, there are downfalls if you aren't experienced. I usually save lots of money on all the builds I do for others or myself but when there are unforeseen problems you have to be ready.
Another thing is, you don't really have tech support on a custom built pc. Yet, tech support in general is horrible. One time my friend went to "Brand Name" tech support and she was completely unprofessional. They had an online chat where she could see all his computer and she was cussing and doing all these checks and tests that ended up going nowhere.
and getting like 6x better computer. I went to the dell site, although it does give you more into, not much more though, like what kind of motherboard is it, and how fast is its FSB? Does it support Dual Channel Memory, and ouch, only up to 4gb or Ram? A 300 watt power supply is so bare minimum, you start adding in more hard drives and graphics cards you have to upgrade that power supply, and is it even upgradable to a non-dell proprietary product? If he's going to be running Maya he needs a really good computer.check dell.com not the vendor site for specs.
you're almost double the cost
In computer terms you might as well be running vacuum tubes :lol:AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 came out in March of 2005.