[clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC

[ErikZ]

Boards are the most annoying part to replace. Even if the warranty is
honored, you're sending it off to the manufacturer and hoping they'll
send you a good replacement.
Newegg has a feedback section that's invaluable for seeing if people
are having problems with a motherboard.

The best part about building your own systems is not being dependent
on someone else to fix it. Drive starts to go bad? Get up, buy a new
drive, copy the files over. Done.

My personal recommendation on buying motherboards, is to get one with
built-in video. Even if you don't plan on using it, if your video card
dies, you have an emergency backup while you find a replacement.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM,  <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
> Especially since the boards are made in China.  Cisco was having premature
> failure of some equipment so they examined the failures and found that used
> parts had been substituted for new ones.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris fedde" <chris at fedde.us>
> To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:29:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build
> you        own PC
>
> The comment about motherboards is an interesting one.  I've seen good
> vendors provide bad lots, I've had great results from third tier
> vendors and have had top name products fail early.
> I find that it's pretty much a craps shoot when it comes to picking
> good components.
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:20 PM, chris fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote:
>>> IIRC I did offer to do just such a talk.  I'll happily coalesce all
>>> the good info from this thread.  I envision two parts.  First
>>> selecting parts. Second assembling and testing them into a working
>>> system.
>>>
>>
>> Please do so. That's exactly what I was hoping for.
>>
>> Thanks also to all the other responders. I'll be perusing your
>> suggestions in depth.
>>
>> I just love the one response. "P.S. Get a quality motherboard with
>> solid capacitors, and not a sucky one if you expect it to last." Hah!
>> If I knew how to spot a sucky motherboard, I wouldn't have bothered
>> with my request in the first place!!!
>>
>> --
>> Collins Richey
>>      If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
>>      of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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