Is this PC worth $3500?

[maface]

Originally Posted by Norway

I've heard that if I buy just the parts I can get a better PC than these pre-built ones. I don't know how to build a PC myself but is it common that people from a electronics shop can build a PC? But maybe then I won't get customer support, warranty and such stuff.

Norway, I think you could put the PC together yourself just the fact that you are on techimo means your a pretty smart guy. Seriously with a little research putting together a PC is not that difficult. The parts which can be problematic is attaching the fan to the CPU but there is help on the Internet. the actual putting the parts together is not too bad the part which can be tough is dealing with stuff if it does not work but like I said there are resources.

[MegalosSkylaki]

Originally Posted by Norway

Well, yes, Norway is a very expensive country...

But will this PC be able to play games like Crysis on full graphical settings, do you think?

Do you have to add a Sales tax, or on you on VAT ??

Also buying from USA is hard plus costly shipping if you can find a seller that sells to Norway.

Americans have a hard time with questions like this because we are spoiled by componant prices.

My suggestion is: look at the Vender. Do you have strong confidence in it to deliver a good product and also in the stregnth of their warrantee and customer service.

i would think that this would be the Dealmaker or dealbreaker, as Its always possible to "get something cheaper" if you look hard and long enough, but that may not be better.

Also dealing with ONE seller and warrentee, rather than several sellers and warrentees. The real question as i see it: "Is it worth that money to you?" and forget about saving some bucks but with problems as above.

Good luck,

MegalosSkylaki

[Sarah L]

Originally Posted by BipolarBill

All I know is that I can't build a Dell XPS 630 for the price that Dell charges. They include a licensed copy of Windows too.

I just don't like all the proprietary software on that Dell Windows version. Makes Dells a slower machine than they should be.

[nemowolf]

Originally Posted by Sarah L

I just don't like all the proprietary software on that Dell Windows version. Makes Dells a slower machine than they should be.

So delete it? The software they include is typically third party apps that you can delete. The only thing that Dell includes on their installs that is specificly from Dell is their branding which is just registry edits and can be removed.

This is also no where near as bad as Sony and their bloat ware. Not to mention that Dell doesnt try to stick it to you further then Sony when they started offering the 50 bucks for a "clean" install. Dell by no means is a bad company in the least.


PS: I am almost tempted to make a comment about how you dont know how to optimize a computer, but i figure that might be a personal jab since you appear to be spamming a bunch of threads with pointless remarks that are not on topic ....

[BipolarBill]

I have built dozens of PCs and I would not hesitate to recommend a Dell. As a matter of fact, I bought a Vostro myself. Its lovely.