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Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:

>In <adtDDD99z.AAv@netcom.com> adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes:

>>>>Get real! No one puts a PC together from parts bought at
>>>>different places. That method will not save money...
>>I have done this with one 286, one 386, and two 486 systems that I have
>>owned. I'll probably do it again for a Pentium this fall. Of course it
>>helps that I am relatively near to a huge computer swapmeet. 
>>At home and only if you don't consider your time. At work it is probably 
>>better to buy a complete system.
>Not even at home, if you have to get the components at retail price.
>Only if you have a different source of components or can reuse old ones.
>>Building your own PC is really an educational experience or a hobby. I 
>>wouldn't recommend it outside of this context.

>I doubt anybody does it outside of this context.

Not really.  I built this machine (486dx/33 w/8mb) from parts I
bought/had around the house.  I also have another machine that my
father and I built a few years ago downstairs for other people in the
family to use.  My father has his own machine in his room as well,
that he built from parts he mail-ordered.  A few months ago, I built a
486sx/25 system with 8 meg for my grandparents, since I had the
motherboard, some old SIMMs, an old .31 dp monitor and a few other
spare parts lying around, so I could get them off their old 386sx/16.
I've even built a Pentium 85 machine from parts I mail ordered for a
friend becuase he couldn't get a half decent price anywhere for a
custom system, and didn't have the expertise himself.  It's pretty
easy once you get everything down, and use hardware you've delt with
and installed before.
Of course, I may be more the exception than the rule. :-)

Matt Beazer 
mattb@spk.wa.usa
Team-OS/2
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