[ILUG] Replacing a desktop/server

[Timothy Murphy]

On Mon 21 Mar 2005 16:33, Philip Trickett wrote:

> If you look at komplett.ie they have a number there, with the cheapest
> AMD based system being quite a good performer. Add CPU, RAM, DVDRW, and
> 2 hard disks of the same size and you can set yourself up a nice small
> quiet server for your house, with redundancy using software RAID, and
> backups using the DVDRW.

I was looking at this,
and it seems to me one does not actually save much
by putting together a computer one's self.
I guess PC manufacturers get hard disks etc at such a discount
that more than makes up for the wages of Chinese girls
screwing the thing together.

> Also, building it is fun.

As in SM?


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