[ILUG] Replacing a desktop/server

[Bernhard Rohrer]

> 
> 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.
> 
I have a homegrown one humming in my front room and I simply could not 
haven that off the shelf. It's not so much about money than about 
fulfilling your own specs. my box has a mini-atx board with everyhting 
onboard including SATA-RAID and graphics, 1 GB ECC RAM and 2 80 HB SATA 
disks in RAID 1 all in a slimline case.

not cheaper than commercial, but my spec.
> 
>>Also, building it is fun.
> 
> 
> As in SM?
> 
which is fun, right?

and I don't have to mess with yucky preinstalls

cheers

Bernhard