Don't you hate bulding computers that are way better than yours for other people?

[Mucman]

Here is what I am building for my friend

Asus A7V
T-Bird 700E
128M Mushkin rev2
Asus Geforece 2 GTS
30G IBM 75GX
SB Live! value
Plextor 8/4/32


meanwhile my dream machine I built 1.5 years ago...

Abit BX6 r.2
PIII 450@528
128M Micron -8E
WD Expert 9.1G
CL TNT 2 Ultra
SB Live! value
no CD-R

His computer is cheaper than when I built mine too! At least he will be doing SETI for me

 

[NFS4]

"T-Bird 700E"

Is that some funky AMD-Intel bastard child?

 

[lumpyhed]

Which is why I don't do em!
Actually its more frustrating watching a friend spending excessive amounts of dough on things he just won't use...

 

[Mucman]

The store listed the T-Bird 700 as 700E... dunno why.

This guy is going to use the power, it's just that I want the power! He is a good friend and I enjoy building good computers instead of the E-mail terminals most people want.

 

[squirrel dog]

in six months his computer will be listed as a bargin home pc,in a year there will be no reviews for that type setup.There is no such thing as being king of the hill for more than a couple of months now.

 

[urbantechie]

Hell yea! I know this consultant who needed a dual xeon machine but didn't have the time to build it. So I did...DROOL!!!

 

[pdo]

I think they list the "E" like that to state that it's an enhaced cache version or something.

 

[Stringy]

I have no problem, I use them as guinie pigs for
Future products I might be interested in...
this way I get a trial run with a Componient and
see if it meets my need/requirements...




Craig

 

[Shudder]

I built a 650 for a friend while I only had a 600.. and he paid 40 less for it 1-2 months after I got mine. Dammit. I wanted to switch the chips as a builders "fee"

My friend wanted so bad to get a DVD rom and a Zip drive and a burner. You wouldn't believe the hell I had to go through to talk him out of the zip drive, and since he just bought a DVD player I had to get him to realize he probably would NOT use the DVD rom for anything. It's not like he had everything to spend either, he was trying to hit a 1000 price point.

 

[Eli]

Yeah. Heh. I built a Athlon 550 for a friend a few months ago.. Here I am still "struggling" with my K6-3/450.. :|

 

[Budman]

That's nothing NFS4 Check this site out.

It's the new Intel DURON:Q

 

[Syborg1211]

heh, that's why I constantly upgrade my comp and try and talk my friends into going cheaper over better. hehe

This one store by me lists an athlon 1ghz as an athlon 1gb. It is so darn funny because they have had it like that for well over a few months

 

[ElFenix]

heheheh intel duron heheheh

i'm trying hard to keep friends from upgrading past me. at least the ones who will listen to me. the ones who didn't bought (gasp!) rdram. and ghz p3s.

 

[Mucman]

I had one person he said they would give me $5000 to build em a computer! I told them half of that would be a dream machine. He said forget it and bought a Dell with RDRAM

 

[Bignate603]

I actually had a friend help me do my system cause he just did his and it was almost the same excpet i went 800 t'bird to his 750 t'bird, and got the geforce 2 32 meg to his geforce mx. He was a little bitter and threatened to "borrow" my vid card but he was a good guy about it, lol.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I never have that problem. When asked to build, I get the new system and the request gets my old parts.

-SUO

 

[Howard]

It's worse if they're computer illiterate... Yeesh!

 

[wviperw]

Oh, I hate it when people who don't even use their computers have a better system than mine. My friends family just got an 800mhz Cumine w/ all the works. Also, I know people who use a cable modem just for e-mail! AAAARRRGGHHHH!!! I'm sittin here with a 56k wishin' that I could be playing Q3A.

 

[Wingznut]

Way to go, SUO!

That's the same thing I do. I just built a system with my old P3-600e, and then put a new 700e in my system.

 

[Mucman]

Did you guys say that you were going to give em your old parts?

 

[Shockwave]

So, you givem your old parts......At the old parts price I hope?

 

[4824guy]

Along the same lines, it is slightly upsetting having to buy better and faster parts that now cost less to go in these PC's, while we keep the older slower ones, that we paid more for not too long ago.

 

[Linh]

ditto stringy

 

[Jonny]

Nope, I actually love it.

What I hate:

"Jon, can you build me a complete computer for less than a thousands dollars?" (667 USD)

That drives me NUTS!!!

 

[Mucman]

Johnny! Me too!!! If I want to charge anything for it and if they want brand new stuff and say forget it!!! The cheapest computer I build is ~1500cdn after taxes and paying me... I could try cheaping out but I don't want the phone ringing off the hook!