question about barebone kits

[jerzyfam]

What is the difference between a barebone kit and a regular desktop? I see a signaficant difference in price but it looks to me like the barebone has everything that a desktop has.

 

[jerzyfam]

can anyone help?

 

[otispunkmeyer]

barebones generally are smaller, and therefore most require custom mother boards, which are usually desgined by the people who make the kit. so in a bare bones you get a case, and if its not mATX you'll get a custom motherboard preinstalled and a custom PSU pre installed

you need to add, ram, cpu, video, cd/dvd and hdd your self, but there is no need to buy a mobo or psu

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
barebones generally are smaller, and therefore most require custom mother boards, which are usually desgined by the people who make the kit. so in a bare bones you get a case, and if its not mATX you'll get a custom motherboard preinstalled and a custom PSU pre installed

you need to add, ram, cpu, video, cd/dvd and hdd your self, but there is no need to buy a mobo or psu

That's pretty much it!

"Barebones" seems to depend on where you are buying it. With some places, that means a case, power supply, and a motherboard. Other places include a processor, yet a few others include memory.

Typically, none of the include things like a hard drive, CD/DVD RW drive, floppy drive (Beleive it or not, some people do still request these), video card, or any other assorted things.

 

[jerzyfam]

thank you guys

 

[Zepper]

barebones ususally has a case/PSU, mobo, floppy drive, kbd/mse and possibly an optical drive. Anything beyond that gets into "custom configurable system" territory .

.bh.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, A true 'Bare Bones" is usually a case, PSU, MB and maybe processor. You furnish the rest. Check with the vendor to find out exactly what is included. Luck, Jim