Re: Can Anyone Recommend a Good PC Builder?
- From: "johns" <johns321@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Mar 2007 10:10:25 -0800
I've been building systems for many years, and frankly
I've never met a good system builder anywhere .. besides
myself. Reason .. I don't have to make a profit. I simply
have to produce very high quality engineering systems
that give zero downtime, and are upgradable over a
period of 5 years or more. Here's what I don't like to
see in a system build:
1. Cables laying over critical parts that may need
repeat service ... like the cpu/fan with needs to
be pulled out for thermal compound updates.
2. Twisted cables of any kind. There is just no excuse
in not dressing the cables so that they are folded
out of the way, and stress relieved.
3. Long cables, when a shorter cable would give more
stable data transfer.
4. Psupply cables in the working area. That is just
absurd. They should be dressed and tied, and
laid above the CD-DVD, if not being used. And the
ones being used should be dressed cleanly so
that the working area is servicable.
5. Huge clunky cases with plastic doors that break
and fall off. Cases with funny drive mounts. Cases
with noisy psupply .. or cheap psupply .. or psupply
with outofdate connectors .. or poorly designed standby
supplies with heat sinks in the wrong place .. cases
with wheels.
6. TWO CD-DVD roms. That is just stupid. Burns will
take forever, and usually cause a buffer under-run.
7. Small fans of any kind. 90mm is the minimum size,
and you builders who sneak those dinky 4000 rpm
fans in a box are thoughtless morons. Difficult fan
mounts of any kind. Those cpu-fans need to be
removed and serviced with heat compound at least
once a year.
8. Cheap mobos with poorly laid out X1 and X16 slots.
9. Improperly mounted mobos .. loose standoffs ..
missing standoffs ... wrong length standoffs .. wrong
screws with cheap tops so you can't pull them ...
over tightened screws so you loosten the standoffs
10. Western Digital, or Maxtor hard drives. All of you
know better than to do that. Noisy CD-ROMS
like LG or NEC.
11. ASUS mobos. You fly-by-nights are going to get
caught up with sooner or later.
12. XFX video cards. I'm not in the market for a "new"
restock or refurb. 2nd party video cards with no
warranty. It had BETTER come from BFG or eVGA.
13. Nameless ram that can't be matched if ram is added.
14. Keybds that weight less than one ounce. Mouse
that doesn't fit my hand, and has gorilla clickers.
I could go on and on and on with this, but I think you
see the problem. Nobody out there is going to take
the time to get a system right. And virtually none of
the builders work in industry where they can see the
problems caused by their cheap scams and thoughtless
construction. Unless you build yourself, you are much
better off to buy a high-end Dell or HP because you
get a good warranty, and those companies have to
respond to industry feedback about the problems
their systems create.
johns
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