Re: Dell versus Asus?
- From: "Patrick L. Parks" <1H8Comcast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:39:33 -0400
Leythos wrote:
In article <3kk4spFuhor0U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx says...While I do enjoy building my own machines and do from time to time, I completely disagree with the concept that you can buy the same parts which "will" perform better and will cost less. By the time you factor in all of the things needed (case, power supply, operating system, etc) you cannot hardly buy a machine for less cost than a packaged system like the Dell.
Here's something to ponder:
I've been considering an XPS Gen 5.
Now I've found a reliable box builder offering up a computer with
very similar features and capabilities, but built on an Asus P5WD2
Premium motherboard. This is one of Asus' top of the line "dual core"
motherboards, built around the Intel chipset and with a number of features NOT found on the "Dell" motherboards (and I have no idea who is making the Dell motherboards these days).
The prices are about the same, maybe $100 different for very similarly equipped units, and this includes Dell's current steep discount on the XPS 5. But the non-Dell machine has a steel and aluminum Coolermaster case, a 550-watt power supply, a three-year warranty (without having a call sent off to a call center in India), and includes a full retail box version of your choice of Windoze operating system.
I've had Asus-based machines before. In fact, I am using one now.
Advice?
I will always buy my own parts over a packaged system (meaning Dell, other) and will always have a faster, better performing machine, with better parts, then the same cost of the similarly equipped packaged machine.
The real difference is in the Warranty - Dell, even if foreign support sucks, offers that essential thing that non-technical types need and it does have value, even if you don't price it.
Many computer shops that sell systems only include support during normal working hours and only do carry-in support, not on-site repairs.
The thing I really like about Dell is that my computer is nearly silent. For me, this is a big deal. My self built systems have always been considerably louder. In terms of name brand parts, my machine has them. Even though it's a Dell, it has Intel processor (3.2ghz), Seagate Hard Drive, ATI Radeon X800XT video card, 1GB of RAM (PC4200) and Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card. I bought it with XP Pro and got a 17" flat panel monitor and barely have over $1200 in the machine. In February of 2005, you could not buy these parts and make it cheaper. I'll bet you that my machine is quieter and can outperform anything hand built for $1250 or less (office apps, gaming, compiling software, and recompiling a linux kernel).
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