Boi2uncle 2nd Gear October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 Your views please =) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 I suppose if you know what you are doing, building your own who be the better option....cos only you know what you really need and you can build it accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 I would build one...because I know how, I get the satisfaction, and I'm pretty sure it will beat most on the market high end rig.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boi2uncle 2nd Gear October 21, 2009 Author Share October 21, 2009 meaning if someone is selling a DIY one you will not buy, because you can assemble yourself too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoikj Neutral Newbie October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 Yup...its not the money...its the process that is fulfilling... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigershark1976 Turbocharged October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 DIY / self-assembled = custom made tailor to your need... check around at hardwarezone.com to get recomendation for the latest graphic cards, motherboard + CPU combo. The people there can answer u better what you should get according to your budget and requirement... a gentle reminder, try to be humble in HWZ, their members there is many time more aggressive than here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boi2uncle 2nd Gear October 21, 2009 Author Share October 21, 2009 DIY / self-assembled = custom made tailor to your need... check around at hardwarezone.com to get recomendation for the latest graphic cards, motherboard + CPU combo. The people there can answer u better what you should get according to your budget and requirement... a gentle reminder, try to be humble in HWZ, their members there is many time more aggressive than here actually, i am thinking of starting a small business to assemble and sell these things. trying to see if there is a market. i prefer to test here 1st cos the audience here more mature and more spending power. i feel the other site a lot of teens with alter-ego who give responses which are not necessarily true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 The headache of doing this as a business is isolating the troubled component. For myself, just swapped with spare component to isolate. But if for some cstomer or even friends, really headache... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemice 2nd Gear October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 hi bro/sis, do conduct ur market study carefully, as in the past years, there has (or had) been many pple with the same concept. Some actually done it !! there are already some of such pple in HWZ touting their services for a very very nominal fee, and their svc n support is really good. really hard to beat. honest. and even the listing of the parts there is available for every budget and camp. and most of these information is available FOC. mice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 answer is YES... in fact, only my first computer, an ACER P3 600mhz PC is 'branded'..after that, all my PC are DIY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear October 21, 2009 Share October 21, 2009 actually, i am thinking of starting a small business to assemble and sell these things. trying to see if there is a market. i prefer to test here 1st cos the audience here more mature and more spending power. i feel the other site a lot of teens with alter-ego who give responses which are not necessarily true. If you factor software cost in .... then those branded ones will win DIY liao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nts0408 Neutral Newbie October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 actually, i am thinking of starting a small business to assemble and sell these things. trying to see if there is a market. i prefer to test here 1st cos the audience here more mature and more spending power. i feel the other site a lot of teens with alter-ego who give responses which are not necessarily true. It is good to conduct more studies before you jump into this business. The profit margin is very low. If you go to Sim Lim Sq (5th floor) to look around, you can purchase whatever components and chassis you want per their price list and ask them to assemble for you at only $20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph22 Turbocharged October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 If you factor software cost in .... then those branded ones will win DIY liao. Not neccessary. It depend on what type of OS license you getting. If you get those 1 PC only type of license, its actually quite competitive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunge 1st Gear October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 meaning if someone is selling a DIY one you will not buy, because you can assemble yourself too? usually what i do is choose the parts/components i want n get the shop to assemble for me... think assembling cost extra $30-50 only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunge 1st Gear October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 actually, i am thinking of starting a small business to assemble and sell these things. trying to see if there is a market. i prefer to test here 1st cos the audience here more mature and more spending power. i feel the other site a lot of teens with alter-ego who give responses which are not necessarily true. there is certainly a market but u do know that such service is widely available in Sim Lim Square right for years already so what's so diff abt ur business idea? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyt 4th Gear October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 DIY pcs not good for ppl who dun like to DIY. if components spolit, dunno how to troubleshoot. must go to individual coys for replacement (if any). memory chips got warranty or not? i save the headache, buy branded. if anything wrong, whether memory, graphic card, monitor all covered by the pc brand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vextan 1st Gear October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 DIY pcs not good for ppl who dun like to DIY. if components spolit, dunno how to troubleshoot. must go to individual coys for replacement (if any). memory chips got warranty or not? i save the headache, buy branded. if anything wrong, whether memory, graphic card, monitor all covered by the pc brand. same here. better to have peace of mind then to save twenty dollars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammy84 Neutral Newbie October 22, 2009 Share October 22, 2009 For a "branded computer" at 1k i can get you a DIY one that performs almost 2x yours Just go do some research on parts, buy them from several shops in SLS then get a shop to assemble at 20 bucks. Branded comps always have halfassed or out of date or inhouse chipsets running, they will short cut abit here and there, most notably in the GFX card department. If you are a normal user only for internet surfing, light flash games then buying branded is ok as you are not very tech savvy anyway. For those who are abit more adept, its not that hard to troubleshoot the comp anyway. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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