Project Corona Status · 1:30pm Jun 6th, 2014
To my friends, watchers, and people who stumbled upon my page,
PRTTOJECT: CORONA STATUS... ... ... ... COMPLETE
Well more or less, still need to get Office and possibly PC Doctor as well. But as of last night I installed the OS and brought Corona to life. Ok so I actually started her up two days ago once I got the monitor to run the BIOS and see if the parts all connected right.
At finally tally I have spent a bit over $1800 on Corona, so I've come to the conclusion that when people say that building your own PC is cheaper than buy one pre-built they are obviously lying and are full of themselves... then again she was still cheaper than buying a Mac.
As it stands that apart from software I have no real plans on upgrades just yet. I may get 8 more Gigs of RAM, and maybe a Liquid CPU cooler but that's about it. Corona runs and runs fast and quiet.
To everyone who helped I thank you, and if anyone wants to know what is under Corona's hood just let me know and I'll tell ya.
-CP
Ooh, nice!
Im going to launch my own project by the end of this month but with a budget of 800-1000€.
While its true that building your own machine is more expensive then a pre-built, it really depends on where and from what company you bought it. Certain rigs are bult with parts that have next to no compatability and as a result dont run as well as expected. This again necessitates further money spending.
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Bit of the price jump in my case was the monitor and video card, I didn't take in account that I needed a monitor when I started and I needed a video card to get the most out of it... so without those I would have spent about $400 to $500 less.
My family trusts and has used Dell for a pretty long time, and while a few issues do pop up their customer service people help big time.
Hopefully in your part of Europe parts might be a bit cheaper. Then again I went in with the idea of building a computer that will last me at least 4 years, thus prices jumped accordingly.
Glad to hear that things are running! I'm guessing this blog post came from said computer? Either way, be proud of the build. It's not something a lot of folks feel like they can do. It's not something a lot of folks can do.
Congratulations! Have a glass of bubbly to celebrate.
2180462 I see.
I know that Dell is on the forefront of pre-built rigs
(and so are their prices 
).
Also, the parts arent really cheap here, its just that I have a buddy who knows where to buy the stuff cheaper then usual and is also an IT-technician who knows how to get most of the juice out of the hardware.
Now, the rig Im using is quiet old. I bought it as a pre-build back in August 2007 (holy crap, its now 7 years old!) and I can still play most games, just not the newer ones
, and I also bought it for just about 750€. I guess its safe to say that yours will last considerably longer then what you need it for, if you maintain the software and all.
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Yes it is, and thanks but I don't drink. Yeah I wasn't too sure about putting it together myself, but it wasn't that difficult.
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Dell also is based where I live, and Round Rock owes much to Michel and Co.
My dad has a desktop around the same age as yours, and it is still considered top of the line. Granted it was overkill when he got it, it was a Dell XPS gaming rig, but it still works and is still under warranty.
2181689 Phewww!