Branded Computers, are they worth it?

[gregrocker]

Gotta agree with Indiana. We shipped back a Toshiba laptop in the box they provided overnight, it was returned just a few days later with new reimaged HD.

For this service they charged us $25 for shipping which annoyed me but thrilled the owner.

 

[DeaconFrost]

What site could that be if I may ask?

You don't really need a site like that, and I would be cautious anyway, in case they didn't update information often.

Wherever you plan to buy your parts from, you'll have the info you need. Once you choose a motherboard, based on budget, needs, and processor support, all other ocmponents are very easy to pick. The mobo will tell you what procs to get, what type of memory it can handle, etc.

 

[Zepher]

Gotta agree with Indiana. We shipped back a Toshiba laptop in the box they provided overnight, it was returned just a few days later with new reimaged HD. For this service they charged us $25 for shipping which annoyed me but thrilled the owner.

UPS probably fixed your laptop for you.
If you watch the show Modern Marvels, an episode titled Deliver It, focuses on shipping companies.
Toshiba uses UPS's facility in Memphis for doing laptop repairs.
UPS employees do the repairs.

 

[bigmck]

I have a nice case, so a couple months ago I decided to buy all the parts to go inside and upgrade the whole thing. I didn't get a bundled set but found this site that you pick out the Motherboard and they tell you every CPU that fits it, like wise with RAM and everything else needed. This way you get a perfect match and also you have a choice. What I got could have been a couple hundred dollars cheaper if I bought the OEM PC, but the case would have been a plain black one and I just wanted the custom feel of my part choices.

What site could that be if I may ask?

Sure thing, it is comparable to Tiger Direct or New Egg, just not as well known.
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Just on a side note, all it put in was =directron.com= and it shows three lines of description. WOW

 

[gregrocker]

Gotta agree with Indiana. We shipped back a Toshiba laptop in the box they provided overnight, it was returned just a few days later with new reimaged HD. For this service they charged us $25 for shipping which annoyed me but thrilled the owner.

UPS probably fixed your laptop for you.
If you watch the show Modern Marvels, an episode titled Deliver It, focuses on shipping companies.
Toshiba uses UPS's facility in Memphis for doing laptop repairs.
UPS employees do the repairs.

It was tracked to Jeffersonville, IN which is just across the river from UPS hub in Louisville. Now I wonder if it really even left their property, though.

 

[Mark Phelps]

Used to hand-build ALL the desktop PCs, for myself, and for my extended family. But in recent years, I can't match the bundled price of low to medium-end PCs (HP being a prime example) -- and, the stuff you buy from OEM's "just plain works".

So, while I still build my own and my spouse's PC (cause I like to choose the components myself), I've resorted to buying OEM PCs for others.