New build blues?

[Darth Revan]

I was wondering how many of the new builds actually get built. I know i have been trying to upgrade for a yearish. <----made up word! and car troubles, text books or other good deals on other tech have got in the way. (ie my new 30" wide screen high def for 250usd:cool: )
Or are they just peoples wants, hey im not a super techy but I like pricing new PCs. I finnaly got my half a new pc. I upgraded the mb, psu, cpu and ram. and its ordered. so to rephrase my whole last little bit, how many of the build it the "Build your own PC" section are actually completed?

[HAL9000]

I'd say about half.

[Disgrace]

Thanks to this excellent forum, mine's all built and i'm typing from it now. :)

[chuck4456]

Planning takes a while. New stuff and price variations cause changes (sometimes) daily. I complete 2 out of 3. Something new is introduced and I refocus. I complete too many - that's why I just took out a loan to pay off 5 credit cards!

[noob81]

thanks to the great help on this forum I was able to build mine.

[pally01]

thanks to the great help on this forum I was able to build mine.


Me too. Meant a lot to me to get good advice pre-purchase. I lurked on these forums for a day or two and knew right away this was where the gold would come from.

Super forum, super input, no b.s, no flaming. This site definately rates A1 in my books.

[David M]

I finished three out of three. Seems kinda wasteful not to finish one.

[Brad the best]

i thought about one then i sorta put it off because i wanted a couple cores . and then i bought a jeep and since then well everyone knows what happens when you buy a jeep .

no money , then i bought another jeep and had two . luckily im back down to one

[bailey]

you seam to have out the 100 percent option

every new build I have started was finished in a matters of hours including all the software.
so mine would be 100 percent.

[Panama Red]

you seam to have out the 100 percent option

every new build I have started was finished in a matters of hours including all the software.
so mine would be 100 percent.

Same here. My customer and personal use build list is at 49. All went together without a hitch and are still running. Some are 4 years old. That doesn't include all the ones with new mobo installs requiring a fresh os. Those might as well be considered new builds.

[HAL9000]

Mebbe I am or others are misinterpreting the question... I took it as how many of the "new build" threads you see on PCM actually get built.... as for myself, there has never been a "new build" ... there was a new store bought machine that has undergone upgrade after upgrade from it's origin of a 486SCL 33Mhz to my current 2.4Ghz machine... yes, there is one original part... the floppy drive still exists from that humble beginning. As for builds... I found my log book a few weeks ago from when I worked as a wholesaler... 5837 machines built in 2.5 years. My best day was a bulk order of 30 identical machines, all built in one day, all fired up without a glitch. I never kept track after that for the 4-5 years that I worked for two other people... but it was MUCH slower paced for that time frame.

[Brad the best]

i took it the same way HAL did , i would never start an actual build that i had parts for and not finish it .

5837 machines built in 2.5 years , i bet you you do them blind folded after that . :)

[HAL9000]

Ya.. pretty much.. they were all the same cases, same brand motherboard, ATI cards, etc... I had a scheme for folding and bundling the three data cables and would fold, bundle, tie them up all while having a conversation with somebody and never actually looking at the cables.. they always fit perfectly.

[Darth Revan]

Yeah I left 100 out because i havent finished one of mine =C

[novie]

thanks to the great help on this forum I was able to build mine.

same here. pcmech rocks.