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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3254651" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>I was crypto mining for a little while. Right now there is no money in it unless you have some dedicated stuff and a lot of money to risk. I looked and I still have about 300 bucks in crypto but I will probably end up spending that before too long. I do have 3 GTX 1080's that I basically bought for about 25.00 each when you figure my electric cost at the time and I will run them during the winter months since my place is all electric anyway and heat is heat. But unless you have a bunch to invest it's really hard to get in to right now and keeping things cool is the worst part of it all. If I had a house and a bunch of solar panels and some wind generators it would be a different story though. </p><p></p><p>But I agree, building a computer is honestly pretty easy. Installing the OS takes a little bit and if you work with something like my server it's a lot harder but there is no reason to buy a computer if you can work on a car or a firearm. With a little help and guidance the first build can be pretty easy. After that it's a walk in the park. Where most people need help is setting up the network and deciding what parts to get. Then when it comes time to have a place to store all the important stuff you really should have some help. Anyone can put it together but it takes some knowledge to make it work well. But once they are up and running it's not hard to keep it going and most of the time require minimal intervention anyway.</p><p></p><p>I was actually talking with someone else recently about building a computer vs buying an Alienware. When Dell bought Alienware out they became another OEM box which honestly means they are crippled. OEM's will not let you upgrade things to the max because there is no money in it so the best that is available then is all you can get. Later on when the next gen stuff comes out they are not going to release an update that will allow you to upgrade the CPU. My board supports up to 128GB of ram and even though it is a last gen board it will support this years brand new CPU and very likely next years. An OEM will often limit you to a certain maximum speed of RAM and not only that I have had boards reject ram that isn't the exact speed they support even though it can be ran at the slower speed. HP is so bad that I have a laptop that I can't upgrade the wifi card in even though it is a HP card because it wasn't on the BIOS whitelist. It's just like the post a few weeks ago about tractors that can't be worked on because the OEM doesn't release the tools or software. The parts themselves might cost a little more to build it yourself but honestly what you get when you are all done building your own computer is much better than what most OEM's can do. And you can do it over time. One of the things I always say is buy the best motherboard you can afford, two sticks of ram and a decent CPU. Later on double the ram and upgrade the CPU then buy a cheap board and some ram and drop the old cpu in there and give it to someone else. My wife's mother has an AMD Phenom X4 965 and the motherboard, case, ram, and power supply I bought for it cost me about 150.00 Her computer is still better than what a lot of people buy at Walmart.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure can, it's called a piece of electrical tape or better yet some spray paint. Permanent fix right there. But yeah I was the one who fixed that for a lot of people too. I am sure I could set it to the correct time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3254651, member: 29706"] I was crypto mining for a little while. Right now there is no money in it unless you have some dedicated stuff and a lot of money to risk. I looked and I still have about 300 bucks in crypto but I will probably end up spending that before too long. I do have 3 GTX 1080's that I basically bought for about 25.00 each when you figure my electric cost at the time and I will run them during the winter months since my place is all electric anyway and heat is heat. But unless you have a bunch to invest it's really hard to get in to right now and keeping things cool is the worst part of it all. If I had a house and a bunch of solar panels and some wind generators it would be a different story though. But I agree, building a computer is honestly pretty easy. Installing the OS takes a little bit and if you work with something like my server it's a lot harder but there is no reason to buy a computer if you can work on a car or a firearm. With a little help and guidance the first build can be pretty easy. After that it's a walk in the park. Where most people need help is setting up the network and deciding what parts to get. Then when it comes time to have a place to store all the important stuff you really should have some help. Anyone can put it together but it takes some knowledge to make it work well. But once they are up and running it's not hard to keep it going and most of the time require minimal intervention anyway. I was actually talking with someone else recently about building a computer vs buying an Alienware. When Dell bought Alienware out they became another OEM box which honestly means they are crippled. OEM's will not let you upgrade things to the max because there is no money in it so the best that is available then is all you can get. Later on when the next gen stuff comes out they are not going to release an update that will allow you to upgrade the CPU. My board supports up to 128GB of ram and even though it is a last gen board it will support this years brand new CPU and very likely next years. An OEM will often limit you to a certain maximum speed of RAM and not only that I have had boards reject ram that isn't the exact speed they support even though it can be ran at the slower speed. HP is so bad that I have a laptop that I can't upgrade the wifi card in even though it is a HP card because it wasn't on the BIOS whitelist. It's just like the post a few weeks ago about tractors that can't be worked on because the OEM doesn't release the tools or software. The parts themselves might cost a little more to build it yourself but honestly what you get when you are all done building your own computer is much better than what most OEM's can do. And you can do it over time. One of the things I always say is buy the best motherboard you can afford, two sticks of ram and a decent CPU. Later on double the ram and upgrade the CPU then buy a cheap board and some ram and drop the old cpu in there and give it to someone else. My wife's mother has an AMD Phenom X4 965 and the motherboard, case, ram, and power supply I bought for it cost me about 150.00 Her computer is still better than what a lot of people buy at Walmart. Sure can, it's called a piece of electrical tape or better yet some spray paint. Permanent fix right there. But yeah I was the one who fixed that for a lot of people too. I am sure I could set it to the correct time. [/QUOTE]
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