[dba-Tech] Mother Board

Martin,

I built a fast PC last fall with zero regrets! (Faster than me anyway).  I
had looked at Dell but figured I could get a fast PC if I built it myself
for the same or a lower cost.

Not long ago I looked at my brother's Dell desktop and found that the hard
drive had unique connector ports - a non standard hard drive!  And this was
on a basic Dell desktop.  There was a connector for another hard drive, but
again it would have to have been ordered from Dell (if available).

Your PC probably has other unique parts on it as well.  So . . .

I would suggest considering starting from scratch.  If you build your own PC
all the parts will have a standard configuration.  So you can replace a
component if you want to, and easily find a replacement if you have to.

I'd guess that several people on this list have done the same, and could
provide suggestions and answers as you go.

To pique your interest here's an article about building a $350 PC:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2319499,00.asp

HTH!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin W Reid
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:52 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mother Board

Its  a special inhouse model from dell and no one seems to have them.

Martin


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[dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Barrows
[jeff.developer at gmail.com]
Sent: 10 June 2008 14:44
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mother Board

Why not just get a new power supply?

On 6/10/08, Martin W Reid <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I have a Dell XPS Gen 3 system. It has a unique power supply which of
> course has now died. What I want to do is take all the bits out and put
them
> into another case. Of course knowing nothing about hardware I don't know
> which motherboard is fitted to the XPS therefore don't know which case to
> get. Any help appreciated.
>
> Martin
>
>
> Martin WP Reid
> Information Services
> Queen's University
> Riddel Hall
> 185 Stranmillis Road
> Belfast
> BT9 5EE
> Tel : 02890974465
> Email : mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk
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