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fred246 wrote: »

Your copy of Windows is linked to your motherboard. When it fails you will lose your PC - expensive.

Not strictly true.

bsod

People who used the word mobo, talk endlessly about capacitors and high end graphics cards, and get snobby about power supplies seem to have a lot more failures than the rest of the world - perhaps if they bought a ready made one it wouldn't fail as much

fred246

When your motherboard fails you normally find that motherboards to fit your CPU and RAM are out of stock and I have had problems with secondhand boards off ebay and don't do that any more. I think you probably mean that if you phone up Microsoft and plead they will swap your Windows onto a new motherboard?

[Deleted User]

fred246 wrote: »

When your motherboard fails you normally find that motherboards to fit your CPU and RAM are out of stock and I have had problems with secondhand boards off ebay and don't do that any more. I think you probably mean that if you phone up Microsoft and plead they will swap your Windows onto a new motherboard?

If you bought an off the shelf PC from somewhere like Purple Shirts, then the OEM Windows licence will be tied to that motherboard.

Building your own PC and buying your own Windows licence you won't have that problem and will be able to swap out the motherboard if it fails.

fred246

bsod wrote: »

People who used the word mobo, talk endlessly about capacitors and high end graphics cards, and get snobby about power supplies seem to have a lot more failures than the rest of the world - perhaps if they bought a ready made one it wouldn't fail as much

I build incredibly reliable computers for family and friends according to each persons requirements. Years ago I used to say that I would build it for less than a shop could. Now I refuse to make cheap PCs and only build using quality components. It's not that much more expensive. PCs are so easy to build nowadays there is no reason why a company could build a better PC than an experienced individual.

fred246

Deleted_User wrote: »

If you bought an off the shelf PC from somewhere like Purple Shirts, then the OEM Windows licence will be tied to that motherboard.

Building your own PC and buying your own Windows licence you won't have that problem and will be able to swap out the motherboard if it fails.

I always buy the OEM version because it's cheaper and my motherboards don't fail.

[Deleted User]

I've been building and upgrading PCs for over 10 years and you don't need any techy qualifications to be able to do so. All you are doing is connecting parts together. Like above, I'll never buy a new shop bought PC as I could build one better or equal as good for less. Although at the moment I'm using a couple of ex-corporate Fujitsu PCs.

[Deleted User]

fred246 wrote: »

I always buy the OEM version because it's cheaper and my motherboards don't fail.

What I said applies to your own purchased OEM licence also. You might need to phone activation or you might not.

You only tend to run into licence complications when you buy a mass produced "PC World" machine with manufacture branded Windows OEM licence.

fred246

Deleted_User wrote: »

I've been building and upgrading PCs for over 10 years and you don't need any techy qualifications to be able to do so. All you are doing is connecting parts together. Like above, I'll never buy a new shop bought PC as I could build one better or equal as good for less. Although at the moment I'm using a couple of ex-corporate Fujitsu PCs.

You're making me feel old now. I distinctly remember my first computer had 1977 printed on it's motherboard.

[Deleted User]

I wasn't even born in 1977.