RE: Buying PC bits - I just had to tell somebody...

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lol - which shop was that Tim - I've not noticed any PC shops around
Oxford=
apart from PC World???

Paul.



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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of pjqx
> Sent: 28 September 2008 09:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Buying PC bits - I just had to tell somebody...
>
> I was in a scummy PC shop on the Oxford ringroad buying a firewire
> cable I needed for an install when in the corner I saw a dusty pile of
> desktop chassis - you know the look, forlorne, stripped of components,
> next stop the local dump.  I saw in the midst of this two
> small "shuttle" cases. Well I have been harbouring thoughts
of
> downsizing my WHS onto an Atom based system (I have even bought the
> atom) and I thought one of these cases might be suitable.  No PSU, no
> RAM, CPU or drives - Mobo fitted to both.
>
> I asked the guy in the shop how much - In my head I thought if I could
> get the 2 for 15 or 20 I could make one decent case - I'd still need a
> PSU but I'd be further down the road than I am now - How much do you
> think he said..... =A3150 EACH!  I couldn't help myself and laughed
> heartily for 5 minutes - He told me they had motherboards fitted,
hence
> the price - I asked if the worked or were guaranteed - NO, SOLD AS
> SEEN.
>
> So if there are any millionaires out there who want to make a joker's
> day you could pitch up to a run-down PC shop and spend =A3300 on 2
> totally worthless chassis.
>
> My search still continues for a suitable MicroATX chassis.
>
> Tim.
>
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