shmeggegie
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I'm a newbie, and I think my opinion might mean something just because it's the perspective of someone in the position of buying or building who's trying to do his homework. I've been hitting these forums, and the articles, and other sites, for months now researching for the computer I want to build. Today (coincidentally enough) I heard about falcon nw and voodoo and checked them both out. I discovered as I was playing around in their customize areas that they were using the same parts I would have and so I built EXACTLY (except for the case) the computer I'm planning to build for myself. If I ordered the parts (all of 'em, mind you. i'm not swapping anything from my current computer.) and built it myself it'd cost 2500 approx. (It's a dual athlon mp 2000+ system, ideally. I'm trying not to shirk on anything, so all the periphs are kind of top of the line. I hope.) with falcon nw, it was something over 4000, and with voodoo it was almost, but not quite, 6000. So, when you say there's no price difference, well, you're lying.
However, I think there's something to say for these companies. Voodoo makes the NICEST case I've ever seen. I want to get a petition together to get them to sell their cases independently. They take the ugliest Coolermaster case I've ever seen and make it look outstanding. falcon uses aluminum, so whoopee for them, too, I guess. Also, both of those are pre-modded for people afraid of their clumsiness with a dremel, etc... there's a place for that kind of product, even if it is expensive. Further, to compalin about voodoo because of their TECH SERVICE FORUM is silly. You're not going to hear about anyone's wonderful voodoo box that had no problems in a TECH SERVICE FORUM. you'll only hear about the problems. Honestly, I think it's nice of them be as good about their [-peep-] ups as they've been. They are just a handful of guys building highly customized boxes ALL DAY EVERY DAY, and if I were one of them, I'd [-peep-] it up, too. Hell, except MAYBE for fatburger, I bet most people who populate these forums have problems with their own boxes as often. The question is: what do you think your money's worth? to me, my money is worth the parts and my effort is priceless. I love the process I'm going through learning to do this myself. The Hell with Voodoo and Falcon as far as I'm concerned. But if I had a ton of money and wasn't willing to put the effort that's required to learn about building a computer, I'd jump on voodoo in a second.
Sorry this was so long. I just figured there are a lot of people on sites like this who try to tell newbies what they want and why, and maybe a newbie opinion will help enlighten things a little.
However, I think there's something to say for these companies. Voodoo makes the NICEST case I've ever seen. I want to get a petition together to get them to sell their cases independently. They take the ugliest Coolermaster case I've ever seen and make it look outstanding. falcon uses aluminum, so whoopee for them, too, I guess. Also, both of those are pre-modded for people afraid of their clumsiness with a dremel, etc... there's a place for that kind of product, even if it is expensive. Further, to compalin about voodoo because of their TECH SERVICE FORUM is silly. You're not going to hear about anyone's wonderful voodoo box that had no problems in a TECH SERVICE FORUM. you'll only hear about the problems. Honestly, I think it's nice of them be as good about their [-peep-] ups as they've been. They are just a handful of guys building highly customized boxes ALL DAY EVERY DAY, and if I were one of them, I'd [-peep-] it up, too. Hell, except MAYBE for fatburger, I bet most people who populate these forums have problems with their own boxes as often. The question is: what do you think your money's worth? to me, my money is worth the parts and my effort is priceless. I love the process I'm going through learning to do this myself. The Hell with Voodoo and Falcon as far as I'm concerned. But if I had a ton of money and wasn't willing to put the effort that's required to learn about building a computer, I'd jump on voodoo in a second.
Sorry this was so long. I just figured there are a lot of people on sites like this who try to tell newbies what they want and why, and maybe a newbie opinion will help enlighten things a little.