On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 16:45 +0100, Torben Stones wrote:
Finally my question. Has anyone got any experiance of the EffcientPC.co.uk guys? I was looking at the Flexible range that they do, and was wondering if I should go with the Camulus or Isis systems. The only difference is one is Intel/nVidia and the other is AMD/ATI (respectively) any thoughts?
I looked at efficientpc before deciding to yet again build my own box from parts bought from Ebuyer. If you compare spec for spec then they work out reasonably expensive. Installing Ubuntu (which is IIRC what you get) is hardly a chore. So really all you are gaining is one point of contact if there are hardware issues...I don't know but I think efficientpc is one guy in a spare room so support would probably involve shipping the whole box back...Personally I would rather diagnose the issue myself and replace the faulty components.
I guess it all comes down to what experience you have with assembling machines. Three of us on IRC built pretty much similar boxes at the same time..Only one run into serious problems and really that was mostly due to issues with the memory he bought (OCZ) and general uselessness of his supplier.
For our business clients now, unless it is something exotic we tend to supply off the shelf machines...in terms of business the labour costs just don't stack for assembling machine for resale..however for a personal machine I think self build is a rewarding experience that gives you ultimate flexibility.