I've never done a build, but I am tempted to with this one.
I need a computer to host two disc printers. Small and cheap is the goal.
It needn't have all that fast a processor. Four gigs of RAM would do nicely with Win 7. Four USB ports is enough and I don't need an optical drive at all.
The one thing I might "splurge" on would be a small SSD as a system drive. Not infrequently, I need to just quickly print a few discs and it can be a pain to wait four-five minutes for a system to boot up. It's true enough, though that a clean Win 7 install on a new computer would probably boot up a lot quicker than the bloated computer I'm currently using.
I feel like I'm missing something here, though, regarding building: If I buy a kit
such as this one from Newegg, for $200, I still have to buy a hard drive, copy of Win 7 and, if I'm correctly understanding what's included, a USB card. All of that adds another $150 ~ $200.
How is that better than something
like this which goes on sale Sunday for $300 and is well-reviewed, presumedly has compatible components and doesn't require any time on my part to build?
