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Starforge Systems Teams Up With Jagex For Limited Edition RuneScape PC Package | MMORPG.com

Starforge Systems has teamed up with Jagex to create a limited edition PC, kitted out in all of the MMO's glory.

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Unintended

People really should just build their own system, it isn't hard.

GrimDogGaming

Unintended said:

People really should just build their own system, it isn't hard.

Never bought off the shelf, never will.

Raskbuck

The cynical part of me feels a bit sad seeing content creators use their platform to push for overpriced products. But I guess it's not as bad as selling bath water.

That said, I don't think I'd personally touch anything related to the OTK brand and their creators. Most of their personalities are too colorful for my liking.

Angrakhan

GrimDogGaming said:

Unintended said:

People really should just build their own system, it isn't hard.

Never bought off the shelf, never will.

Oh I used to be in this camp. I'll tell you what changed my mind. I started a new build. I did all my research and ordered all my parts. Everything came in and I put it together. Turned it on and it won't POST. Check everything. It's all seated correctly but it won't POST. Long story short I ended up taking it to a repair shop. Issue was that in spite of me having the right motherboard for the CPU, the motherboard needed a BIOS update to run the CPU. Only way they figured that out was they had spare CPUs laying around and could install a different CPU that worked in the motherboard and flash the BIOS. How exactly was I supposed to troubleshoot that on my own? Do I just order a bunch of spare motherboards, CPUs, RAM, and video cards so I can sort out which part is causing the problem? Do I just RMA the whole thing and hope the replacement parts don't have the exact same issue which would be very likely in this case?

Anyway, bottom line is any savings I had completely vanished with that repair bill. It was a total waste of time and in spite of paying as much as a pre built machine, mine still didn't have any warranty or support to speak of. Fortunately it was a solid machine from that point forward and I ended up giving it to my son when I was ready to upgrade again. However, I was done with doing my own builds. I'm blessed with a big enough paycheck that the couple hundred bucks I MAY save on building it myself is not worth it to me. I got better things to do with my time.

olepi

I used to build my own machines, starting with the Z80 S-100 bus systems. The last two PC's however I had built for me. The small extra cost doesn't really affect me, and I like having someone who does it all the time build it for me and give me a warranty.