A New Dell or Compaq?

[genosmm]

Have been checking the prices to build a low end PC and it is way more than a comparable Dell or Compaq. I realize that there are more options if do it myself but all I am looking for now is a reliable inexpensive PC.

Recently saw a few reviews about how good the low end Compaq is. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1870262,00.asp

Has anyone checked to see if the caps in the low end Dell and Compaq PCs are good? Also if some of these models are using multiple mobo vendors then it seems wise to try to get the best one.

Would appreciate any suggestions concerning packaged PCs.

If decide to go this way will check all the mobo caps. Am also wondering if it would be smart to open and check the Power Supply and monitor caps. Only prob I know is that some power supplies have labels so will void warrenty if open.

Gene

[willawake]

Re: A New Dell or Compaq?

i think Dell will be very careful about caps after the nichicon fiasco.

[genosmm]

Re: A New Dell or Compaq?

Do you think Compaq has also learned from the Bad Cap problem?

Gene

[Newbie2]

Re: A New Dell or Compaq?

Go Dell. I have used Compaq computers before and they all suck.

[toastygoodness]

Re: A New Dell or Compaq?

Be a little more descriptive. I've had a lot of Compaqs and they seemed to be great. All the Dells I had were lemons: bad hard drive, cpu failure, board chipset failure. I've had 3 Dells, which I got free. The Compaqs still perform ok, and 2 are sitting as servers while one is a web browsing computer for my mom.

[MD Willington]

Re: A New Dell or Compaq?

Do you think Compaq has also learned from the Bad Cap problem?

Gene

HP owns COMPAQ...

HP is doing well, HP acknowledged the cap problem and stopped all shipments of mainboards with the Nichicons in question...