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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!wam.umd.edu!mc From: mc@wam.umd.edu (Morgan Tay Chiu) Subject: Difference btn home-made systems & name-brand systems? Message-ID: <1992Aug14.021342.24678@wam.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: wam.umd.edu Organization: University of Maryland, College Park References: <1992Aug12.193421.14456@cs.wisc.edu> <866@admin.mport.COM> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 02:13:42 GMT Lines: 10 If I assemble a system myself, using the exact same name-brand COMPONENTS (such as motherboard, HD, floppies, controller, etc.) that are used in big-name PC makers like DELL and GATEWAY, would there be any difference on performance between those two systems? If there is, what are the causes to the difference? The performance can be said to be the speed and reliability of running programs, or just the Norton Performance Index. MC