First attempt to assemble a computer -- advice appreciated

[jeffc]

So who are you going to trust, your own experience? That's fine but the
downside is that you have to get burned before you learn.

Experience, as it turns out, is not that good a teacher. Most people
underestimate the amount of randomness in life. You might get good service
from a company depending on what kind of day the guy who placed your order
is having. You might have a cheap hard drive last a long time, or an
expensive hard drive crash real quick. Listening to many sources reduces
this randomness to a probability you can trust.

 

[David Maynard]

Experience, as it turns out, is not that good a teacher. Most people
underestimate the amount of randomness in life. You might get good service
from a company depending on what kind of day the guy who placed your order
is having. You might have a cheap hard drive last a long time, or an
expensive hard drive crash real quick.

In the world of statistics it's called insufficient sample size

Listening to many sources reduces
this randomness to a probability you can trust.

More samples.

 

[Dave C.]

Good point. In a similar vein, I am having a very hard time selling (or
even disposing of) old computer parts and peripheral components that still
work perfectly. I've tried the regular auction sites, with very little
success, even though I offer the stuff at extremely low prices. Any ideas
on getting rid of or recycling old computer related stuff like an AOpen
V.90 56K Internet/voice/ fax modem card, an RCA DCM235 DOCSIS cable modem,
or a Sound Blaster Live! SB0200 sound card, or should I just trash them?

I wish I had a better suggestion for you. In our area, you can't even
trash them. It is illegal to throw away computer parts here. You must pay
to have them recycled. What they are recycled into, I can't even
magine. -Dave

 

[John Doe]

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next thing you'll be telling us is that there is no Santa
Claus....shame on you bursting our bubble, that the world is not a
honest place.....I was so disillusioned.