building vs buying: cheap laptops

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building vs buying: cheap laptops 2016-09-10 15:56:45 Post No.
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building vs buying: cheap laptops Anonymous 2016-09-10 15:56:45 Post No. [Report]

I was wondering if it's worth it to build a cheap laptop or if I should just drop $150 on some pre-built overpriced junk at Best Buy?

I need to be able to run all of the following on it at the same time over wifi

>VoIP (skype, teamspeak)
>youtube videos
>spotify
>windows media player

All this work for $150 doesn't seem worth it

What does /g/ think?

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:28:06 Post No.56532618
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>>56532219
get a t420 you dickhead

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:29:35 Post No.56532637
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:29:35 Post No.56532637 [Report]

>>56532219

You'd have better performance clustering a bunch of Raspberry Pis together than whatever colossal shitbox you buy for $150

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:29:38 Post No.56532639
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:29:38 Post No.56532639 [Report]

>skype

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:34:51 Post No.56532707
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:34:51 Post No.56532707 [Report]

I am a complete newbie in tech related things, but I am trying to build my own laptop. I know that sometimes it doesnt matter how much you improve your ram, or if you get a ssd, if your graphic cards is limited, or motherboard, or cpu. What I haven't been able to learn is where are the limits, what components make the increment of other ones useless. Where could I learn this?

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:37:58 Post No.56532761
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:37:58 Post No.56532761 [Report]

>>56532707

>build my own laptop

Hoo boy.

Go watch Linus Tech Tips or something. Come back when you're older.

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:39:57 Post No.56532785
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:39:57 Post No.56532785 [Report]

>>56532219
>spotify

go away normie

Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:43:52 Post No.56532860
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Anonymous 2016-09-10 16:43:52 Post No.56532860 [Report]

>>56532618
this

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