Defining a "bare-bones" PC

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Personally, Barebones systems should include, by default:

  • Chassis
  • Power Supply
  • Motherboard
  • DVD-ROM

That's it. You then have the freedom to spec it as much as you want and you can choose your hard drive sizes, memory installed and the whole shebang before you take delivery or do the install yourself. Pick your poison and move along.
 
Wesley said:
Personally, Barebones systems should include, by default:

  • Chassis
  • Power Supply
  • Motherboard
  • DVD-ROM

That's it. You then have the freedom to spec it as much as you want and you can choose your hard drive sizes, memory installed and the whole shebang before you take delivery or do the install yourself. Pick your poison and move along.
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I tend to disagree. I believe that if they want to call it a "PC" and not just a bunch of parts the setup should be bootable, thus I see a "barebones" system as :

  • Chassis
  • Power Supply
  • Motherboard
  • Memory
  • DVD-ROM
  • HDD (optional)
 
PsychoFish said:
I tend to disagree. I believe that if they want to call it a "PC" and not just a bunch of parts the setup should be bootable, thus I see a "barebones" system as :

  • Chassis
  • Power Supply
  • Motherboard
  • Memory
  • DVD-ROM
  • HDD (optional)
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Modern marketing now has this in a few variations but ultimately it entails a PC case, a power supply and a motherboard.

Whats left? Video card, memory (RAM), hard drive, CD/DVD-ROM or CD/DVD burner, keyboard, mouse, monitor, and operating system (Windows).

Now there all kinds of variations (more componets come added) out there but this is how the barebones started out.
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As the guy said, it all depends who you get it from. Some may come with an HDD while others come with RAM but no HDD.
 
Personally a bare bone pc should still technically be a usable PC
Thus

*Chasis
*motherboard
*CPU
*hard-drive
*Ram
*Psu

Nowadays most things can be downloaded through the internet so a CD drive aint necessary and most Mobo have a internet connection built it.
 
Ike_009 said:
Personally a bare bone pc should still technically be a usable PC
Thus

*Chasis
*motherboard
*CPU
*hard-drive
*Ram
*Psu

Nowadays most things can be downloaded through the internet so a CD drive aint necessary and most Mobo have a internet connection built it.
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Ike_009 said:
Personally a bare bone pc should still technically be a usable PC
Thus

*Chasis
*motherboard
*CPU
*hard-drive
*Ram
*Psu

Nowadays most things can be downloaded through the internet so a CD drive aint necessary and most Mobo have a internet connection built it.
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I want one of these Mobo's with built in Internet :D
 
Ike_009 said:
*Chasis
*motherboard
*CPU
*hard-drive
*Ram
*Psu
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This is a PC, if a PC means personal computer and should be bootable to the point where it can "compute". No optical drive should be necessary, and I don;t agree with the internet connection... but the above is a barebone pc in my opinion.

The CSSA's description of barebone is a motherboard and chassis, not a barebone pc.
 
If it has an optical drive the HDD should be optional. No optical drive it better have a HDD. I still maintain that the system should be bootable to the point where you can either use a "live" Linux distro or install an OS. If you cant boot the kit it's just a bunch of parts.
 
TBlaar said:
This is a PC, if a PC means personal computer and should be bootable to the point where it can "compute". No optical drive should be necessary, and I don;t agree with the internet connection... but the above is a barebone pc in my opinion.

The CSSA's description of barebone is a motherboard and chassis, not a barebone pc.
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i agree ! CSSA are obviously idiots
 
We should write up our agreed definition of a bare-bones pc and then submit it to those idiots, their definition needs to be updated. If they were truly in it to protect the consumer then surely a definition submitted by consumers with reasonable knowledge should provide a reasonable basis for future reference.
 
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