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Old 07-08-2007, 03:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
shadowmaster
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I agree, build it yourself, the experience is invaluable and it is cheaper then buying it from a company. I just recently built a pc (rig 2) for my father, and the experience was very useful. The only hiccup I had was that I bought a cheap psu and it blew up, (luckily my components survived ), but I see you have chosen a very good psu.

As agent said allocate plenty of time for building it, about 1 to 2 hours to build it. Make sure also no one disturbs you. Theres nothing worse then kids jumping on your back while you trying to fit in a motherboard.

And if you cock it up, you can always come back here for help.

good luck

Rig 1
Core 2 Quad Q6600 @3.0Ghz w/Xigmatek S1283, XFX Ati 4870X2 2GB, 4GB OCZ PC2-6400 ReaperX, Kingston SSD V series 64GB, Asus P5W DH Deluxe, HP W2007V 20.1inch,
Saitek Eclipse, Logitech G9, Coolermaster Stacker 832 SE, OCZ Stealth X Stream 600 Watt

Rig 2
Amd 3800 X2, Sapphire Ati X1950XTX + X1950XTX in Crossfire, 2 GB Corsair Value 667Mhz RAM, 250GB 7200.10 HD, Sapphire Pure Crossfire 3200 RD580, Creative XI-FI Xtreme Music,
Cyber Snipa Stinger , Samsung 730BF, Coolermaster Mystique 631, HEC 550watt PSU


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Toshiba A200-28P, Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1GHz, 3GB RAM, 200GB HD, 15.4 TFT, DVDRW, ATI 2600M 256MB

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