another 'what do you think of this build' thread :-)

[Durga]

You can get cashback at sites Greasypalm and Quidco for purchases from Dabs, Misco and a few others which you may aswell if you are going to buy from them. noticed a comment left on an e-tailer's website about the LightScribe function of the Samsung SH-S203 not working under Vista64, just thought I'd mention in case was of interest

[DanceswithUnix]

I believe Scan do a build service, or at least they used to. Might be worth giving them a call if you want it built.

[staffsMike]

The P182 is nice friendly case for a first build. No motherboard risers to worry about as it already has them and you can arrange cables behind the motherboard tray which means cable management is nice and easy



there is mine with the powersupply you are looking at (520 and 620 are the same). The main motherboard power cable also fits behind the motherboard tray I just hadn't figured it out at that point lol

It comes with a very thorough manual which helps you understand how to fit the motherboard, the drives, and the PSU. All you need do then is plug in the cpu, RAM and graphics and you are done Last time I did a build with this case it took about 30 minutes from start to finish lol

The CPU HSF is the tricky bit, especially if you are using your own thermal paste but as long as you take your time it's really quite a simple process

[kmac]

Do people still use those wrist strap things to remove static?

I have one knocking around but I usually just grab a radiator to earth myself before touching any of the components. Luckily I have never destroyed any components with static yet. Or is this more hype than reality? I do keep memmory, motherboards, CPUs etc on those special anti-static packets they come in.

[staffsMike]

I've never used one.. i grabbed some dusty old graphics cards out the draw the other day, brushed them down and plugged them in.. worked a treat

[Stormsinger]

I never used a strap thingy in either of my builds so far, just grabbed the radiator each time i had to get up to sort the puppy/dog out and on the way back to continuing the build.

[Thorsson]

RAM used to be finicky. With heatspreaders the problem has gone. I don't recall seeing problems with anything else.