What kind of places build custom PCs?

[ZackL]

Originally Posted by Augustine864

I was working on building a recommended build for you when I came across the HDD option that said it wanted you to pay $286 MORE for a Western Digital Raptor 10000rpm than what you were already being charged for a 320GB 72000rpm drive. So I check Newegg, (LOVE that Newegg!), and they want $289 for the same WD Raptor straight up. That's when I realized you need to shop somewhere, ANYWHERE, other than Ibuypower.

But...but... this is just... so easy to use =P! So Newegg i'll have to just individually buy all the parts and assemble myself/get someone close to me to do it?

[Augustine864]

Originally Posted by ZackL

But...but... this is just... so easy to use =P! So Newegg i'll have to just individually buy all the parts and assemble myself/get someone close to me to do it?

Correct. If you aren't comfortable with it than go ahead and do it online. I was lucky enough to have two very computer literate and competent friends that helped me through the process and they were they to assemble it with me. If you have people like this, that have done it before, that is what I would recommend.

What I would do to settle it and make your decision would be to track down all the parts you want on Newegg, including case, cables, etc and place them in your cart. If you have a free account there you can save your carts/wishlists for later. Anyway, assemble this list or a couple different ones and compare the final price with what you would pay on Dell or Ibuypower. That is how I went about my most recent desktop upgrade and plan on doing it that way again in the future.

If you do this, let me know what you find out as far as price comparison and let me know what you ultimately decide. I'm curious at this point. Hah. Good luck.

[X400]

1. 32bit windows wont use all 4gb's of the memory it will show you how much you have (in vista etc) but it wont use all of it.. only 64bit windows will. (you WILL want to buy 4gigs of memory anyhow as 32bit recognizes

2. crossfire/sli is when you run 2 of the same video cards on 1 system instead of one video card (crossfire for ati, sli for nvidia)

3. every harddrive company (brand) and series # has a different quality to it for instance the seagate 7200.11 (series 11) works faster then a series 10 etc etc etc etc

4. if you order from ncix, you wont get charged pst and you wont be stuck with brokerage fees/duties as you would when you order from the usa.

5. id still get a 4870 ATI card or 4850 they're great

6. memory(ram) type is a whooooooollleeeeee other issue which is too long to explain, id suggest you do some research before you go and purchase whichever one ye want