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[LaKraven]

Yeah... building your own system really is the way to go!
Once you've built as many systems as I have, you can put the average home user's PC together in like 30 minutes, and still have time to get a cuppa before beginning the Windows installation ;)

Think of building a PC like its a big 3D jigsaw puzzle.... if you do your homework and get the right parts, they all fit into place very easily. Also the motherboard manuals today do give you all the important fitting information including pictures and diagrams. It's no where near as hard as most people think it is :)
Not to mention you save so much money you can spend the saving on a more powerful system overall :)

[chepibe]

Ok I think I'm almost sold on the idea, can you put together a list for me with a budget of $1,600, Please Keep in mind that I don't do a lot of Gaming , I'ts mostly for Photo, video editing, and general computing .

[drew and not u]

Working on putting something together for you.

Ok, for a Grand total of $1,493.67 including shipping and BEFORE rebates you can build a system based on the following components:

-Antec P182 Mid-Tower Case
-Asus P5Q Deluxe P45 Motherboard
-Intel Core2Quad Q9550
-8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR2-800 1.8v
-Visiontek ATI Radeon HD4870 (Great card for work and play)
-Corsair 650TX 650watt Power Supply
-Seagate Barracuda ES 250GB SATA2 HDD (For boot drive)
-Seagate 7200.11 1TB 32MB Cache SATA2 HDD (For storage)
-2X Asus SATA DVD Burner
-Zerotherm Zen FZ120 CPU Cooler


Take off $95 after the Mail-in rebates, and add your OS of choice (recommend Vista x64). There's no way you could buy a prebuilt system this nice for less than $2k.

[chepibe]

Thanks so much ! I will do a lot more reading here to learn more and get encouraged to do it.

[drew and not u]

Originally Posted by chepibe

Thanks so much ! I will do a lot more reading here to learn more and get encouraged to do it.

Great! Anything you have any questions about at all we'll be glad to help with. Building a PC seems really daunting at first, but once you get started it's a lot easier than you'd expect, and once you're done you'll have a much more badass system then you would have otherwise AND you'll be able to tell people, "Yeah, I built that." We were all nervous about our first builds, but the overwhelming majority of enthusiasts have had very positive experiences. That's not to say you won't run into some bumps in the road, but we'll be here to help all along the way. Before you know it you could be posting recommendations to others!

Also, another thing that will help you become more familiar with the process, is to read some reviews for each product you're looking at. Just google ">insert product name here< review" and grab some popcorn, not all of it may make sense, but you'll learn a LOT!

[Capper]

If you can wait a month or so, Nehalem parts should start hitting the market, which will affect the processor, memory, motherboard, and cooling selections. If you wait, you'll either be able to choose the best new products on the market, or buy parts from this list at a discount......if you cant wait,

$1605 after mail in rebates........

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Palit AE=4870S+0452 Radeon HD 4870 Video Card

OCZ Platinum Edition 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Kit Desktop Memory

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC SLI Power Supply

ZEROtherm ZEN FZ120 120mm CPU Cooler

LG Black SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit

[LaKraven]

If you do decide to go ahead and build your PC yourself.... I am more than happy to do a live video call with you as you build it, so you can watch and repeat each step of building a PC one by one as I build one here in England.

As far as I know it's never been done before, so hey... let's set a world's first!

Honestly, building a PC is so easy.... it's having the confidence to do it that's a little more tricky. I believe that with someone building a computer with you (in this case perhaps half a world away via webcam), you will have absolute total confidence in each step and the end result.

If you want to take me up on the offer, that's cool :)

[Capper]

We have a series of guides to help out, and a forum full of people who are more than happy to help you along the way

http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/12...007-01-15.html

http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/12...007-01-26.html

[oldman_gamer]

First of all...Welcome to HL ! Second of all,these people here will help you beyond belief.They helped me 1 step at a time and I have a decent 1st build.....moving on shortly to my second.There is no reason you can't do this as well,it's fun,and when your done,you feel very confident and you know what you have when your done. Just do it!

[chepibe]

Thank you all! I learned a lot so far on this forum and I'm thinking to give it a try Thanks Capper for your input as well , I'm in no hurry , do you think I should wait for the new Nehalem components to arrive? like i mentioned before I would like to have a systme that will last me a long time so if the Nehalem parts is the new wave to the future I rather wait.