[kingnathski88]

Wasnt sure where to put this thread, but basically i would like someone to build me a computer.

My basic wants are:

1. Nice case & a good psu (preferrably quiet)
2. Good motherboard, with expansion opportunities
3. Processor, intel pentium 4 3.0/3.2 or the AMD equivalent (i have no idea)
4. Memory, 512mb -1gb (rather 1gb), with room to upgrade it
5. Hard drive, 120gb least
6. cd drive, followed my a re-write underneath
7. Graphics card & sound card (need help deciding on whether to buy 1's or use built in
8. anything i missed?

thanks in advance all

[christopherpostill]

1.) How Much

2.) If you live near Hampshire i can do it...

[kingnathski88]

I live in Brackley, near Northampton/Buckingham/Banbury/Milton Keynes


Basically as cheap as i can get it as i have just invested my money in a new Honda VFR 400 for when i turn 17

cheers

[christopherpostill]

Well whats the MAXIMUM you would want to spend

Do you need a monitor?
Keyboard?
Mouse?
Speakers?

Do you play graphically intensive games?

If you don't want to bulid one yourself would you travel to my house to collect (i thing its an hour and a half away... my sister went to see Greenday in Milton Keynes) Enter Whitehill, Hampshire into AA routefinder. Postillus Systems would be happy to have your business

[kingnathski88]

Maybe, how much will you charge me for building it?



Basically the best i can get for £300-£500, i play some games like c&c generals and the sims, just need the main unit.

cheers

[christopherpostill]

Special offer for PCR members... £20 + Components

I'll spec you a system when i got more time...

[kingnathski88]

Sounds fair enough, thanks very much, i will also try and have a look at some components and get a spec list, most of this was mentioned in my first post,


Thanks.

[christopherpostill]

Asus A8N-E SKT 939 NFORCE 4 AUDIO LAN PCI-Express ATX 095458 101 £54.96
AMD (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+ 939pin 512Kb L2 Cache 90nm Retail Boxed Processor With 3 Year Warranty and Fan Included. 088107 901 £121.59
Corsair (VS1GBKIT400C3) 1024MB (2 x 512MB Matched Pair), DDR400 / PC3200, non-ECC £59.51
Western Digital WD1200JS Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA2/300 8MB Cache - OEM 094405 58 £46.81
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 - OEM 097548 613 £48.50
LG GSA-4167BAL 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE (Black) - OEM 097237 440 £24.95
LG GCE8527BL 52x32x52x CD-RW Internal IDE (Black) - OEM

Above prices are less VAT

*£450 inc P&P AND VAT *

Mitsumi Floppy/Media drive £12.99
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU £81.08
Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) £158.57

£262 inc P&P & VAT

That totals £732.00 all in - what would you like to downgrade?

[kingnathski88]

Wow, thats more than i bargained for, how will this work i order the parts and get them deliverd to you, or do you buy them and i pay you?

Also the processor, what is the Intel equivalent?

[christopherpostill]

I quote you a spec, you pay me via cheque or bank transfer, once the funds are cleared i order the components and have them delivered to my place.

I then send you a final spec sheet and description of components

I then build the system, install the operating system, install latest updates, install Anti Virus and Spyware programs + any other programs that you (legally) request.

Once it is all complete, i contact you and arrange a time for collection.

My advice, Fwiw, stay away from Intel - the Athlon 64 3500 is a great CPU.

Also, the Sapphire X800GTO is *HIGHLY* overclockable - you can unlock loads of features and it will perform like an X850XT. Bargain.