I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
saved money.

Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any kind....I
would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me. I know there are
a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from experience and they can give
me heads up on issues to look out for, before I find myself with my foot in
my mouth ...

Many thanks in advance, Rob.

Rob wrote:

> I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
> greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> saved money.
>
> Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any kind....I
> would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me. I know there are
> a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from experience and they can give
> me heads up on issues to look out for, before I find myself with my foot in
> my mouth ...
>
> Many thanks in advance, Rob.
>
>
Don't skimp on the case or the PSU. I always use Thermaltake cases and
Antec PSUs and have never had any trouble. And get lots of case
fans...the more the better. Get the BEST CPU cooler you can get! There
IS A big difference between the off-the-shelf fans and REAL CPU fans.
You get what you pay for.

--
Servo
"Go, Dustmites!"
tservo100 at
ameritech dot net
Slow, fiery death to all spammers!!!

Rob wrote:
> I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I
> would greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online
> shopping for my components. The right choices for my purchases can
> mean a great deal of saved money.
>
> Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any
> kind....I would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me.
> I know there are a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from
> experience and they can give me heads up on issues to look out for,
> before I find myself with my foot in my mouth ...
>
> Many thanks in advance, Rob.

Wrong group. This group is for people who are having hardware issues under
XP. Suggest you post to a general hardware group such as alt.comp.hardware
which will be carried by your ISP's server.

Hello Rob

Here is a good site to check out on the going prices of
computer components. Also here is another good site to
check out product, it's in Houston, Tx, my choice of mothers
boards to go with Asus

www.pricwatch.com

www.directron.com

Alvin




Rob wrote:

> I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
> greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> saved money.
>
> Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any kind....I
> would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me. I know there are
> a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from experience and they can give
> me heads up on issues to look out for, before I find myself with my foot in
> my mouth ...
>
> Many thanks in advance, Rob.

"Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
> greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> saved money.

www.newegg.com

www.mwave.com

-- Bob Day

Shut up.

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Rob wrote:
> > I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I
> > would greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online
> > shopping for my components. The right choices for my purchases can
> > mean a great deal of saved money.
> >
> > Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any
> > kind....I would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me.
> > I know there are a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from
> > experience and they can give me heads up on issues to look out for,
> > before I find myself with my foot in my mouth ...
> >
> > Many thanks in advance, Rob.
>
> Wrong group. This group is for people who are having hardware issues under
> XP. Suggest you post to a general hardware group such as alt.comp.hardware
> which will be carried by your ISP's server.
>
>
>

My advice would be to wait another sixty days or so. Right now the industry is in flux. The new 775 T chips are shipping and the prices are still high. There are only a few motherboards available that support the new chip sockets and they are expensive. There are several graphic cards available using the new PCI express standard but they are high. Also, memory is going to DDR2 and is almost impossible to find. Prices will drop in a few months and availablity will increase. Why build with obsolete stuff?

"Bob Day" wrote:

> "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23fo%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
> > greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> > components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> > saved money.
>
> www.newegg.com
>
> www.mwave.com
>
> -- Bob Day
>
>
>

What do you want to do with it? games? Video? photos?

Rob wrote:
> I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I would
> greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> saved money.
>
> Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any kind....I
> would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me. I know there are
> a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from experience and they can give
> me heads up on issues to look out for, before I find myself with my foot in
> my mouth ...
>
> Many thanks in advance, Rob.
>
>

for newsgroups, try alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt and
alt comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt


On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:07:20 -0300, "Woody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Shut up.
>
>"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:66zJc.13$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Rob wrote:
>> > I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I
>> > would greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online
>> > shopping for my components. The right choices for my purchases can
>> > mean a great deal of saved money.
>> >
>> > Secondly, if anyone has ANY ideas, direction and advice of any
>> > kind....I would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me.
>> > I know there are a lot of folks on this NG that can speak from
>> > experience and they can give me heads up on issues to look out for,
>> > before I find myself with my foot in my mouth ...
>> >
>> > Many thanks in advance, Rob.
>>
>> Wrong group. This group is for people who are having hardware issues under
>> XP. Suggest you post to a general hardware group such as alt.comp.hardware
>> which will be carried by your ISP's server.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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"Billy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:76008452-9E1E-4A20-963F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My advice would be to wait another sixty days or so. Right now the industry is
in flux. The new 775 T chips are shipping and the prices are still high. There
are only a few motherboards available that support the new chip sockets and they
are expensive. There are several graphic cards available using the new PCI
express standard but they are high. Also, memory is going to DDR2 and is almost
impossible to find. Prices will drop in a few months and availablity will
increase. Why build with obsolete stuff?

Yes. A computer you build now will not likely be very
upgradeable in the future. There are a whole lot of new technologies
in flux right now (is BTX dead or alive??). If the OP can afford to
wait, he might consider waiting a while. I'm waiting till next year.

-- Bob Day

--
>
> "Bob Day" wrote:
>
> > "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%23fo%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I'm in the planning phase of building my own PC from scratch. First I
would
> > > greatly appreciate some advice on where to begin online shopping for my
> > > components. The right choices for my purchases can mean a great deal of
> > > saved money.
> >
> > www.newegg.com
> >
> > www.mwave.com
> >
> > -- Bob Day
> >
> >
> >