Hey. I am new to the forum and im hoping to get a new system. I was hoping that people could give me some advice as whether to build it myself or not. Bear in mind that i have never built a computer before but i do study A-Level ICT aswell as A-Level Electronics, and im generally very good with computers. Additionally i have a brother who works for Intel and im sure he could help. The reason i ask is because i live in Northern Ireland and i got a system built for me 1 1/2 years ago by (what i thought was) as reputable company - who couldnt get it working and hadn't a clue what was wrong, so i ended up getting a refund. As of now this company has went bust and i dont know of any good system builders around Belfast. I dont wanna buy a pre-build computer coz i wanna choose my own parts, and i dont wanna buy from the likes of alienware or mesh because i prefer to deal with people face-to-face rather than people in another country over the phone. Custom building is the only option.
Im pretty sure i am capable of reading a few step-by-step guides and component manuals and putting the system together, its just installing all the drivers and configuring the system to work properly that i think would pose a problem. I was wondering if i am at the right forum for asking setup questions about stuff like that, would i be able to find help with problems i encounter?
I hope that i havent bored people with my essay - but ill prolly be spending £2000+ on this system and i dont wanna go ahead and buy the parts, screw it up and not be able to find any help.
Any advice would be appreciated. Here is the list of components i hope to get. I hope people can help me initially by maybe spotting any possible compatability issues etc with the components i have chosen:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express / SLI
ASUS A8N32 SLI Deluxe
AMD 64 X2 4400
Zalman CNPS9500 LED
Corsair TwinX 2048 - 3500LLPRO
2x XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB (SLI)
Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Extreme Music
NEC ND-4551A
NEC DVD-ROM
NEC Floppy
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 80GB SATA II
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB SATA II
Windows XP Home SP2
Finally, can anyone recommend any decent cases? Also does anybody have a website address for any people suppling the PCP&C Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express / SLI in the UK?
Thanks every1
Tiger69
Im pretty sure i am capable of reading a few step-by-step guides and component manuals and putting the system together, its just installing all the drivers and configuring the system to work properly that i think would pose a problem. I was wondering if i am at the right forum for asking setup questions about stuff like that, would i be able to find help with problems i encounter?
I hope that i havent bored people with my essay - but ill prolly be spending £2000+ on this system and i dont wanna go ahead and buy the parts, screw it up and not be able to find any help.
Any advice would be appreciated. Here is the list of components i hope to get. I hope people can help me initially by maybe spotting any possible compatability issues etc with the components i have chosen:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express / SLI
ASUS A8N32 SLI Deluxe
AMD 64 X2 4400
Zalman CNPS9500 LED
Corsair TwinX 2048 - 3500LLPRO
2x XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB (SLI)
Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Extreme Music
NEC ND-4551A
NEC DVD-ROM
NEC Floppy
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 80GB SATA II
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB SATA II
Windows XP Home SP2
Finally, can anyone recommend any decent cases? Also does anybody have a website address for any people suppling the PCP&C Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express / SLI in the UK?
Thanks every1
Tiger69