When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
put PCs with parts the customer selects. Thanks.
where are you? www.cclonline.com operate in the UK. i've never bought a ready built pc from
them, but lots of parts, service excellent, same with pricing.
personally, i think you should 'have a go' yourself. very little can go
wrong, most connectors are one way or colour coded, motherboard manuals
usually pretty good.
post your requirement and budget here and i'm sure you'll get lots of
advice, save £50 build cost and have the satisfaction of knowing it's YOUR
pc, built by you to your own spec.
also, once youve built one you realise that they are like lego, if it
doesn't fit it doesnt go there! when it comes to upgrading RAM, hdd or video
card you'll have no fear!
good luck.
"Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
> We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me.
> Unfortunately, my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now,
> I am faced with either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC
> myself. When I select the parts, I usually go with good quality parts,
> like Asus motherboard, Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be
> disappointed with a ready-made PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if
> there are online companies that put PCs with parts the customer selects.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Talal Itani
>
"tony h" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> where are you?
> www.cclonline.com operate in the UK. i've never bought a ready built pc
> from them, but lots of parts, service excellent, same with pricing.
>
> personally, i think you should 'have a go' yourself. very little can go
> wrong, most connectors are one way or colour coded, motherboard manuals
> usually pretty good.
> post your requirement and budget here and i'm sure you'll get lots of
> advice, save £50 build cost and have the satisfaction of knowing it's YOUR
> pc, built by you to your own spec.
> also, once youve built one you realise that they are like lego, if it
> doesn't fit it doesnt go there! when it comes to upgrading RAM, hdd or
> video card you'll have no fear!
>
> good luck.
>
"Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "tony h" <me@home.com> wrote in message
> news:f0db0d$17c8$1@energise.enta.net...
>> where are you?
>> www.cclonline.com operate in the UK. i've never bought a ready built pc
>> from them, but lots of parts, service excellent, same with pricing.
>>
>> personally, i think you should 'have a go' yourself. very little can go
>> wrong, most connectors are one way or colour coded, motherboard manuals
>> usually pretty good.
>> post your requirement and budget here and i'm sure you'll get lots of
>> advice, save £50 build cost and have the satisfaction of knowing it's
>> YOUR pc, built by you to your own spec.
>> also, once youve built one you realise that they are like lego, if it
>> doesn't fit it doesnt go there! when it comes to upgrading RAM, hdd or
>> video card you'll have no fear!
>>
>> good luck.
>>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
>We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
>my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
>either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
>the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
>Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
>PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
>put PCs with parts the customer selects. Thanks.
>
>
>Talal Itani
>
Talal,
There are several on-line sellers where you can order the components
of your choice. One of my favorites is Newegg.com, but there are many
others. If you want to search for other sellers, I suggest checking
their ratings on www.resellerratings.com. That will give you a pretty
good idea of what sellers you can trust (there are a lot of rip-off
and scam artists out there).
As stated above, building your own now-a-days is pretty much plug and
play. The only caution is to insure that the components you order are
compatable - if you're not sure, Google is your friend.
tony h wrote:
>
> where are you? www.cclonline.com operate in the UK. i've never
> bought a ready built pc from them, but lots of parts, service
> excellent, same with pricing.
>
> personally, i think you should 'have a go' yourself. very little
> can go wrong, most connectors are one way or colour coded,
> motherboard manuals usually pretty good.
.....
Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all
irrelevant material. See the following links:
"Bill" <carver-rem-33@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:28:12 GMT, "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
>>We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me.
>>Unfortunately,
>>my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
>>either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
>>the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
>>Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a
>>ready-made
>>PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
>>put PCs with parts the customer selects. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>Talal Itani
>>
>
> Talal,
>
> There are several on-line sellers where you can order the components
> of your choice. One of my favorites is Newegg.com, but there are many
> others. If you want to search for other sellers, I suggest checking
> their ratings on www.resellerratings.com. That will give you a pretty
> good idea of what sellers you can trust (there are a lot of rip-off
> and scam artists out there).
>
> As stated above, building your own now-a-days is pretty much plug and
> play. The only caution is to insure that the components you order are
> compatable - if you're not sure, Google is your friend.
>
I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC. I
just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable to
find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
on this. Thank you.
"Talal Itani" wrote:
> I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC.
> I just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable
> to find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
> on this. Thank you.
"Bill" said that Newegg was an on-line seller of components, not
an assembler of components.
"Talal Itani" wrote:
> I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC.
> I just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable
> to find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
> on this. Thank you.
"Bill" said that Newegg was an on-line seller of components, not
an assembler of components.
"CBFalconer" wrote:
> Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
> with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all
> irrelevant material. See the following links:
>
> --
> <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
> <http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html>
> <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html>
> <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/> (taming google)
> <http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/> (newusers)
Microsoft, which likes to do everything differently, apparently
has directed its MVPs to top-post in the microsoft.public.*
NGs because virtually all of them do that. In those NGs, in
order to keep the threads flowing consistently, it would be
appropriate to top-post. Otherwise, I'm with you in favor
of bottom-posting.
Mwave will assemble and test any motherboard bundle you purchase,
including the RAM. This guarantees proper assembly of the CPU,
heatsink, and RAM. They charge $9.00 and it is well worth the lowered
stress.
> When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
> We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
> my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
> either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
> the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
> Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
> PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
> put PCs with parts the customer selects.
I don't think you can do that badly yourself, and there are guides at
places like www.tomshardware.com. Just be careful about causing
static discharge (wear short sleeves and no shoes or socks, frequently
touch bare metal on the chassis, and touch any accessory's anti-static
packaging to the chassis just before you open it. Wearing an anti-
static wrist band tied to the chassis can also help) and shorts
(insert memory modules and cards carefully, don't let the motherboard
short to the chassis, especially at the corners -- stick-on rubber
feet on the chassis there can prevent that). Don't assemble
everything and then turn on the power but instead assemble just enough
to see that things are working (motherboard, power supply, keyboard,
on/off switch, reset switch, motherboard speaker, graphics card,
monitor), and then add one thing at a time and test it before going
further.
On Apr 22, 4:50 am, larry moe 'n curly <larrymoencu...@my-deja.com>
wrote:
> Talal Itani wrote:
> > When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
> > We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
> > my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
> > either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
> > the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
> > Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
> > PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
> > put PCs with parts the customer selects.
>
> I don't think you can do that badly yourself, and there are guides at
> places likewww.tomshardware.com. Just be careful about causing
> static discharge (wear short sleeves and no shoes or socks, frequently
> touch bare metal on the chassis, and touch any accessory's anti-static
> packaging to the chassis just before you open it. Wearing an anti-
> static wrist band tied to the chassis can also help) and shorts
> (insert memory modules and cards carefully, don't let the motherboard
> short to the chassis, especially at the corners -- stick-on rubber
> feet on the chassis there can prevent that). Don't assemble
> everything and then turn on the power but instead assemble just enough
> to see that things are working (motherboard, power supply, keyboard,
> on/off switch, reset switch, motherboard speaker, graphics card,
> monitor), and then add one thing at a time and test it before going
> further.
I like to buy motheboard bundles at MWave.com (motherboard, cpu,
ram)...for $9.00 they assemble and test before shipping out...i rarely
get any DOAs
>
>"Bill" <carver-rem-33@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:a7pk23d0o3p9a6amja8js69u098lut6ra5@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:28:12 GMT, "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
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>I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC. I
>just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable to
>find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
>on this. Thank you.
>
Newegg does not assemble computers as far as I know, but It's not that
hard to assemble yourself.
If you really insist on a pre-assembled computer, you can get some
fair deals on E-bay. Again, a caution about the sellers - only buy
from sellers with a positive ratinfg in the upper 90's.
putting a PC together 
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