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Building a comp

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:15 pm
by Mcclane
anyone know a good online store that has a vast majority of the parts ill need to build a comp?

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:40 pm
by Priam
ABout 90% of the first million results you get when typing "Computer parts" in google and hitting search.

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:58 pm
by Casey613

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:30 pm
by skulldiver
Casey613 wrote:http://www.alienware.com/ :love:
Alienware may look nice and have big words, but they are overpricing REALLY HARD.

Seriously, if you build your own, you can probably be around $500 cheaper, then if you would've bought from alienware.
Unless you don't know anything about computers, I wouldn't recommend alienware.
(Or voodoo/northwest falcon/dell xps for that matter

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:53 pm
by Locketart
Where do you live? U.S., Canada, U.K. or Australia?

Newegg.com for U.S.
NCIX.com for Canada.
I forget the other 2 though.

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:38 pm
by windrider739
Steer clear of alienware unless you have a TON of money. Alienware, while good machines, are overpriced. They market primarily to rich folks and elitests.

Stick to Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com.

If you have the patience to wait a month or so to start building, between these two sites, you can probably build your machine for a few hundered less. Their front page sales change almost daily.

PS. Unless you're building a monster, I reccomend the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe model motherboard.

Just make sure you have a case with a lot of holes in it. Number one cause of hardware failure? (Not counting stupid people) is prolonged minor overheating.