Didn't Bubba / slackers / Jim come to the conclusion recently that (for that sort of performance machine) there was little or no cost saving in building your own?
It's cheaper to buy one ready-built from ebay imo.
...if you haven't done it before you may be a tad nervous putting together quite costly components.
I think some components are tougher than people would imagine.
Quote from: Bubba on March 05, 2010, 02:38:12 pmIt's cheaper to buy one ready-built from ebay imo.I agree with Bubba (although maybe not the from Ebay part )
Where do you think is cheaper, Tris?
All I am saying is to check the returns policy - IT equipment can have a high failure rate and suppliers are sometimes arsy about getting stuff swapped out. This is my personal experience/views, I am not saying it is the law...
I would recommend the amd phenom ii 550 BE http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166518 as its good for overclocking and if your lucky and have a motherboard capable of it, then you can unlock the 2 dormant cores and you have yourself a quad core for around £65.