New Build help

[jenae]

Hi, thats very nice of you Liam, when I started reading the post I thought what a pity you were not in AUS we would build you one and along comes a local. I know your VAT is 17.5 v's our GST 10% however it would work out around (exchange rates vary) 100 pounds cheaper here.This is at cost so by the time you got it there wouldn't be much difference... still why you guy's are dearer poor Poms no good at sport and getting ripped of as well

[scarecrowdr]

Not sure if you have ordered yet, but if not, look at this Lot I also got from OverclockersUK..BEST Machine I've ever built.
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz ([email protected])
2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 TwinX Dual Channel Kit DDR2 @ 4-4-4-12-2T
Asus GeForce E8600 GT silent 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)GC
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Scythe Card Reader & Floppy drive (all-in-one)
Samsung SH-S203B 20x DVD Writer SATA2
Samsung SHD-163B DVDRom Drive SATA2
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB SATA-II 8MB cache HDD
Samsung Spinpoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB cache HDD
£19.99 Next day delivery postage
(arrived 8.00am following morning)
Cost £568.52p
Then I bought a New Tower--iCute black with large fan in front /fan at side/fan at rear £39.99 @ Maplins.

[dunedin]

jenae

Yes indeed, that was very nice of Liam and would have been very nice of you too

It is terrible how everything is dearer in the UK than elsewhere in the world. I think it`s due to incompetent governments who squander money and tax us to the hilt to try to keep THEIR heads above water. I`m looking forward to building this myself though, just needed help with the components.....totally out of date in that department

scarecrowdr
Oh dear, too late I have ordered it. That sounds pretty good too. One thing though, my son once had a bad experience with Athlon and will not entertain them now.

Thanks

Elaine

[liam858]

Not sure if you have ordered yet, but if not, look at this Lot I also got from OverclockersUK..BEST Machine I've ever built.

I remember that thread.

When are the parts due Elaine?


Liam

[dunedin]

I don`t know when the parts are coming Liam.

After I ordered all of them I realised that I`d been so stupid as to not order Vista. Went looking around for it and they had a good price so I ordered it too. I have had an email saying that Vista is on its way, but no email at all about the parts order. Is this normal for a large order or should I look into it?


Elaine

[liam858]

You should of got an e-mail really, they have been having problems with the webnotes recently though, and some logging in problems, you may want to give them a call if you don't get an e-mail today, its usually really easy to call up, get through straight away, and just ask about the order, 5 minute call in my experience.


Liam

[dunedin]

Thanks Liam. Will do

Elaine

[dunedin]

I gave them a call. There was a queue. When I was connected I heard the guy raging at the operator for cutting off his previous call. He apologised to me saying the lines were red hot today. Probably others trying to find out about their orders (see below)

The order is being held up as the graphics card is now out of stock. They expect to get them towards the end of the week and will send my order as soon as possible. Wish they had sent me an email to that effect though.


Elaine

[liam858]

PICS! PICS!


Liam

[dunedin]

Well everyone, I`ve got the machine built thanks to Liam. Vista is installed and all is well at the moment (fingers crossed).

It has been a while since I built a machine and this was certainly a learning experience for me. Even the case and PSU are very different.

I got a bit stuck with a couple of things. Sent some PMs to Liam and received help very quickly. Don`t know why he did not get fed up with me.

Liam, I can`t thank you enough for your help. I couldn`t have done it without you.

Pics don`t have a digital camera to take them with.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Elaine