I've decided to embark upon what first seemed like a colossal task. Building my own computer. After about 12 months of research and purchasing books, plus asking a local computer engineer many questions, it all seems to easy. Which is why I'm worried. Can it be that easy? Anyway, here is the specification (inc. prices, sites, names etc.) Please feel free to comment and make any improvements, and if quoting better sites to use, I would prefer them to be UK sites for 2 reasons:
1. Less p&p, if any
2. More reliable. If the component does not show up, it is easier to contact the retailer, whereas an overseas retailer will be harder to contact and get the component.
Motherboard: Asus P5Q-E iP45 Socket 775 Motherboard
£107.51 advancetec.co.uk
Memory: 3 Gb - 1x 2GB
1x 1GB
£28.73 crucial.com (DDR2)
Power supply:Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
£68.49 evilgaming.co.uk
CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (Retail 775)
£232.34 aria.co.uk
Hard Drive: 500Gb Western Digital SATA2 - 16MB - 7200RPM
£44.79 aria.co.uk
Graphics card: Gigabyte ATI Radeon GV-R485-512H-B 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express 2.0
£137.94 awd-it.co.uk
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S202N/BEBN 20x IDE DVD±R Black
£19.08 aria.co.uk
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Extreme Audio Sound Card OEM
£34.49 advancetec.co.uk
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit OEM
£109.93 lhdigital.co.uk
Cooling: Alphacool Xtreme Pro 240 (watercooling kit)
£73.39 aqua-pcs.co.uk (A fan will still be used as well)
Case:X-Case Viper Black Silver
£67.85 xcases.co.uk
TOTAL: £924.44
Hopefully you can help by firstly pointing out any problems, (I don't think there are any), and by telling me any sites that are better.
Thanks, all help is much appreciated.
1. Less p&p, if any
2. More reliable. If the component does not show up, it is easier to contact the retailer, whereas an overseas retailer will be harder to contact and get the component.
Motherboard: Asus P5Q-E iP45 Socket 775 Motherboard
£107.51 advancetec.co.uk
Memory: 3 Gb - 1x 2GB
1x 1GB
£28.73 crucial.com (DDR2)
Power supply:Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
£68.49 evilgaming.co.uk
CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (Retail 775)
£232.34 aria.co.uk
Hard Drive: 500Gb Western Digital SATA2 - 16MB - 7200RPM
£44.79 aria.co.uk
Graphics card: Gigabyte ATI Radeon GV-R485-512H-B 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express 2.0
£137.94 awd-it.co.uk
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S202N/BEBN 20x IDE DVD±R Black
£19.08 aria.co.uk
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Extreme Audio Sound Card OEM
£34.49 advancetec.co.uk
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit OEM
£109.93 lhdigital.co.uk
Cooling: Alphacool Xtreme Pro 240 (watercooling kit)
£73.39 aqua-pcs.co.uk (A fan will still be used as well)
Case:X-Case Viper Black Silver
£67.85 xcases.co.uk
TOTAL: £924.44
Hopefully you can help by firstly pointing out any problems, (I don't think there are any), and by telling me any sites that are better.
Thanks, all help is much appreciated.