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Last edited by -_{MoW}_-Assasin (2006-04-01 03:12:31)

Don't have the time or the techinical ability to build my own.....and would rather unpack the thing, plug it in and play games instead of fidding with putting parts into a cabinet.....

Polywell seems to have a good sight, and I have talked to a couple of their tech's....just not sure how they stack up to the other OEM guys like ABS, Velocity, Falcon, Monarch...etc...

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Tunacommy wrote:

Don't have the time or the techinical ability to build my own.....and would rather unpack the thing, plug it in and play games instead of fidding with putting parts into a cabinet.....

Polywell seems to have a good sight, and I have talked to a couple of their tech's....just not sure how they stack up to the other OEM guys like ABS, Velocity, Falcon, Monarch...etc...

it would take a week for em to ship it. it will take 1 hour to put it all together

Ninja - starting to think you are right.....I have been doing some research and am finding that it might not be all that hard to put it together myself....so, I am going to give it a shot....

Not as concerned about putting the hardware together and getting the software to work.....

After I get it all together - do I set the BIOS on the board first or install the OS first?  just one of those nagging questions.....have not even ordered the components yet.

Tunacommy wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Tunacommy wrote:

Don't have the time or the techinical ability to build my own.....and would rather unpack the thing, plug it in and play games instead of fidding with putting parts into a cabinet.....

Polywell seems to have a good sight, and I have talked to a couple of their tech's....just not sure how they stack up to the other OEM guys like ABS, Velocity, Falcon, Monarch...etc...

it would take a week for em to ship it. it will take 1 hour to put it all together

Ninja - starting to think you are right.....I have been doing some research and am finding that it might not be all that hard to put it together myself....so, I am going to give it a shot....

Not as concerned about putting the hardware together and getting the software to work.....

After I get it all together - do I set the BIOS on the board first or install the OS first?  just one of those nagging questions.....have not even ordered the components yet.

u set the bios on the board first, set the cd rom to boot first, insert windows xp cd and let it install

Yeah you can get it up and running in a hour on a "straight install" of an OS with minor tweaking.  It usually takes 2-3 days of tweaking and tuning to get it running like a top.

Or do what I did, gotta love the MCSA classes HP paid for me to take.  Make a DVD install disc for the OS and include all of the updates plus custom insertion of all current video and chipset drivers.

Plus you can do it as an un-attended install.  Insert the disc, go watch TV and then your system is ready to go.
Cuts time down exponentially.  Plus once you have that ghosted image, you're good to go for Insta-re-install.

raptors are yummy

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Tunacommy wrote:

Sweet - thanks very much guys.....going to attempt this ....I will let you know how it all turns out.  Here is a run down of the system so far:

AMD x2 4800+
Asus 8AN32-SLI Deluxe
eVGA 7900 GT
Antec 550W PSU
2g OCZ Platnum RAM
WD Raptor 74G 10K drive
Seagate 80g drive
ASUS 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M 16xDVD

All get good reviews on Newegg.....but if you guys see anything worth commenting on.....

thanks again!!!

wow wow wow... u need at least a 250gb drive in partition... other wise that might not be enough

he said unpack and play

if play is all he wants to do, then maybe it might be enuf

Building is easy, nowadays everything is n00bproof, everything is labeled.

-_{MoW}_-Assasin wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Tunacommy wrote:

Sweet - thanks very much guys.....going to attempt this ....I will let you know how it all turns out.  Here is a run down of the system so far:

AMD x2 4800+
Asus 8AN32-SLI Deluxe
eVGA 7900 GT
Antec 550W PSU
2g OCZ Platnum RAM
WD Raptor 74G 10K drive
Seagate 80g drive
ASUS 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M 16xDVD

All get good reviews on Newegg.....but if you guys see anything worth commenting on.....

thanks again!!!

wow wow wow... u need at least a 250gb drive in partition... other wise that might not be enough

he said unpack and play

if play is all he wants to do, then maybe it might be enuf

Building is easy, nowadays everything is n00bproof, everything is labeled.

I last time I tried this....my Apple IIc was never the same....I have been gun shy ever since.....but, the more I read about it the more logical it seems to have become.....

Just ordered everything from NewEgg at lunch.....by 2:00 EVERYTHING HAD SHIPPED....I find that incredible.....should have it all in 2 days.....the only thing they were out of was the graphics card....had to order that from Tiger Direct....hope they are as good!

Just got most of the stuff from New Egg....less than 24 hours from ordering - and I didn't have to rush it or send it next day air or anything - just normal order.  Just waiting for the case and card....was playing last night on my "old" system....can't WAIT to get this new one up....kept getting killed during lag - just helps to justify the $$ spent on the new one.........