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Talal Itani
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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: putting a PC together |
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When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
put PCs with parts the customer selects. Thanks.
Talal Itani |
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Timothy Daniels
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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"Talal Itani" wrote:
| Quote: | I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC.
I just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable
to find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
on this. Thank you.
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"Bill" said that Newegg was an on-line seller of components, not
an assembler of components.
*TimDaniels* |
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Talal Itani
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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"Bill" <carver-rem-33@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:a7pk23d0o3p9a6amja8js69u098lut6ra5@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:28:12 GMT, "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net
wrote:
When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me.
Unfortunately,
my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a
ready-made
PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
put PCs with parts the customer selects. Thanks.
Talal Itani
Talal,
There are several on-line sellers where you can order the components
of your choice. One of my favorites is Newegg.com, but there are many
others. If you want to search for other sellers, I suggest checking
their ratings on www.resellerratings.com. That will give you a pretty
good idea of what sellers you can trust (there are a lot of rip-off
and scam artists out there).
As stated above, building your own now-a-days is pretty much plug and
play. The only caution is to insure that the components you order are
compatable - if you're not sure, Google is your friend.
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I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC. I
just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable to
find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
on this. Thank you. |
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Timothy Daniels
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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"CBFalconer" wrote:
Microsoft, which likes to do everything differently, apparently
has directed its MVPs to top-post in the microsoft.public.*
NGs because virtually all of them do that. In those NGs, in
order to keep the threads flowing consistently, it would be
appropriate to top-post. Otherwise, I'm with you in favor
of bottom-posting.
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Timothy Daniels
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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"Talal Itani" wrote:
| Quote: | I often buy from Newegg, but I was not aware that they assemble a PC.
I just went to their web site, and searched and searched, but I was unable
to find what you referred to. I would greatly appreciate a link or more info.
on this. Thank you.
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"Bill" said that Newegg was an on-line seller of components, not
an assembler of components.
*TimDaniels* |
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Guy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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http://www.mwave.com
Mwave will assemble and test any motherboard bundle you purchase, including the RAM. This guarantees proper assembly of the CPU, heatsink, and RAM. They charge $9.00 and it is well worth the lowered stress.
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larry moe 'n curly
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: Re: putting a PC together |
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Talal Itani wrote:
| Quote: | When I needed to buy a PC I always went to my neighborhood computer store.
We select the parts together, and he puts the system for me. Unfortunately,
my neighborhood computer store went out of business. Now, I am faced with
either buying a ready-made PC, or assembling the PC myself. When I select
the parts, I usually go with good quality parts, like Asus motherboard,
Antec case, Crucial memory. I feel I will be disappointed with a ready-made
PC from Dell or HP or Compaq. I wonder if there are online companies that
put PCs with parts the customer selects.
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I don't think you can do that badly yourself, and there are guides at
places like www.tomshardware.com. Just be careful about causing
static discharge (wear short sleeves and no shoes or socks, frequently
touch bare metal on the chassis, and touch any accessory's anti-static
packaging to the chassis just before you open it. Wearing an anti-
static wrist band tied to the chassis can also help) and shorts
(insert memory modules and cards carefully, don't let the motherboard
short to the chassis, especially at the corners -- stick-on rubber
feet on the chassis there can prevent that). Don't assemble
everything and then turn on the power but instead assemble just enough
to see that things are working (motherboard, power supply, keyboard,
on/off switch, reset switch, motherboard speaker, graphics card,
monitor), and then add one thing at a time and test it before going
further. |
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