Building your own

[Fred]

Looking through the comp board, it seems some here are involved in computer repairs/sales etc.
Could those people put up a list of components that they consider the best if someone was going to assemble their own system.
I'm thinking of a good all-purpose system, not one that is for a games fanatic that needs state of the art graphics or anything.
I think the speeds are up to 3Ghz now but would a 2.4Ghz be more stable? Other components seem to have quite a price range and some presumably are better value than others.

Could we have the experts opinion please.

 

[Basic]

What you need to do is go to WA Salvage and get yourself an IBM Flatstack.

But seriously the prices are just around about you can probably get them cheaper. I'm only including main components everything else you can get for a pretty good price if you shop around.
The "rich guy" setup is taken from a mag, I couldn't even comprehend building something that fast.

Budget:

Athlon XP 1900+ ($300)
512MB Hyundai DDR RAM ($250)
ABit KRTA MoBo ($200)
60GB Seagate Baracuda HDD ($150)
Sony DVD ROM ($100)
ATi Radeon 900 plus VC ($200)
Hercules Muse XL SC ($50)
Aprox: $1250

Rich Guy:

Intel P4 3.06GHz ($1500)
2GB RD-Ram ($2500)
Intel 850e MoBo ($300 - only board to support P4 3.06GHz Hyper Threading)
Radeon Sapphire 9700 VC ($700)
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum SC ($500)
Ricoh MP512 DVD Writer ($650)
Seagate Cheetah 73GB HDD ($1900)
Aprox: $8000

There's probably better stuff around but from what I've seen these are my pick for best components.

 

[Desredandwhite]

Seriously, there is not a lot of stuff you CAN'T do with that first "poor man's system". In general, you don't have to get the top brands and models, you are paying a LOT for the last 10% in performance. And obviously don't get the cheapest and nastiest either.

You really need the power if you are doing any of the following:

1) games
2) video editing
3) LARGE graphics
4) Sound editing/recording

Otherwise, don't waste your money.

 

[Blue'n'Gold]

I usually start with picking out my motherboard first, and matching components (that I require for my needs) to that. I like to have somewhere to start.

Just make everything is compatable, and if you are assembling yourself, double check everything before you fire it up for the first time. I know someone who talked to me a couple of times about it and thought it sounded easy (which it is really), but he got something majorly wrong and melted his motherboard and blew his power supply the first time he fired it up. It was an expensive lesson for him.

 

[carn_the_nmfc]

Originally posted by Fred
Looking through the comp board, it seems some here are involved in computer repairs/sales etc.
Could those people put up a list of components that they consider the best if someone was going to assemble their own system.
I'm thinking of a good all-purpose system, not one that is for a games fanatic that needs state of the art graphics or anything.
I think the speeds are up to 3Ghz now but would a 2.4Ghz be more stable? Other components seem to have quite a price range and some presumably are better value than others.

Could we have the experts opinion please.

Fred if you get the age delivered have a look at the Green Guide because they have some really good computers at Melbourne prices.
http://www.theage.com.au

 

[FreoDocker]

Re: Re: Building your own

Originally posted by goaldrush
Fred if you get the age delivered have a look at the Green Guide because they have some really good computers at Melbourne prices.
http://www.theage.com.au

Yep afterall you wouldn't want to be spending too many Pesos ordering parts from interstate

 

[hq56]

Originally posted by Basic
What you need to do is go to WA Salvage and get yourself an IBM Flatstack.

But seriously the prices are just around about you can probably get them cheaper. I'm only including main components everything else you can get for a pretty good price if you shop around.
The "rich guy" setup is taken from a mag, I couldn't even comprehend building something that fast.

Budget:

Athlon XP 1900+ ($300)
512MB Hyundai DDR RAM ($250)
ABit KRTA MoBo ($200)
60GB Seagate Baracuda HDD ($150)
Sony DVD ROM ($100)
ATi Radeon 900 plus VC ($200)
Hercules Muse XL SC ($50)
Aprox: $1250

Rich Guy:

Intel P4 3.06GHz ($1500)
2GB RD-Ram ($2500)
Intel 850e MoBo ($300 - only board to support P4 3.06GHz Hyper Threading)
Radeon Sapphire 9700 VC ($700)
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum SC ($500)
Ricoh MP512 DVD Writer ($650)
Seagate Cheetah 73GB HDD ($1900)
Aprox: $8000

There's probably better stuff around but from what I've seen these are my pick for best components.

those prices I don't think are entirely accurate, if you want wholesale prices, try www.cpl.net.au or look in the computer trader.


it's always better to build a comp of your own, than buying pre-made trash.