Building My Own PC

[theprawnidentity]

I have watched a few tutorials and stuff and think I should be alright to build one myself having not done it before.  Going tomorrow to pick up the components (they have already been checked for compatibility etc), does anyone have any last minute advice for me?  This can include don't do it, its a terrible idea......

Is saving the £100 or whatever just to build it myself worth it?

Anything I should consider before I start?

Thanks in advance.

[Marky147]

I would always flick in the £100 for peace of mind, so that I know there is nothing to worry about, and if anything goes wrong I'm covered.

Good luck mate!

[Graham C]

Last time I looked at a new PC (late last year) the difference between getting a company to build it (I used Cyberpower Systems) and building it myself was negligible, just got them to do it.  I don't mind building them, they're fairly straight forward, it just wasn't worth it for me.

And as Mark mentioned, a few quid for peace of mind is worth it.  On the other hand, it's a nice project to do if you've never built one.

[theprawnidentity]

Last time I looked at a new PC (late last year) the difference between getting a company to build it (I used Cyberpower Systems) and building it myself was negligible, just got them to do it.

LOL ty.  Another reason to waste 3 hours and now I'm back to square one!!!!!

[RED-DOG]

I built my own WC.  (It was a piece of piss.)

[AndrewT]

Whilst it's a great sense of achievement in putting together your own PC, it's worth flicking in the money just to get the cables all tidy, rather than the spaghetti explosion that my home built computer had inside it.

[theprawnidentity]

This site looks extremely reasonable.  And £50 for guaranteed next day build and delivery is much better than the £100 I was looking at for within 5 days!!!  Just need someone to check the components for me as I think the processors in some of the systems are the old generation ones.  All about the Haswell yo....

[Marky147]

This was a thread bumped by jjandellis last week that may be useful http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57820.0

[theprawnidentity]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/Infinity_Achilles_GT

This is what I was looking at.  Would swop the case for the CoolerMaster HAF-X Full Tower Gaming Case

Get rid of the water cooling and for for the old school air / thermo paste approach and upgrade the PSU to the 1050W. 

Would also max out the case fans too and get rid of windows 8 and have 7.

[Marky147]

Way over my head, but for that kind of money I'd want it to play for me too

[theprawnidentity]

Way over my head, but for that kind of money I'd want it to play for me too

If you believe all the recent hype about HUDs then you'll already know that's exactly what it will do 

[teamonkey]

i just looked at it and though "f*ck me, £1500 for a PC!!!"


but then i had a second thought:


some folks play poker for a living, either a primary or secondary living, and some like me play for entertainment.

so if someone who makes their food/rent out of this game wants to spend more on a PC than i do on a (second) car, why shouldnt he/she

fact is, if you need to spend a lot to make your "work" better/easier/more enjoyable, then why not do it?

a lot of folks spend way too much on throw away items, and if they tracked what they were doing it would probably shock them, but investing in something where you should earn that money back in a reasonable time frame, and still have an awesome set up for watching porn playing poker and making more money from it after initial expenditure has been regained, is really a no brainer.

Mick

PS, on the other hand, were you really going to spend £1400 on a self build??

[theprawnidentity]

How's this for a way to go about business.  They offer next day build and shipping which is £50.  They offer 3 day build and shipping which is £30.  I won't be at home on Friday so I asked if they would deliver on Saturday.  He said yes but the courier charge them £15.  OK, so if I put the next day on the delivery, then can you build it this week and ship it for delivery on Saturday, the extra £20 will cover the Saturday courier.  NO, NO DISCOUNTS ON SHIPPING.

Ok so I'm not sure I'm getting this right.  I'm about to place an order with you for £1.5k, I've even offered to pay MORE than the asking price for the shipping, and you can't be arsed to build it in two days (even though you have the capacity to ship it tomorrow)?  Seriously?

[Marky147]

Way over my head, but for that kind of money I'd want it to play for me too

If you believe all the recent hype about HUDs then you'll already know that's exactly what it will do 

Haha, if only they did

How's this for a way to go about business.  They offer next day build and shipping which is £50.  They offer 3 day build and shipping which is £30.  I won't be at home on Friday so I asked if they would deliver on Saturday.  He said yes but the courier charge them £15.  OK, so if I put the next day on the delivery, then can you build it this week and ship it for delivery on Saturday, the extra £20 will cover the Saturday courier.  NO, NO DISCOUNTS ON SHIPPING.

Ok so I'm not sure I'm getting this right.  I'm about to place an order with you for £1.5k, I've even offered to pay MORE than the asking price for the shipping, and you can't be arsed to build it in two days (even though you have the capacity to ship it tomorrow)?  Seriously?

Take the spec to the other company posted by jjandellis, and see what kind of deal they can do for you?

[mondatoo]

Overkill itt.

No need to spend anywhere near that much if it's just to roll your face on the keyboard.