LOL In this instance - I haven't written back yet with how good of a system I want! Of course, I would liike a really good system. Being realistic? I'm not so sure. I want at least a 120 gb hard drive. And enough ram to keep it running without any questions. I would like amenities - dvd burner would be awesome! but - I don't have a dvd player - but would like to plan for the future. Definitely a cd burner (and my floppy drive! <smile> ) what the medion had at Costco was: Intel pentium 4 2.8 ghz 512 ddr333 120 mg hard drive 64 mb nividia video card 64MB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 video card eithernet 10/ bunch of ports on the front I'm pretty sure it was a DVD burner (not positive on the burner) and a Cd Burner also plus the floppy drive. I've NO clue about software.... It's priced at $1299.00 now - includes a flat screen monitor - and it has a bunch of places to put in cards from different digital cameras - just not the one I own!! LOL so - Before, the concensus was, it would be difficult to build this system for that price. Actually - this is 100 less than it was before when I looked at it. it was $1399.00 then... Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: James LaBorde To: 'pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to building a P4 PC - unsuccessfully! :VSMail mx2 Was there ever a resolution to this problem? I had a friend facing a similar problem not long ago and I had no idea what to tell him. Maybe I can help him out if there were any resolution here. James -----Original Message----- From: ~OoO~ [mailto:SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:18 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to building a P4 PC - unsuccessfully! :VSMail mx2 How "good" of a system you're looking into? ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: cris To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to building a P4 PC - unsuccessfully! Ok !! I'm lining everybody up to tell me what to buy and where to buy it and how to build one!! The guy trying to talk me into it did say that the hardest thing is (and most expensive) getting the software and getting it on and running. CrisS ----- Original Message ----- From: andy To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 1:19 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to building a P4 PC - unsuccessfully! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Foxhillers@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > In a message dated 9/14/03 12:05:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > I have a friend trying to talk me into building my own computer. > > I laughed at him!!! > > I really hope you get it going - I am envious of the knowlege > > to be able to do this! > > > > CrisS > Actually, some bundled systems at the major stores are such a bargain that > you will save much money buying these..... and avoid the potential headaches > of hardware and software installation. > Been there, done that > mjh I find this to be true if you are not looking for anything spectacular from the spec, but it's still a lot cheaper to put together a higher specced machine yourself AND you get to choose the components that suit you, not the maker. As for the difficulty in doing it yourself? Speaking as someone with hooves for hands, it's one of the easiest 'technical' things you can do. If you can use a screwdriver, you can do it. Andy To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk