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I've only been in Emit twice, both time with Mick and Mez :D

I'd claim it was only to relieve the boredom when I was off work with my appendix last year but I actually bought a cable from them so I can't[1]


Otherwise I wouldn't touch them either.

As for P-Bs I've seen a few in my time and they may be built so you can't easily swap bits about but in general, those I have seen have been well put together and seem to last quite well.



[1] I didn't go there to get it but I did need one and they happened to have one for a quid so I would have been daft not to buy it.

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oooh somone mentioned an incident with pc world and a printer cable , i assume they wanted you to buy one as it dosnt come with the printer lol

i think pc world charge between 5 and 10 quid for a printer usb cable but my tip of the day is screw them and go to poundland or any other pounshop and get one for a quid , exacly the same and you can also buy usb extension cables for a quid too for if you want your printer further away from your pc

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Ohh no it was better than that.

I purchased a Printer and in big writing on the front it said USB, I mistakingly though that it must be included and was not advised other wise when buying, I then got home went to set up my new printer and Guess what No Lead.

Upon my return to PC world I was not very happy and as you do complained, to be surrounded by 3 young muppets arguing with me, when I said I presumed it had one in as it says USB in big letters on the front, he remarked, well it says PC on the side do you think you get a computer free aswell. I nearly smacked him. Instead I just let them and most of the customer in the shop at the time that PC world are complete rubbish (In a french way)

As for the lead £1.00 in good old accy centre.

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If your looking at a high speck pc you should think of a lot bigger harddrive than 74 gig more like sata 400+ gig twin mirror or raid drives:)
80 gig is a very small drive these days

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Was thinking of the 74gig for a fast drive - 10.000rpm

Might just go for a simple one now though, been recomended this one.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=226863

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Just make sure the motherboard you buy will support sata drives

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I find Creative computers down at Road End on the other side of Haslingden best. They build it to what you want. Bro bought a computer from there before xmas and they built it £50 cheaper than from PC World!

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Choice of 3.:rolleyes:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-016-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-062-GI

OR

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=505256

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the first and third look fine not sure about the second though
the first looks good i know its a bit expensive but it will support everything you need

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Shoudnt be to long now until I get all the bits.

Here Is what I have settled For.


Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache,

640MB XFX 8800GTS XT PCI-E (x16), Mem 1700MHz, GPU 530MHz, 96 Streams, 2 x Dual Link DVI/HDTV

600w Seasonic S12-600 SLi Ready Silent PSU 2xPCI-E 4xSATA 120mm Fan ATX1.3/2.01

Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

2GB (2x1GB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, EPP

320Gb HGST (IBM/Hitachi) HDT725032VLA360 Deskstar T7K500, SATA300, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

Antec Nine Hundred/Ultimate Gamer Case no PSU

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound for CPU and Chipset Coolers

Sony AW-G170ASV Silver 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer OEM

Now all I have to do is build it.

Anyone up for helping if I need it.:D :D :D

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so go on, whats it cost up to now?

Putting them together physically is teh easy bit, getting everything installed and working to its best is teh fun (and time consuming) bit

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I think pc world is a right rip off, found cheaper stuff else where

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Have A Guess.:)