Time to go 64

[Mandrake]

Only takes 20 minutes to snap that together yourself Marc?
Go price that stuff on Newegg..

[MGebhart]

I'll look into it. I can do 20 min.

[Hetzen]

I priced up a similar spec machine for a colleague at work, and it worked out his quote was pretty much on the nail with Overclockers price, except his was pre-built. I'll find out where he got his from if you like.

Personaly, I've built my last 3 machines from Overclockers, and I highly recomend them. Especially when buying the overclock bundles. If you go that route, try and talk to the tech who's putting your system on the test bench before shipping, he'll give you all sorts of advice on what works best.

[choronr]

The unit looks good Marc. With only one USB port you can plug in a hub if you need more. And, I would strongly suggest that you tell them that you only want your e-mail in 'start-up' ...nothing more! Also, tell them you don't want any extra free software crap or trial stuff ...all of this just slows down your machine and sometimes is almost impossible to get rid of. As for anti-virus, Microsoft has a free version of theirs that works great. I wouldn't use anything else.

[Henry Blewer]

I have been checking out the computers available from these guys. I have been able to configure a machine that has a lot of power for a decent price.
I look for the absolutely necessary parts I need. The bells can be added later.

http://www.velocitymicro.com/

[Zairyn Arsyn]

i've been to the velocitymicro website a few times and felt they had less options available with their configuration system

i prefer these these guys, i bought my last custom made pc from them.
http://avadirect.com/

their configuration system offers much more choices for hardware components

i'm thinking of getting a i7/1366 motherboard kit (pre-built/tested) from them later this year, (it will be cheaper)
i'll buy the other parts elsewhere

[TheBlackHole]

I've had TG2 crash several times due to too many objects in a population. I guess that's what you get for trying to make a ring system the size of Saturn's rings.