Bus429 - I strongly reccommend building your own PC, that way you will know that only quality products have been fitted.
A friend of a relative bought their machine from a well known outlet, however the pc was running slow and he experienced a few problems. The help line was not so helpful and the telephone calls amounted to one arm and one leg for the pleasure.
He asked if I could possibly help. The processor was of sound quality, unfortunately the motherboard, video card, etc was poor, the assembly was like a birds nest and the pre installed software was obviously installed in a rush by the work experience. (No disrespect to work experience people) There was no documentation for internal components and the system ran very slow.
Building you own allows you to choose the components, (ones with documentation and web site home pages for those much required updated drivers, help and FAQs).
Should you decide to venture down route of the home built PC, feel free to contact me for any help building the pc or advice regarding processor, MOBs and video card combos. Its dead easy to build your own and will work out cheaper if using suppliers like Dabs & Insight.
Regards
Wiggly Amp
[This message has been edited by Wiggly Amp (edited 30 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Wiggly Amp (edited 30 December 1999).]