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Old 27th May 2006, 20:55   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sarissi
Ash;

What country are you buying from? If in the USA, I would consider Newegg.com for their prices. The cost of 300 GB hdds are fairly low, under $120. I would try to go with a minimum of 2 hdds: smaller for System, and larger for programs and Data.

Oh, if that CPU is a Retail package, you would Void the Warranty if you use anything other than the included HS/Fan. Same with Arctic Silver.

I hope that I have helped some.
Hi, Sarissi, Thanks for the advice.

I'm in the UK so Newegg.com not much help I'm afraid. I'm totally with you on the 2 drives though. My current PC has 200GB in 2 drives (should have said so in my first post

I'll probably take the second drive out of that PC and put it in the new one, I'll then use the old PC as a render node and backup drive.

What I've done in the past is gone down to my local PC shop and get them to build the system to my spec. Costs a little bit more than building it myself but I get a full year's warranty. They don't mind me adding bits either .
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