Anyone buy CustomPC?

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Hey guys just woundered if anyone buys CustomPC. Theres an article called "Build your perfect PC for £446" in the latest issue. Just woundered if any of you guys had this and would be able to tell me what the components were.

Thanks
Kraven

 

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I do have a subscription but I end up binning copies as by the time I get round to reading any they are 3 months out of date

 

thats crazy talk! dont bin them. i find these magz useful (when i did read them), especially, when you have a certain problem, and the solution / tip is in there somewhere... plus its always good for some light refreshing reading aswell.

Kraven, the beauty of custom pc's is that you spend how much you want to spend, and you put in (components) what you want to put in. my pc was built in 2003, and the only thing i have upgraded is the harddrive and i spent £600 on that then... if i were to do an upgrade now, it would only be RAM, im not much of a gaming.
specs:
Intel P3 - 2.8ghz
512 RAM
2x 120gb hdd
geforce 6200
dell 17" tft
hp 15" tft
lite on cdr/w
asus dvd-rom
pioneer dvd r/w

of course you can go to Dell or other vendors and customise your pc, and get them to built or just build it yourself. but before doing so, make sure you have the right tools for the job and the components are compatiable with each other

 

I bin them because I don't have the luxury of space.

 

Dude ive been building computers for nearly 5 years now, along with overclocking them for gaming purposes. I think I have the right tools and to make sure the parts are compatiable.

I wanted to know the parts to get some ideas for my next build.

Kraven

 

hmmmm lets see ,

for myself i built :-

amd 4200 x2 cpu
asus a8n-sli premium mobo
2gb dual channel geil memory,
7900gs 512mb gainward graphics card
160mb hdd (still ide tho not sata)
580w hiper type r psu
zalman cooler fer cpu
2 x 120mm case fans
1 x 80 mm case fan
saitek eclipse keyboard
nec lightscribe dual alyer dvd writer
viewsonic vx922 19" lcd

But i don't know the total cost for that

For my son i bought :-

Asus an8-sli deluxe mobo
AMD 3700 x2 cpu
120gb hdd
1gb ram
asus slient 7600 256mb graphics
saitek eclipse keyboard
asus dual layer dvd drive
ms intelli mouse
19" crt
2x 120mm case fan
580w hiper type r psu
midi tower case (but very modded!)
Most of this is 2nd hand so way under 400 squid


And for work i recntly built a :-
e6600 (?) intel dual core cpu
7300 nvidia 256mb graphics card
Gigabyte mobo (can't remeber model)
1gb ram (kingston value)
16x dual layer dvd rewriter
Antec sonata case
180gb sata drive
80gb sata drive
cherry keyboard
ms mouse
no monitor

and that was suposedly around the 400 - 500 mark.

And all of them run ok for thier intended purposes.