If you do get around to reading this, you may may to investigate some of the computer companies in your area (CompUSA or whatever passes for the american equivilant of CompuSmart). I know example that the CompuSmart store here in Saskatoon Canada that I manage offers a $129.99 build fee (CDN funds) that includes labour and 2 year coverage (warranty/parts/labour/onsite service/24-7tollfreetech-support) on all parts bought from us and put in. Ie; if your buying a case, mobo, proc/fan, ram, etc and bringing your own OS, sound, nic, video, floppy, cdrom, etc then the coverage will be on all the stuff you bought from us. Also covers the labour.
And that way you have no worries from the doomsayers regarding static, having assembly lines, or anything like that. You just buy what you need (at usually not bad prices, or heck, buy them elsewhere and bring in the parts) and then you pick them up when they're done for a measly charge of $130 a machine.... which beats spending a week building them yourself.
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If you do get around to reading this, you may may to investigate some of the computer companies in your area (CompUSA or whatever passes for the american equivilant of CompuSmart). I know example that the CompuSmart store here in Saskatoon Canada that I manage offers a $129.99 build fee (CDN funds) that includes labour and 2 year coverage (warranty/parts/labour/onsite service/24-7tollfreetech-support) on all parts bought from us and put in. Ie; if your buying a case, mobo, proc/fan, ram, etc and bringing your own OS, sound, nic, video, floppy, cdrom, etc then the coverage will be on all the stuff you bought from us. Also covers the labour.
And that way you have no worries from the doomsayers regarding static, having assembly lines, or anything like that. You just buy what you need (at usually not bad prices, or heck, buy them elsewhere and bring in the parts) and then you pick them up when they're done for a measly charge of $130 a machine.... which beats spending a week building them yourself.