i had saved up for 2 years to finally get a decent pc and bought the parts from novatech. I was also pressured to let them build my pc in exchange for "only" £100. I was also reasured by the fact that it was being built by professionals, also if there was a problem it should be fixed within a week of sending it back to them, the chance of that though were supposedly slim becuiase they test each system vigurously for any problems.

so of course the pc did not work propely randomly crashing with graphical distortion every time i played an fps. I also found out to my horror that they changed my motherboard without telling me to a cheaper model.

Theyre reasoning was that the ram was not compatible with the motherboard that i have selected so that is why they hooked me up with a crappier model.

yet I clearly remember thinking through EVERY part thouroughly before i bought. So i looked again and contacted the manufacturer, the Asus P5N-E SLI Plus has a compatable ram speed of PC2-6400 while the ram which i bought was (surprise, surprise) PC2-6400 speed ram ECC (for refrence the ram was XMS6400 4x1gb). after i sent it back they were having a go at me for picking the "wrong motherboard" and only tried it again after a week (what they did during then i dont know) and finally decided it would work after i said i contacted the manufacturer. It has neraly been two weeks so far and they still havnt fixed my VGU or put any of my pc back together again. I am facing withdrawl symptoms of medieval 2.

how long does it take to build a pc? 2 weeks? if not are they messing me around? thank you

does an oc'd graphics card have a big frame boost over the standard clock speeds. I can pick between getting the EVGA 8800gt standard clock for £170 approx

or the overclocked EVGA 8800 gt for £186.

would there be a noticeable diffrence?

in a couple of weeks i should have about £830 for a new pc (17 percent is goign to vat though) so this is the new build that i was thinking.

antec 900 case £67.50

intel quad core q 6600 95 watt £170.38

samsung spin point SATAII NCQ 500gb £66.03

asus P5N32-E 680I £137.47

corsair xms6400 2gb ddr2 £60.51 (might upgrade to 4gb if i can spare another weeks wages)

radeon hd2900 pro 512mb £166.83

LITEON 20X DVD/RW £17.61

thermalake crossfire toughpower series cable management 750W active £77.55

vista home peremium £80 (at localhardware store)

it goes slightly over but ill manage (i can always wait another week)

soooo how is it any changes i need to make (is the motherboard too extravagant?)

also it is all compatable witht the motherboard(where do you check btw)

thank you

i'm looking forward to get a new PC... but i want it to be a gaming one... what graphic card would be best to play counter-strike source?? i'm currently lookin at a GeForce 7500 LE... is that any good?

help!

ecks001

i can play it fine on a radeon 7500 64mb (it is 5 years old) so yours should be more than enough

me despreatly......

i have a 5 year old computer and it was crap then