it sucks because the cheap websites often have bad reps, so warrenties and such are needed, which cost silly bucks, if you try and claim thru house insurance they just dont have a clue and normally end up binning the claim, i wanted to get so much more, but the wallet said no. ANd gf said no ( igot her to pay a bit lol, because of her love for the sims and not having a good enuff pc to run it.) of course i didnt charge her labor..... maybe that will get me a better gpu. :D

n e how, also there are more consumer rights in america, the customer is always right there, here you pay, and then the after care is like being spanked in the face with a fish. COLD WET AND LEAVES A BAD TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH.

less competition here also means prices are higher in the states the computer industry is huge here, its all like bespoke and v. pricey.

the main thing i wanted from the build was a better than console experiance and judging by the comments ill get that.

thanks guys lots of good advice, your losing me on some of it, as i only have limited experiance of pc building.... i,e this is my first encounter lol, im happy about the comment that it should be a step up from console based gaming as that what i was looking for, something to get me into the money pit that is p.c gaming :) sometimes it would be easier to live in the U.S, cus of all the taxes we get on products here.

Got a coolermaster v8 for the spec.

thats brilliant thanks, i got the whole rig for 600 pounds, which is around 900 dollars, with other little bits and bobs on it, unfortunatly i bought it and the store reduced its prices when the phenom 2 came out, which sucks.

will over clock, and buy good cooling system

thanks

hi guys, just bought this spec, im a little behing on p.c specs as have been using xbox 360 and playstation 3 for gaming for past 4 years or so, i was just wondering whether this system will run stuff on ultra high or high, games like;

Dawn of War 2 (when its out)

Red Alert 3 (and other c and c series games)

Fallout 3 and any other good fps

+ sims 3 (for the gf)

PROCESSOR - AMD PHENOMTM X4 9950 (2.6GHz) 4 x 512K L2 CACHE (SOCKET AM2+)

RAM - 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz -

MOTHER BOARD - ASUS® M3N78-PRO: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI

GRAPHICS CARD - 1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

thanks for your help