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Originally posted by Ric
I believe the tearm is, they *fell off the back of a lorry*
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No, there are computer fairs around where you can get stuff really cheaply. There was this one over here which had Windows 2000 on sale for like £10 and... oh, hold on, you may have something there.
Really though, building your own computer isn't that tricky. Things like monitors and whatnot you can often pick up second hand (in London my mate Mikey was lucky; graphics people are always byuing new monitors, so you can buy f**king excellent monitors that they've gotten rid of cheaply - he managed to get a Dell 19" for about £50 I think.
Just to reiterate what other people have said (plus some other stuff):
Always use static prorection
Never make your computer in a thunderstorm (this can cause your static protection system to become charged if it's earthed via your mains)
Make sure you buy a heatsink that can deal with the processor you're going to use
REMEMBER TO USE THERMAL GREASE WHEN YOU ATTACH IT!
Make sure you mobo can support enough devices (a floppy doesn't count) and (obviously) is compatible with your processor
Make sure your power supply unit can give enough power for it all (300 W is a good bet)
Buy good core components (mobo, processor etc.) so the crappier ones can be upgraded later if you need the computer now but can;t afford a full blown spec just yet
I've always found loading the OS to be really easy... just go into BIOS, select boot from CDROM (instead of floppy, unless your OS CD comes with a boot diskette in order to tell BIOS to do this), and you're away.
I could also start advising people to give Linux a whirl, but I imagine most of you couldn't care... sniff. Hey ho.