Anyone ever use mwave's barebones systems?

[thane]

Anyone ever use mwave's barebones systems? Should I get it mailed or is it worth it to will call it, ~30mi, or is shipping a whole system safe?

So I've put this together, only thing I've somewhat concerned about is the psu in the case, but I only need this system to last for about a year. Should I spring $4 for the CODEGEN 6208L-1-PW1 which has a 350W psu, or is 300W ok with this components. I'll toss in a 9700pro and some 80gb pata hd. Also, is there any reason way an old GF1 wouldn't work in this system, for trouble shooting reason.

AMD ATHLON 64 - 939 SYSTEMS (BEIGE)
# APEX PC-132
# ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2
# AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ - VENICE
# MWAVE 1GB DDR400
# MITSUMI 1.44 FDD
# NEC 16X DVD+-RW

Subtotal: $318

I'd build a system using deals from fry's, but I did that twice and either the parts (ECS, bleh) didn't work or I screwed up (ESD?). And frankly doing returns at fry's is very depressing and I can't seem to find cheap powersupplies there.

Thanks for your time.

 

[o0akoni0o]

why not just piece together a system from newegg or monarch? with that mwave setup, you really shouldn't skimp on the psu and i've never heard of mwave brand ram.

 

[slash]

I've used mwave for 4 systems, good luck so far. I had issue with one system, other than return shipping they replaced the motherboard, psu, cpu and cooler for free(also included and upgraded cpu cooler for free). The other three systems were and are running fine. Support was knowledgeable and polite. Two systems were intel P4, two AMD athlon. I find it helpful to use mwave when I don't feel like piecing them together, usually when I build for someone for free. I only used email support, not sure what the phone support is like.