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Monarch Barebones a good idea?

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Big Fred

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I've replaced a lot of parts on my PC, but I've never built a PC from scratch. I'm not sure I trust my skills to fix or diagnose a problem when I have 5-10 new untested parts, i.e. which part is broken. I've found a cheap system builder CyberPower with shaky customer feedback, but it didn't seem like anything that a little know-how couldn't get around. However, it looks like Monarch Computers will let you pick your parts for a Barebone PC and put it together and test it for you. Mobo, CPU, Memory, Case, PSU. They have good prices, not always the best, but I figure with this kind of head start and testing I'll get a better computer for less than the cheapest system builder would charge and a little bit of support too, i.e. dead out of the box. Am I missing something, or does this seem like a pretty sweet deal for a relative noob?
 
The only way you'll stop being a noob is to go out and build one yourself. Get all your parts, read a few system how-to guides, and you should be ok. The parts are practically impossible to put together wrong these days, although with a hacksaw and a hammer I'm sure you could do something wrong :D
 
Buckus said:
The only way you'll stop being a noob is to go out and build one yourself. Get all your parts, read a few system how-to guides, and you should be ok. The parts are practically impossible to put together wrong these days, although with a hacksaw and a hammer I'm sure you could do something wrong :D
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Exactly, I wouldn't worry about it too much. While you do hear about a lot of problems on the forums about people putting together new computers, thats only because thats the reason to post here. If everything worked fine there would be no need. Isolating a problem is not as hard as you think, and the real advantage is that you get a selection of all the parts, and of course the range of prices :)
 
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