no, bt i mean, if you bought all the parts individually, surely it would be cheaper than buying it somewhere like dell

That depends on the system, general low-end its probabily cheaper to get Dell to make one, otherwise its cheaper to make your own.

i meant like a gaming comp, it must be cheaper

Then yes

i could put together a really gd one for £600, if i had it!

I could probably build a decent gaming comp (system unit only, no monitor etc) for around £400-500. I would recommend spending around £600-800 though, with current components. The cheap machine would be a cheap dual core with mid range graphics, a cheapy mobo and 2GB RAM. The more expensive would be quad core, high end graphics, a better mobo and 4GB RAM.

I sense that this latest PC build will bring surprises to you all.

Why is that, then, Aaron? Is it going to be dirt cheap or something?

Maybe I'm cheating..

Cheating? In what way? Using second hand parts or something?

Yes I am using some parts from my last computer.

Also, this project is unfortunately on hold until further notice. Simply because I want to be able to build a fantastic system, still at a good price, but have a lot of money left over. I think that the only way to do this is to wait until next month.

In between now and then, P45 will be released. Maybe.

Also in between now and then, Geforce 8800GTX and GX2 might be released! Oh, sorry, I mean 9800, but they're basically the same thing. (OK, so actually the same chip on a GTS but hey ho!)

I thought P45 was already released :/ That or I'm getting confused by Intel's crazy amounts of chipsets.

The 9800 really seems like a copout TBH, not really a true high end card. Then again, it seems the gen line is breaking down a bit now.