Few Questions on HGL-30

Hey, decided to go with the HGL-30, but was wondering if RJtech is a reputable seller, and also if notebooks are hard to put together since im buying a lot of parts seperalty. Ive put together lots of desktops, was hoping notebooks are about the same.

 

Notebooks are a little more complicated, but with your experience it shouldn't be a big problem. Mattk built his own HGL30 and documented some of his experiences.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=80187

Don't let this deter you from putting your own system together, but there are a few reasons why I prefer a prebuilt system: 1) No need to worry about parts compatibility 2) No need to worry about mistakes made while assembling--it's assembled and tested by a pro 3) Comprehensive warranty on the entire system, rather than half a dozen from individual parts makers.

As for RJTech, I think they're fine from what I've heard. Check them on resellerratings.com.

 

I bought my barebones from them. No problems. I agree with alot of what chrisyano said. This was the third barebones I put together so I wasn't that worried about it since I had also built desktops before that (probably built over 10 systems in the last 7 years), but it isn't for everyone. Don't do it to save money, because you usually don't save *that* much unless you were able to get cheap used parts or get parts you can't get otherwise (160GB HD 5400 which alot of resellers weren't carrying). I enjoy building and tweaking hardware systems that's why I ultimately did it.

The trick is to go slow and read as much as you can beforehand. With the first system, it's pretty fun until you get to the point that you first boot up. Then your stomach will do a few thousand flops until you get the windows XP install going as you wait to see if you fried anything. I still get a few stomach turns, but it's more due to impatience rather than concern if a problem came up.

Good luck.

Also, I think you can have RJtech do the install of hardware you buy form them.