Build Your Own System - An explanation

• Notes: Design Part By Part
• Notes: Design All At Once
• Improvements History

Points of Note:

Design Part at a Time

1. Once you commit to a No Thank You option for a component, it can not be changed without starting again (via the reset system button).
2. You can not currently order directly from the design page.  All quotes are valid for 7 days, include GST and exclude delivery.   Simply copy and paste the quote into an email if you would like to proceed to an order.  Generally postage for a system with 15" monitor is $50, and $75 with a 17" monitor any where in Australia. This will be addressed in future updates.
3. Only basic compatibility checking is provided.  You are not prevented from adding some components to a system which may be incompatible with other components you have selected.  Basic filtering is provided on motherboards, RAM and chassis only.  No checking is done when deleting and re-selecting an item.
4. Some parts offered appear the same in description but are different prices.  This occurs when there is an OEM and a Retail version of the same product.  We recommend you select the cheapest unit, which is listed first/highest in the list, we are amending product descriptions to provide better descriptions.  Alternatively commit the item and then select the item details button from the list to get full part details.
5. A running total for system price is only provided after the system cost goes over $1000 (this will not be changed).  If you delete an item, the quoted price will include those listed, as well as those previously selected but not listed while you edit the part selected.
6. While building your system, you can freely switch to searching a particular product series, such as motherboards, and return to the system design page.  When you return, you will be returned to exactly where you left off.  If however, you leave our web site, or site idle for more than approximately 10min, owe system will have reset all your custom selections.
7. You can not save a custom configuration.  If the future, we will enable you to save a custom configuration and retrieve it at a later date to obtain an updated quote.
8. It could look better, but functionality and usability is our priority at the moment.

Design All At Once

1. You can not currently order directly from the design page.  All quotes are valid for 7 days, include GST and exclude delivery.   Simply copy and paste the quote into an email if you would like to proceed to an order.  Generally postage for a system with 15" monitor is $50, and $75 with a 17" monitor any where in Australia. This will be addressed in future updates.
2. Only basic compatibility checking is provided.  You are not prevented from adding some components to a system which may be incompatible with other components you have selected.  Basic filtering is provided on motherboards, RAM and chassis only.  It may take a few Updates to reveal all compatibility issues that can be detected.  Until all compatibility issues are resolved, the quoted price is incorrect.  For example, changing CPU may make your selected motherboard incompatible, changing the motherboard may make your selected RAM and Chassis incompatible.
3. Some parts offered appear the same in description but are different prices.  This occurs when there is an OEM and a Retail version of the same product.  We recommend you select the cheapest unit, which is listed first/highest in the list, we are amending product descriptions to provide better descriptions.  Alternatively open a new windows and browse to the individual product page for complete descriptions.
4. A running total for system price is only provided after the system cost goes over $1000 (this will not be changed).
5. While building your system, you can freely switch to searching a particular product series, such as motherboards, and return to the system design page.  When you return, you will be returned to exactly where you left off.  If however, you leave our web site, or site idle for more than approximately 10min, owe system will have reset all your custom selections.
6. You can not save a custom configuration.  If the future, we will enable you to save a custom configuration and retrieve it at a later date to obtain an updated quote.
7. It could look better, but functionality and usability is our priority at the moment.

Improvements Made:

• 4/5/01:  Entered Phase 2 by added "Design All At Once" option where you can see all full lists at one time and can change multiple items before updating price.

• 19/4/01: An approximate price is now displayed in the option list.  Please don't bother to ask us why the sum of exact component prices doesn't equate to the total system price.  System pricing is slightly different to component pricing and the price shown for a component is a very simple estimate only.

• 19/2/01: When building a Pentium® IV system, only Pentium® IV compatible chassis are now displayed.

• 14/2/01: You can now build a Pentium IV® system, please note however the Debut case is not Pentium® compatible even though this is the only chassis you can currently select.

• 14/2/01: You can now get the details of a part after you have selected it, this includes an approximate price for the component in the system (the same price as listed on the component page for that part).

• 14/2/01: You can now remove a selected component and select a different option.  If you select "No Thank You" for a part, you can not change that selection without using the Reset System option.

• 14/2/01: Have reversed printing order so the new options appear at the top of the list not below the system description, now you don't have to scroll after selecting each new part.

• 14/2/01 Reduced font size of text and buttons to fit more on the screen for low res users (800x600)

• 14/2/01: Minor text and formatting changes, price now rounds down to a whole dollar value.