you can get a barebones system that has psu, board & floppy & cdrom??? in it than all you have to do is put hd, ram, cpu & heatsink, videocard(if not onboard) on to board & powerup
Thanks ddp, You've been a great help. If I may ask one last favour? Could you point me in the direction of where to buy a barebones system like you describe. I've just been looking on ebuyer at some cases, I suppose I could get what I need from there. However, If you have any other ideas, I'd be very grateful.
i'm in canada. check your local computers as they might have barebones systems. a friend of mine when he ran a store use to get & sell barebones