thinking of starting a comp biz

I was building a pile of systems for friends and family and it was suggested that I start doing it as a business.
What do you think? the Vancouver market is fairly saturated so I was thinking of advertising in all the smaller towns of the BC interior.

Two sample systems:

AMD Duron 2000+
Elite L7SOM Motherboard
256MB PC2700 333MHz DDR RAM
Panasonic 1.44MB 3 1/2" Floppy Drive
Maxtor 40.9GB ATA-133 7200prm Hard Drive
32 Mb Integrated AGP Video
17" ATX Tower Case/300W Power Supply
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Wheel Mouse
Integreated AC'97 Audio Codec Sound
LG 52x IDE CD ROM Drive
Juster 691 Stereo Speakers

C$325

2x AMD Opteron 246 (retail)
Tyan S2885ANRF K8W DUAL Opteron Motherboard
2GB Corsair PC2700 ECC Registered184PIN CAS2.5
LG DVD+-R/RW DVD-RAM CDRW IDE 2MB (retail)
4x MAXTOR 160GB SATA 7200RPM 8MB
ATI RADEON 9800XT 256MB AGP VGA DVI-I W/ TV OUT
Integrated Dual Gb LAN
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum PCI w/ External Panel (retail)
LIAN-LI Aluminum 18IN CASE Front USB LED Lighting
Enermax 550W Power Supply
Logitech Internet Navigator Duo Cordless Keyboard & Optical Mouse USB
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 - PC multimedia home theater speaker system - 500 Watt (total)

C$6999 (US$5382)

The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Sword is better if you need back up.

Duron 2000+?

And what kind of ECS sh¡t you're planning to use? Think about cheap shuttle nForce2 IGP mobos.

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Sounds like a plan. You're right about it being pretty saturated around here, but I know of very little in the interior. You may want to just up the 52x cdrom to a cheap LG or liteon burner as those are pretty standard now and are still hella cheap.

Lemme know if you need some help with it... I've loved fixing/building computers and have toyed with the idea of a business before too. I actually had a small one for a bit, but it was an on the side/cash/through the buy and sell type deal. Good experience though.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

The K7SOM somes bundled with a 1800+ or 2000+ cpu. 3 stores all list it as a 1800+ Duron so idunno.
My plan is to build anything the customer wants. If they want a barebones POS, I'll build it. If they want something to run a small country with, no problem. If they ask my opinion on OS's, I will help them to the best of my ability.
My main goal is to allow small town people to get a computer at big city prices.

The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Sword is better if you need back up.

Give me your credit card number, expiry date, PIN, mothers maiden name, and I'll get back to you.

The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Sword is better if you need back up.

If you are going to custom build pc's make sure and use quality parts. I know it's going to cost a bit more, but there will be less chance of component failure. Also, Make sure your customer's know that they don't get free tech support. Good luck with it all. I used to do sell custom built computers. I did quite well, but I didn't want to be a salesman.

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Computers are on the free trade list. You don't pay duty on them.
But if you fill a few cases with ill begotten money, I'll launder it for you.

The Pen is mightier than the Sword, but the Sword is better if you need back up.