Thanks for the tips slim! But I don't really want to go that way, buying everything separately will probably take a while and be a bit more expensive. I am pretty good at most maintenance on my road bike, so I am pretty sure I will be able to do most repairs on the MTB by myself.

I did look at the lower level Jamis models, the look pretty good to me! The steel models are quite expensive, but the aluminum models are a lot cheaper. But I am not sure any bike shops around here sell Jamis models. I have only seen Giant, Cannondale, Trek MTBs here.