building a PC guide

[disillusioned]

does anyone know of any good guides that walks you through the steps of building a pc? i've looked at some on google, but don't know if there are better ones, cause those sites seem a little.. .shady if you will...

P.S. any tips for beginners on building a new pc?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

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[bendixG15]

Find yourself a good forum and
ask one question at a time....

Hey thats us.......Good Luck

 

[SuperSilicon]

Exactly as bendix said, just ask away.

 

[007ELmO]

It's not that hard just gotta buy the parts separately.
[*]DVD Writer (AKA Burner)
[*]Hard Drives (AKA HD)
[*]MotherBoard (AKA Mobo)
[*]Processor (AKA CPU)
[*]Processor HeatSink/Fan (AKA CPU Cooling, comes with most retail processors)
[*]Power Supply (AKA PS)
[*]Memory (AKA RAM)
[*]Sound Card (some are integrated into the mobo)
[*]Network Card (AKA NIC, I think all mobos have these integrated now so forget about it)
[*]Video Card (AKA Graphics Card)
[*]Case Fans

Other basica such as Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, and speakers.

 

[disillusioned]

How do know if the parts you choose is compatible with mobo??
for example:
hard drive (sata-150, sata-300)
Processor (socket number)
power supply ???
memory (pin numbers, and type? (sdram, ddr ram))
sound card??? what has to be compatible with sound card on mobo?
videocard (agp, pci-e, pci)
power supply ??? how do you choose?
DVD writer/cd drives? (all the same??? IDE???)

 

[scottish144]

http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/