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im new to building my own comphelp plz
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BentValve
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InlineFive
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That is totally uncalled for. Nothing like a moron to come in a ruin your initial experience here. :|
Anyway...
For building the computer I would look at a guide put together by our venerable mechBgon. 🙂 You can find it here.
Unfortunately, I haven't been keeping up with hardware so I'm not qualified to suggest system specs. Consider looking through the Anandtech Guides and do a forum search for something along the lines of "new system" or "building". Who knows, you might unearth something useful.
Good luck and welcome to the forums twitchee2! :thumbsup:😀:beer:
Your question is too vague. Start by telling us what you want to do so we can help you balance out the performance of various parts of your system. For example, if you intend to be serious about gaming, your video card could cost several hundered dollars for one with blazing frame rates. If gaming isn't that important, you can get a card with the same resolution and save some money to spend on something else.
Do you want/need an LCD flat panel? If you have the desk space and depth, you'll get a better picture for less money with a good CRT monitor.
Do you intend to burn DVD's? If so, a good burner will cost more than a simple player or a CD-ROM combo burner that will play DVD's, but only burn CD's and CDRW's.
Do you need a scanner or anything else? Every item costs so there's no single answer at a $1,000 price tag.
If you can't afford everything you want, now, start with a good, strong system. You can always add peripherals to a good, stable, reliable system, later, and it won't let you down. OTOH, if you cheap out on some basic component, such as your motherboard, you'll probably regret it, later, when you need the extra performance or reliability.
Don't worry. For $1,000, you can put together any number of really sweet combos. It all depends on what you want it to do, first. 🙂
Do you want/need an LCD flat panel? If you have the desk space and depth, you'll get a better picture for less money with a good CRT monitor.
Do you intend to burn DVD's? If so, a good burner will cost more than a simple player or a CD-ROM combo burner that will play DVD's, but only burn CD's and CDRW's.
Do you need a scanner or anything else? Every item costs so there's no single answer at a $1,000 price tag.
If you can't afford everything you want, now, start with a good, strong system. You can always add peripherals to a good, stable, reliable system, later, and it won't let you down. OTOH, if you cheap out on some basic component, such as your motherboard, you'll probably regret it, later, when you need the extra performance or reliability.
Don't worry. For $1,000, you can put together any number of really sweet combos. It all depends on what you want it to do, first. 🙂
well i want to have some what of a desent vid card...i was looking at a 6600gt..i want to do mid level gaming and word IMing net all tht stuff. but i would also like to do video editing(if i had the money i would get a mac) other then that is about what i want to do out of a new comp. i have a lcd monitor already witha 3-4yr old sony viao tht is still stock.
AwesomeJay
Senior member
AMD athlon 64 3000+ socket 939
ASUS A8V or MSI Neo Platinum 2
1GB of Corsair Valueselect
you mentioned 6600GT
160 GB SATA drive
check those out and come back with a list.. check out http://www.newegg.com if you live in the states
ASUS A8V or MSI Neo Platinum 2
1GB of Corsair Valueselect
you mentioned 6600GT
160 GB SATA drive
check those out and come back with a list.. check out http://www.newegg.com if you live in the states
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