Is there a general "How to make a PC" guide out there?

[RESmonkey]

I'll be making one sometime or later, just wanted to know. I don't want to kill the processor or anything.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Hell yeah! Many of them!
Thanks for asking!

We have one from our own forum member, but I cannot find it at the moment.

Here's some:
http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/

Google brings up more:

http://www.google.com/search?q...icial&client=firefox-a


edit: may I present my high school project from awhile back (really basic):
http://megavovan.com/buildingapc/index.htm

 

[yehuda]

"The best thing about being a PC enthusiast -- beyond, of course, the never ending joy of serving as the personal support technician for friends and family -- is being able to assemble a system from the ground up with the perfect mix of components for a given budget. "

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13671

🙂

 

[Rike]

You're thinking of mechBgon's site.

Still the only guide that includes snack breaks!

A very fine guide from a very helpful fellow.

 

[JustaGeek]

How about this?

1 Development of the PC 7
2 PC Components, Features and System Design 25
3 Microprocessor Types and Specifications 39
4 Motherboards and Buses 235
5 BIOS 441
6 Memory 509
7 The ATA/IDE Interface 581
8 Magnetic Storage Principles 637
9 Hard Disk Storage 663
10 Removable Storage 707
11 Optical Storage 747
12 Physical Drive Installation and Configuration 851
13 Video Hardware 885
14 Audio Hardware 987
15 I/O Interfaces from Serial and Parallel to IEEE-1394 and USB 1025
16 Input Devices 1059
17 Internet Connectivity 1103
18 Local Area Networking 1151
19 Power Supplies 1207
20 Building or Upgrading Systems 1295
21 PC Mods: Overclocking and Cooling 1335
22 PC Diagnostics, Testing and Maintenance 1367

 

[JackMDS]

This, http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2072469&enterthread=y

+ This, http://www.mechbgon.com/build/index.html

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
edit: may I present my high school project from awhile back (really basic):
http://megavovan.com/buildingapc/index.htm

Nice project :thumbsup:

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
edit: may I present my high school project from awhile back (really basic):
http://megavovan.com/buildingapc/index.htm

Nice project :thumbsup:

Thank you 🙂
Wrote it in October 2007...got 93/100 for it but oh well.

 

[Roguestar]

And the HTML validates, too. Ooooh.

I'd like to add, though, that you say you call them "data processing PCs" because you don't know what else to call them - perhaps the word you're looking for is "workstation"?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
And the HTML validates, too. Ooooh.

I'd like to add, though, that you say you call them "data processing PCs" because you don't know what else to call them - perhaps the word you're looking for is "workstation"?

:thumbsup: 😉

Probably "workstation"...but I am too lazy to go change it, almost nobody reads that page anyway...

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
edit: may I present my high school project from awhile back (really basic):
http://megavovan.com/buildingapc/index.htm

Nice project :thumbsup:

Thank you 🙂
Wrote it in October 2007...got 93/100 for it but oh well.

You wouldn't happen to have gone to Hoffman Estates High SchooL?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
edit: may I present my high school project from awhile back (really basic):
http://megavovan.com/buildingapc/index.htm

Nice project :thumbsup:

Thank you 🙂
Wrote it in October 2007...got 93/100 for it but oh well.

You wouldn't happen to have gone to Hoffman Estates High SchooL?

nope.
Bellaire HS