Building Computers for Dummies, Someone help me out? |
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Building Computers for Dummies, Someone help me out? |
 May 17 2005, 12:40 AM
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 King Lyrical  Group: Neophyte Caste Posts: 103 Joined: 18-January 04 From: Arkansas Member No.: 116  |
I'm somewhat computer illiterate, so I need some help building a PC. I want to build a good gaming system at a modest price. I would just constantly update this one, but I won't be taking this to college with me this fall. I'll have a laptop, but I know it won't run the apps I'm looking at. I'll be working this summer, so hopefully I'll be able to save enough up to purchase one. People keep telling me newegg.com is a good site, but I don't even know all of the parts I need to order. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it.
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May 17 2005, 11:03 AM
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 McDonald's! Group: Magister Posts: 1359 Joined: 2-May 03 From: New Orleans, LA Member No.: 32 |
I can't really go into specifics. Just pick a computer you're looking at and post it here.
You can try eBay for some deals. I got my computer for $250 there (minus the video card). --------------------  |
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May 17 2005, 02:01 PM
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 Local 804 Group: Associates Posts: 737 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Brooklyn Member No.: 66 |
Things you need:
1) Mother Board 2) CPU 3) Case/Power supply (If you buy a case it comes with a power supply) 4) Floppy Drive 5) Hard Drive 6) CD-Rom drive 7) Ram 8) IDE cabels (When you get a mother board it usually comes with them, but I never order this stuff online so I donno.) 9) Monitor 10) Keyboard and Mouse 11) OS If I can think of anything esle I'll edit the post. If you've never built a PC before, the first time is a very long and anoying process. If you want a top of the line PC and you don't have the universal parts lying around (eg. Floppy, CD-Rom, Monitor, KB and Mouse) it's ganna be pretty expencive. I would say somewhere between 800 - 1000 bucks. |
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