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03-21-2007, 12:03 PM
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Building your own PC
I was considering of buylding my pc. As ive seen a bunch of crap being offered by companys that think costumers dont know squat. I have no prior experiance building pcs and so on and so on. I know about the main parts but all of the other technical stuff like power cources and other bits and bobs relating to that would throw me off.
Or i was considering buying a crapy pc and upgrading it. Good or bad idea.
How hard is it to unstall a new procesor and would there be any problems if i jacked up a poor pc with a new intel core 2 procesor about 1-2 gb of ram and 160-250gb of hard drive and a new graphics card. Would there be any issues if i done that?
Any bad experiances from building an own pc and is there any good places to buy parts online.
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03-21-2007, 02:04 PM
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Better off building your own best way to go and cheaper.
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03-21-2007, 03:27 PM
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Go with building your own, why would you buy crappy parts just to replace them? it isn't that hard, read the manual and you should be fine.
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03-21-2007, 03:33 PM
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Building your own PC is definitely the way to go. Not only will you save more money but you'll also get a lot more out of your system.
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03-21-2007, 03:34 PM
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Just make sure that the parts work together (look at the specs of each part), then buy a copy of MaximumPC which describes how to install everything, and you're good to go.
Oh, and buying your own parts and starting from scratch is the only way to go. ![Stick Out Tongue](images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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03-21-2007, 05:30 PM
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Building a computer yourself is the best in comparison to buying a rubbish one and upgrading. Firstly, usually building yourself is cheaper, and secondly, it's the best feeling to drag someone into your room and say "Ah made it!" ![Stick Out Tongue](images/smilies/tongue.gif)
Make sure to revise on it though ;P
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03-21-2007, 05:33 PM
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03-21-2007, 08:00 PM
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If you have the money build your own. I bought an old emachines, and ive been upgrading it as i get spare money. I've put in a new gfx card and sound so far.
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03-21-2007, 08:03 PM
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I built my computer for the first time when I was 11 not sure if it would work or not and I am 14 and it's still running fast today.. I obviously did something right:
Intel celerdon D - 2.8Ghz @ 3.4Ghz ![Stick Out Tongue](images/smilies/tongue.gif)
512 Kingston ram
80gb Segate H/D
DVD +-RW
Radeon 9250
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03-21-2007, 10:52 PM
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If you have any troubles alot of shops will go through which parts you can order then build it for you. Thats more like getting a custom computer though.
Thanks
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