Just a warning. I know about as much about hardware as I do about heart-lung-liver transplants, so get your techie-to-retard dictionaries ready.
:)
Just a warning. I know about as much about hardware as I do about heart-lung-liver transplants, so get your techie-to-retard dictionaries ready.
:)
It's very simple Mr C. Decide what ya want in your new (leet kid speak here) rig, price out what it would cost to source the parts and build, then check what your local hole in the wall place will do it for. Just a suggestion.
Happy to help, after having scaled the heights of putting a new Radeon vid card in my Boss's PC today:p Now if only l could work out why the sound card is no longer working:rolleyes:
I think you should practice with cardboard boxes, milk cartons and string until you are confident :)
When I read that first I could have sworn you said you wanted to make your own compiler.
I must be seeing things... ****....
FYI:
Generally it is not a good idea to take lungs, livers and hearts and start moving them around.
(I leart that the hard way)
But as far as computers, I didn't know my way hardware either,
but I managed to purchase my computer with obsolete parts at exorbitant prices.
Really though, Cnet is a place to start for basic stuff,
I learned quite a bit on a AMD overclockers site than filburt posted
a while back. I'd start there.
Get somebody to give you a free working 486 - take it apart and put it back together for practice. It's not hard at all - and the older computers are trickier than newer ones in some ways.Quote:
Originally posted by crptcblade
Just a warning. I know about as much about hardware as I do about heart-lung-liver transplants, so get your techie-to-retard dictionaries ready.
:)
the worst thing about bulding a computer is actually getting the guts to get inside, and not being afraid of what will happen. Most of the internals are "Idot resistant" (aka plugs will go in only one way, and only in on spot) Stick to the standards, No Fear, and RTFM!
No fear dude, start off when you're ready, it isn't as hard as ya might think.
Here is a nice tutorial on building an AMD system. I know it's in the MSI section but it applies to most boards :)
http://www.amdforums.com/showthread....hreadid=141939
If you need any help with video cards or storage, I think you might see a familiar face on there...;)
So what are you going to start with?
Oops forgot to mention, if going with P4, not all vid cards etc will work with it, the fun guys at the motherboard companies ensured you needed different connections, and power supplies.
One thing to remember is you can never have too many fans. Fans are your friend;)
Jello is right...I would recommend an AMD system, personally. You can usually get higher performance for less money spent :)