33 replies to this topic

[GinGerBreadMan:P]

Ok, i need to find a "idoiuts guide" how how to build my computer.

Anyone got any links????????

[thundertiger]

try this....

http://www.buildyourowncomputer.net/learntobuild.html

might help ;-) very simple to follow

[Pete!]

ginger i recently built my own pc, so if u want ne help/advice then tlk to me on msn,

its not difficult, u just gta make sure evrything is compatable, u have the right tools and above all TAKE UR TIME ND BE CAREFULL

[phat-ant]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2002/09/04/bui...n_pc/index.html

and

http://www.tomshardware.com/2002/09/18/bui...n_pc/index.html

its dead easy and shouldnt take very long, but as pete says take your time and read the instructions if you dont know what your doing

have been building systems for years and as gearchange said in another thread probably the hardest part is installing the motherboard into the case. but to be honest if you got half a brain thats not a problem either. just use your eyes :P

[Rob]

Yes Mr i bought hte wrong CPU pete!!!!

[Pete!]

hell yeah i did, cause i was misinformed from what i thort was a reliable source

[24thfret]

Yeah it's pretty easy, just remember to read the manuals for everything first.

[Bound]

I got a mission for someone. Build me a pc for about a grand give or take 100. It needs to be able to play BF2 at a repsectable pace. And all compatible (including the cpu ) It's for my mate and he is clueless so I don't know what he want. I'll let you lot decide. He just wants a pc that he won't have to get rid of after a year or two. He wants to be able to upgrade so PCI-E too if possible. Come on geeks show ur l33tness. 10 points and a free knife on Bound for the best pc at the cheapest price.

[Pete!]

u cud easy build a bf2 capable pc considering mine cost £700 nd rns it on highest settings

[Bound]

Could you post your components and prices for me Pete? It's be a big help. Who did you order from. Cheers.

[Pete!]

motherbaord - DFI Lanparty 915p - £70 ish
cpu - intel P4 550 (3.4) £150 ish
ram - 1gb ocz gold ddr2 533 - £90 ish
HD - maxtor diamondplus 9 80gb -£35
gfx card - HIS X800 GTO 256mb - £150 ish
montor - free lol
case - mine was bout £45
psu - hiper type R - £60
dvd drive - £20

comes out at bout £620, ov corse then u got windows xp nd keyboard nd mouse, but i guess most people have tht our cn get a free copy of it.

hope tht helps.

pc has since bin upgraded with liquid cooling nd extra dvd rw drives nd stuff,

u cud probly build a bf2 capable pc much less thn tht, robs old pc runs it nd its a athlon 2600 with 512mb of ram nd a 6600gt lol

[Pete!]

oh yeah btw, those prices wud have gone down by a few quid by now so its probly even cheaper lol, nd i got most of it from ebuyer (www.ebuyer.co.uk)

[Scotteh]

Get 2gb ram if its a BF2 PC

[24thfret]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) £328.94
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £70.44
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £37.54
XFX GeForce 7900 GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-Express) £264.32
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 £146.82
Antec Super LANBOY Gamers Case £52.46
Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower with Blue LED Fan £53.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM £58.69
Sony CRX320EE CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black) - OEM £21.09

That would run BF2 nicely

All for a grand! All prices from Overclockers UK inc. VAT

(Case from savastore)

[Pete!]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) £328.94


absolutly no need for dual core in a gaming rig, get the athlon 64 4000+ will perform much bter

[phat-ant]

yes there is every need!
hes obversly wanting this to last at least a year or so. there are many other things other than games that use multi processors, and when you keep saying that no game uses it your quite wrong. many years back when quake 3 arrived i had a dual celeron setup, and with abit of jiggery pokery you could get betweek 40 and 60% over all performance boost with it.
there will be many more games and other applications coming soon enough.

what fret posted up would be more than suitable, only id get a bigger hard drive than that for only a few pounds more.

also scan today only are doing a deal on the AMD cpus this week so you could pick up a 4400 for £313.43 inc vat.

[Cowboy]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939)                             £328.94
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard       £70.44
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM              £37.54
XFX GeForce 7900 GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-Express) £264.32
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3                         £146.82
Antec Super LANBOY Gamers Case                                                  £52.46
Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower with Blue LED Fan                         £53.99
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM                            £58.69
Sony CRX320EE CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black) - OEM                    £21.09

That would run BF2 nicely  

All for a grand! All prices from Overclockers UK inc. VAT

(Case from savastore)

Good choices there i though would get the 160-250 gig hitachi as it runs better plus maybe a sli motherboard.And pete lol dual cores will come good so u may as well buy 1 now or if u gonna go single core like me the opteron 146 is a overclockin beast and its only £160 and is basicly a FX chip under clocked.I would also get the 580 hiper psu as its cheap and gets very good reviews or if u have some spare case the seasonic s12 series 500-600 watt are shit hot.Always remember the psu is very important and most people buy shit 1s like DD and look what happened to his pc lol

[phat-ant]

haha very true about the PSU. spend the money and you wont regret it.

I bought the 600W Enermax Noisetaker SLi EG701AX-VE(W)-SFMA (20+4) SLi PCI-E READY aPFC Quiet

well happy with it.

[Bound]

Cowboy what do u mean by the hitachi? So frets rig with the said changes is the best way to go? Dual core all the way. Thanks guys I new you wouldn't fail me

[GinGerBreadMan:P]

Right got al m ybloody stuff and got it togerther and it work's

((sort off) It keeps resetting and i think it's the cpu???

anyone know of anywhere i can get a est on it too see how hot it's getting