Re: Advice please for a first-time builder?
- From: "Marcel Overweel" <moverweel@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:55:43 +0200
"Snugglemonster" <morvak@xxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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Before you flame me and tell me to google...
I've been around PC's since forever.. the 286 i guess being my first.
I've installed and reinstalled all kinds of peripherals and hard
drives.
The 2 things i've never done with a PC are:
- mess with the BIOS
- install a PC from scratch.
I'd love to give this a shot as I want to upgrade my 5+ year old PC at
the end of this year to something modern for FPS gaming and to last me
3 years at least.
So I'd like to ask a few questions:
#1. Can you point me to some FAQ's and tutorials on HOW to go about
building a PC and any tools needed (i.e. shock resistant wristbands,
AMP meters, etc.)
#2. Is building a PC from scratch THAT much more expensive than buying
a custom pc from..say.. cyberpowerpc.com ? And is it worth the time
and risk of damaging core components compared to having an online shop
custom build one?
#3. Is a case, PSU all I need to start off with? And then from there
the mb, cpu, etc.?
TIA!
As Paul said, but I wouldn't start with the powersupply unit.
First gather the info about what you want and is in your budget.
New holy-crap video cards needs lots of power while other
less powerful can do with less.
CPU's are a bit the other way around lately.
The newer mid-range Intel Conroe cpu's are less powerhungry
than the olde Pentium 4's. Same for AMD I guess.
After you know what you want, you have a better idea
of the power requirements.
I find these groups and sites like www.tomshardware.com
good sources for information, but there are much more sites.
Risk of damage is minimal *if* you know what you are
doing.
Most things are pretty straight forward and connectors,
cpu and ram can't be inserted the wrong way.
The processor cooler is the only thing that gives me the
nerves. Hate the cracking sound they make when
tightening the clamps on the mainboard.
Bios is pretty easy.
All works on default nowadays.
You can tweak it here and there and you might need to
change the default boot priority (floppy, dvd, harddisk).
Last quickstart tip I can give you: start plugging in the
mainboard components first: cpu+coolor, ram, power.
This is all you need if you've bought a mainboard with
integrated graphics, otherwise also add the graphics
card.
Leave floppy, cd/dvd and harddisk out because that
will only give you less space to check components
should that be required.
Plug-in the monitor and powercable and start the
system. That should give a beep and a at least a
startup screen (text or bios boot picture) most
likely followed by a boot error which is ok.
If that works, add the rest.
Do it one by one if you are uncertain and test
if the system still tries to boot after each addition.
And a final warning:
Keep away from overclocking.
It's not worth the risk.
Just my opinion ofcourse :)
Good luck building your system!
regards,
Marcel
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