Building A Pc

gazmond141014

hey guys i know this subject has been around boards about 1000 times but i am thinking bout building a pc. Just first want to know is it easy enough to do?? For someone with no tech experience. The next thing is what exactly do i have to buy. I want at least 2.6p4 or even Athlon equivialent. 512 ram, suppose 80GB hard drive, Very good Graphics card hopefully 17" TFT. What am i missing??? What else do i need??? And CD-RW and maybe Even DVD-Rw??????????? What kind of Price?

Creamy Goodness

now is a good time to buy in my opinon one of the best graphics cards the 9800pro can be got for 220 mark
and intel chips are cheap enough now i think a 2.8ghz is 191 euros.

17TFT will jack your price up if you intend to play games on it you'll need the best of the best hitachi/hyundai/hercules.

as for builiding i built for the first time in the summer.

and tbh with you if you follow the instructions carefully as you will do as it's your first build then chances of something going wrong is slim.

i don't have time to spec a system atm but other guys are better here at it than me.

COL_LOKI i think does good specifications

tman

as for hard drives, 80gb will soon get used up.
go for a 160gb western digital one instead, only €105 on komplett at the mo...
http://www.komplett.ie/k/k.asp?action=weekly

you'll also need a case, mainboard & a fan (hsf, even)

gobby

dont forget a case, a good power supply, a heatsink and fan (for the chip), case fans, mouse, keyboard, floppy drive.

if your gonna get an intel chip they usually give you a heatsink+fan with it but a lot of people like to chuck this away and get a better one.

personally i still use the stock cooler but i would like to get a better one.

eirebhoy

I'd like to build a PC with the components in the original post above but how much would it cost if I was to add decent speakers, casing, fan and other essentials.

madboy

just built a pc for my mate

here the spec

Athlon 2500
Abit An7 MotherBoard
120Gb 8mb HardDrive
Gainward 256mb Geforce 5600
1gb 333mhz Ram
Sound built on board
Stereo speakers with woofer
19" CRT Monitor

All from Komplett.ie(it took a while to get here it went to wrong house,pay more for delivery is my advise)

I cant find invoice but between 1500-1700€

look at their upgrade bundles Mobo and Processor and Fan and Ram

Athlon XP2600+ 1.917 GHz Socket A 333MHz, 512KB Barton, OEM
Asus A7N8X-X mainboard for Socket A nForce2 400/MCP,ATX,ATA133,USB2.0,LAN
Crucial PC2700 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 6ns Unbuffered, Non-parity, 2.5V, 64Meg x 64
Spire CPU-Fan WhisperRock IV Socket A SPA04B4 For AMD up to XP 3200 Mhz

ALL for 239€ can't go wrong

aaf

Originally posted by eirebhoy
I'd like to build a PC with the components in the original post above but how much would it cost if I was to add decent speakers, casing, fan and other essentials.

I recently bought the following from overclockers:
Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Case - 380W TruePower Silent PSU - €132.64
Altec Lansing 5100 Enhanced 5.1 Speaker System - €161.54
That Antec case is great. Great reviews and always recommended by fellow posters. The speakers are sleekly cool. Great sound too and got some great reviews. Shipping costs €48 but unfortunately it's ParcelForce = GLS and they suck. Total cost = €342.18