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Reading up on building a PC

a5y · 2008-07-29 17:54:33

What are the best sites for a newbie to start reading up on picking out parts for a new PC? I'm looking at building one myself, but I'd like to understand why X is better than Y, so I'd like to read up first. So far, what I've come across includes * Tom's Hardware Benchmarks (although the benchmarks tend to cover only the…

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What are the best sites for a newbie to start reading up on picking out parts for a new PC? I'm looking at building one myself, but I'd like to understand why X is better than Y, so I'd like to read up first.

So far, what I've come across includes
Tom's Hardware Benchmarks (although the benchmarks tend to cover only the top of the range CPUs, and are less useful for budget system builders)

boards.ie's own (stickied) Budget Gaming PC thread.

Anyone have any must read review sites for hardware?

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review

component

hardware

reference

benchmarks

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#2 29-07-2008 07:04PM

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Gamespot's hardware forum.

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#3 29-07-2008 09:11PM

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custompc.co.uk

Good mag and they post a lot of their back articles on their website, many of which are features on building budget pcs.

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#4 29-07-2008 09:26PM

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google.ie and youtube.com two good places to start. Its where I learned all my stuff.

This was months ago so its bound to have better tutorials/videos

Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/

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