*Guide to Choosing Parts*

[Silverion77]

STICKY FINALLY!!!

 

[nerdic]

even as an experienced builder, i found this post informative and enlightening, thanks for the post.

 

[Zenthar]

The article is a bit long, but given how often people ask questions about this and how often they are led to take a much bigger PSU: How Much Power Does Your Graphics Card Need? : 3D Performance Requires The Most Electricity article.

 

[Proximon]

Nice! I hadn't seen that yet... I'll link it later on.


Scratch that... I'm not linking any article that implies all brand name PSUs are good. 😱

 

[Bowmanspeer]

Just wondering...

How do I determine power considerations for a whole system to be sure I get an appropriate power supply?

I'm one of those that knows just enough to get in trouble...

I'm in trouble!

 

[Zenthar]

The easy answer is: use a PSU calculator. And yes, the result will be much lower than what you might expect; people tend to overspec.

 

[ericjohnson1981]

This was really helpful man, exactly what I was looking for

 

[Bowmanspeer]

Between this and the recent article about graphic card power consumption answered all my questions. I'm all amped-up now! 😀

 

[BeachHead]

I thought the information provided was fairly comprehensive as well, quite valuable cause, of lately, I've been thinking about building my own gaming rig but, everytime I go about finding the right parts I wind up going into a maelstrom of anxiety for, it seems that even if you were to follow the tech specs featured in PC Gamer magazine that might be in conflict with other mid level- hardcore gamers and what their systems are built upon.AnnywaysThanks..

 

[cla1067]

Do you think you can give me any suggestions or comment on my new desktop I am build?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261017-31-need-comments-build

Much Appreciated!

 

[spliffgodd22]

Do you think thus is a good reliable rig for the price? and is this evrything i would need?
any input would be much appreciated
thxs



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[Proximon]

Requests for advice or approval will not be answered on this thread. Please start your own thread.

 

[spliffgodd22]

How would i do that?

 

[Silverion77]

u make a new thread...

U hit the new Topic button in the Homebuilt section

 

[Proximon]

Phenom II has firmly established itself as competitive in the mid-range quad core market, so the earlier sections have been modified to reflect that.

 

[acsoundwave]

I ask that you forgive my utter newbness. I'd like to print this thread, as it tells me which parts to look for when preparing a custom build, but I can't see the "Print View" icon. I've looked everywhere on the thread. If I could have this thread in Print View, I could print it and use it as a baseline without having to flip through tabs. I like having a hard (paper) copy to refer to when I'm searching online for products I'm learning about.

Female, age 32, on a refurbished Gateway running Windows XP SP3.

While I could build the computer myself (I did install my own RAM on said Gateway at least), I already have someone lined up to build it for me who's more experienced with custom builds (a boyfriend of my coworker's).

Otherwise, I'd have to have you look at a possible config I set up on a website (I saved its print view to my hard disk) on another thread.

Thanks.

~ acsound |

 

[Proximon]

At the top of the post is a light gray menu item that says "BBCode." Click that, then right click inside the text box that appears and select "select all."

Press Ctrl-C.

Open up a new text document... word pad, or whatever. Place the cursor at the top of that new document and press CTRL-V.

Print out the resulting document

 

[acsoundwave]

Thanks. It would have bitten me.

 

[anny]

have a nice day.everyone!

 

[raen]

hello grandmaster proximon.

im currently in the stages of researching on pc building. still getting the components together and all that mumbo jumbo.
i have absolutely zero knowledge about pc buidling so im very thankful for this thread you've created.

however there is one thing that you have missed out on. the network cards. as in the thing that lets you plug in a lan/ethernet cable into the computer.
like i said, im still very new at this. so if these network cards are built into the motherboard then my bad. but if not can you please put up a little guide on that. it would be much appreciated newcomers like myself.

 

[Proximon]

Sure thing. I'll include a section on general motherboard features. They all include basic LAN functionality these days. In fact, the last time I had to use a network card at home was maybe 12 years ago.

 

[Proximon]

OK, made some more updates. It's really very interesting to see how this all evolves month to month. The language changes as the parts evolve. X58 and i7 and AMD have gradually expanded in space over the last two months, while LGA 775 slowly shrinks in size.

 

[konchus]

answered many questions and gave much needed clarity...thank u

 

[Proximon]

I made a few small adjustments.

 

[Beetle559]

Great post...I'm in a neverending cycle of research before commiting to my first build and I wish I could have seen this post six weeks ago!

Regardless of timing your advice is great as I know I'm on the right track.

TIME TO BUY!!!!!