Thought I was goning to build a Gaming Computer

Noobie21

Noobie21

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I am very lost and need help. I was thinking that I would try to make myself a nice lil custom gaming computer. But I started to look at some of the topics on motherboards and such and realized that I dont understand half of the lingo or understand a lot about the computer parts. I was wondering if there is any person out there who could help me out with building my comp. I just wana know what parts would be good and I am only 14 so I am on a veeeeery low budget :( . Please help thanks.
 
It all depends on what you want to get, for under $800 you can get a fairly good system, but it probably wouoldnt be a really nice gaming machine. Its not that difficult to build a computer. For example, lets say you want to get a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz processor, most likely it will be a socket 478, then look for a mid-size motherboard that supports socket 478, then your processor and motherboard will be compatible. Then look for a motherboard that supports EIDE (they all have that) so you can plug your DVD Drives and Hard Drives into your motherboard. The case should be a mid-tower so you can easily add the parts to the computer and then you motherboard and case will be compatible. The rest is pretty simple, the most difficult part is choosing a motherboard and processor.

So remember these facts to build your own computer easily:

Motherboard should be a mid-ATX with socket 478 and EIDE
Processor should be a Pentium (you should get a Pentium with at least 2.2Ghz) socket 478
Case should be a full or mid-size to support your motherboard
Then choose the drives and hardrives you want.
Also remember that your motherboard should support DDR ram, then select your ram and make sure that your motherboard supports it. (DDR333 should be compatible with your mobo)

To get an idea for the price of this computer, go to www.newegg.com and add every part and it tells you the price. For your price range, this is what you should expect:

Motherboard that supports at least 2GB of ram
Pentium 4 2.4/2.8Ghz
DVD-ROM
CD-RW Drive
Floppy
512MB DDR Ram
at least an 80GB hard drive.

P.S. Also make sure that you buy fans (most likely 80mm), cables, and make sure your case has a power supply or get one seperatly.
**If you dont understand what i just wrote, you should not make your own computer form scratch, either buy one form a retailer or go to a PC configurator (www.cyberpower.com is good) and select the parts. Hope i've been some help
 
if you want to save some money get a barebones kits. they come with a case, mobo, and psu. They can very what else they have or don't have this is good way to save money. and spend in other spots like memory, monitor, mouse and keyboard, hdds, cd-roms cd-rws, dvd-rw, dvd rom, will you get the picture. this is one of the web sites out there. http://www.baber.com/barebone-computers/barebone-cpu.htm
 
Thank you all for you input but I have a question would it be more worth my time to buy a new dell for 389 bucks that comes with....

Pentium 4 processor 2.80Ghz 1Mb L2 Cache 533Mhz FSB
Windows Xp
80 GB (7200 RPM) Hard Drive
512 MB Shared DDR SDRAM
48x CD Burner

and then just upgrade the graphic's card becuase I already have a monitor keyboard& mouse and a speaker system?

Or should I buy these parts? http://secure.newegg.com/app/ShoppingCart.asp
 
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for only $389 i would deffinetely go with the dell and upgrade the video, with those specs thats a great deal. Just make sure to upgrade the video and maybe the hard drive if you want to store a lot of games/music/videos on your computer. If you go to www.newegg.com you can get parts really cheap. Hope this helped.
 
 
Would be much better to not get stupidly-expensive-RAM in favor of a better system :) (i.e., mobo and proc)
 
well it u should probably get a amd if you looking for gaming, if your on a low budget get a socket 754, probably athlon 64 2800
 
geoff5093 said:
It all depends on what you want to get, for under $800 you can get a fairly good system, but it probably wouoldnt be a really nice gaming machine. Its not that difficult to build a computer. For example, lets say you want to get a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz processor, most likely it will be a socket 478, then look for a mid-size motherboard that supports socket 478, then your processor and motherboard will be compatible. Then look for a motherboard that supports EIDE (they all have that) so you can plug your DVD Drives and Hard Drives into your motherboard. The case should be a mid-tower so you can easily add the parts to the computer and then you motherboard and case will be compatible. The rest is pretty simple, the most difficult part is choosing a motherboard and processor.

So remember these facts to build your own computer easily:

Motherboard should be a mid-ATX with socket 478 and EIDE
Processor should be a Pentium (you should get a Pentium with at least 2.2Ghz) socket 478
Case should be a full or mid-size to support your motherboard
Then choose the drives and hardrives you want.
Also remember that your motherboard should support DDR ram, then select your ram and make sure that your motherboard supports it. (DDR333 should be compatible with your mobo)

To get an idea for the price of this computer, go to www.newegg.com and add every part and it tells you the price. For your price range, this is what you should expect:

Motherboard that supports at least 2GB of ram
Pentium 4 2.4/2.8Ghz
DVD-ROM
CD-RW Drive
Floppy
512MB DDR Ram
at least an 80GB hard drive.

P.S. Also make sure that you buy fans (most likely 80mm), cables, and make sure your case has a power supply or get one seperatly.
**If you dont understand what i just wrote, you should not make your own computer form scratch, either buy one form a retailer or go to a PC configurator (www.cyberpower.com is good) and select the parts. Hope i've been some help
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you do realize he wantst o make a gaming computer right??? If its gaming you dont want anything less then a p4 2.6ghz and you almost 100% want to go with AMD athlon 64 because they play games much much better than p4
 
Noobie21 said:
would it be more worth my time to buy a new dell for 389 bucks that comes with....

Pentium 4 processor 2.80Ghz 1Mb L2 Cache 533Mhz FSB
Windows Xp
80 GB (7200 RPM) Hard Drive
512 MB Shared DDR SDRAM
48x CD Burner

and then just upgrade the graphic's card becuase I already have a monitor keyboard& mouse and a speaker system?
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If that a dimension 3000 you might have trouble upgrading the graphic card since am pretty sure dimension 3000 dont have agp or pci-e slots.
 
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money_man said:
you do realize he wantst o make a gaming computer right??? If its gaming you dont want anything less then a p4 2.6ghz and you almost 100% want to go with AMD athlon 64 because they play games much much better than p4
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definatly an AMD
 
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