supra steveo Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 anyone want to throw me a bone? i havent got a clue its got to be really good to play battlefield 2 on and that is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Building a PC is quite easy. It's knowing which components to use and making sure not to damage them thats hard. Might just be easier to find a custom/blue print PC builder and spec a machine for them to make. That way you could get a decent warrenty too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Just make sure you don't short anything with screws in stupid places. Depending on your case you may not be able to put a screw in EVERY hole of the motherboard. That's the most common mistake we see. Last week we had an engineer customer who complained about build quality and wanted to build his own. He took £3000 of components and moaned like a b@stard that they didn't work. He'd fitted the board incorrectly and shorted it, even worse he'd dragged it along the post screws and damaged tracks on the board. It was a special Supermicro server board we can't get swapped for two weeks. Tw@t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabs Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 building a PC is much like modding a car - once you start you just can't stop - you'll be buying more and more and more :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 anyone want to throw me a bone? i havent got a clue its got to be really good to play battlefield 2 on and that is all Whats your budget Just make sure you don't short anything with screws in stupid places. Depending on your case you may not be able to put a screw in EVERY hole of the motherboard. That's the most common mistake we see. Last week we had an engineer customer who complained about build quality and wanted to build his own. He took £3000 of components and moaned like a b@stard that they didn't work. He'd fitted the board incorrectly and shorted it, even worse he'd dragged it along the post screws and damaged tracks on the board. It was a special Supermicro server board we can't get swapped for two weeks. Tw@t Blimey thats an expensive mistake. I like my case, it has a detachable motherbaord tray, it makes testing and building so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I used this thread on overclockers to help me a bit - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17530296 Never done one before and only needed a small bit of help from the father in law (more to make sure that I wasn't doing something stupid). Like Pete says, be careful of the motherboard and make sure you dont use any pressure when putting the CPU in. Otherwise just take your time and refer to the manuals that you have. Oh make sure you earth yourself every now and then. I did it for Battlefield 2 as well and am very happy. Looking forward to Call of Duty 4 now Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 just will be buying a piece per month, about £150 a month if i can and i am only going to use it for gaming only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Its not that bad the manuals are very well written and just follow the instructions. The first time I built a PC I was about 10. Just RTFM as well as the 5 P's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 With prices these days I wouldn't bother. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pent64-Dual-Core-5-6Ghz-2GB-250GB-7200TC-512MB-XBlade_W0QQitemZ110174975663QQihZ001QQcategoryZ179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and stick a decent graphics card in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 My PC would have cost me well over 2500 to buy in shops got it for 1400 building it my self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabs Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 just will be buying a piece per month, about £150 a month if i can and i am only going to use it for gaming only Surely at that rate the first part you buy will be out of date/superseeded by the time the PC is completed? I'd just save the £150 a month, then buy the PC bits all in 1 go - that way you'll get the best you can at that point in time, and if any of the components are faulty/no-good then you can take them back straight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 start off with a good bundle. i'll be going for this one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-045-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat= although i'm not building my pc with gaming in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Surely at that rate the first part you buy will be out of date/superseeded by the time the PC is completed? I'd just save the £150 a month, then buy the PC bits all in 1 go - that way you'll get the best you can at that point in time, and if any of the components are faulty/no-good then you can take them back straight away. good point. my pc has a AGP card in it i wanted to go down the pci-e route and stick a few in to get really good graphics, hang on will go get the graphics card spec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayssupra Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I use this site, there very cheap. http://www.mpc-direct.com/_new/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 so if i went and bought this then am i right in saying all i need is grapics cards, a psu, a harddrive and a tower to put it in ? http://www.mpc-direct.com/_new/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=1801 have i missed anything ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 have i missed anything ? cooling fans and CD/DVD thats about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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