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How to build a computer by Joshper85

"awesome"

How I did it: 3 days finding matching components right power and connections etc.

1 day of building and putting an operating system 
ram, video card mother board, cpu, power supply and case must all match to have an easy day or else you will be making exchanges or breaking things.

Lessons & tips: have patience 

Resources: newegg.com awesome read the reviews very helpful


 

Sep 15, 12:35AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer



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    odai123

    Just to say that I can 2 months ago

    I know a fair amount about computers, and I’ve messed with them plenty. This is a fairly straight-forward goal, so I’ll say this: you can, for $1400-2000, build a computer that would cost over $5000 from a retailer. So I want to build the best computer possible for $2000, and I want to do it by the time I’m 20.

    Aug 22, 03:31PM PDT | 0 comments


    mysticmage321 wondering if he will ever do any of these.

    Plan 8 months ago

    I graduate this May and start gradschool immediately after graduating. My gradschool program is entirely online, so to have a good working computer is important. Also, my current computer is nearly dead. Only the internet works on it any more and its entirely hardware related. One other editional motivating factor is that I am giong to grad school for Information Technology, and it would help increase my understanding of computers if I built one myself.

    Mar 08, 03:42PM PDT | 0 comments


    TechKat

    Untitled 15 months ago

    Messing with laptops is fun.

    Aug 11, 2008, 08:53PM PDT | 0 comments


    whitemike825

    Build a computer. 15 months ago

    I want to do this for a couple reasons:

    -To say that I’ve done it (and to learn more.)

    -After seeing other people’s home built machines, they far out do any Dell or Gateway that you buy and can be made by you for cheaper, so why not?

    Jul 31, 2008, 07:07AM PDT | 0 comments


    zzman

    Just bought one instead 17 months ago

    Too busy and/or lazy i guess

    Jun 01, 2008, 10:50AM PDT | 0 comments


    gofishgo

    Untitled 17 months ago

    Specs:

    AMD Athlon X2 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
    Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H Socket AM2 Motherboard
    750 GB Hard Drive running Windows XP
    4 GB RAM

    I’m marking this as done because she’s up and running, but I will continue tweaking, so this will really be ongoing.

    May 22, 2008, 11:35AM PDT | 0 comments


    Andrew

    Black Friday PC 23 months ago

    I bought the parts from newegg.com There were better deals on Cyber Monday. Specs: 3.0 GHZ Athlon 64 X2. 2GB RAM. 500 GB HD ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro. 20” LCD. Cost: about $900

    Dec 10, 2007, 08:17AM PST | 0 comments


    notfreelance

    server 2 years ago

    i built a file server over the summer.
    it is running ubuntu 7.04 and streams my content where ever i go.

    amd64 1.8ghz processor
    2GB ram
    2TB raid

    Nov 10, 2007, 07:37PM PST | 0 comments


    SchnozBott

    hello computer 2 years ago

    it is a small god under my desk

    Sep 15, 2007, 11:24AM PDT | 0 comments


    jgeek87

    soon I will try 2 years ago

    I have really been getting into computers lately, and I want to build my own computer I have watched a million tutorials have the tools and researched the parts I am about ready.

    Jul 09, 2007, 06:13PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


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