I Need A New Computer.

notamember wrote: »

To OP: I've been looking at building my own computer too, and I haven't done it before either. This is what I've always been told:

1. Like others have said, it's fairly easy to build your own if you're careful. Building a computer is like a jigsaw puzzle: it's pretty easy to understand what goes where. However, making certain simple mistakes could do some serious damage, so you have to be careful. (Think of it as a jigsaw puzzle that costs a lot of money to replace instead of a simple jigsaw puzzle...)

2. Research what you need, especially the compatibility. It'd be pretty embarrassing to order a CPU and mobo that can't go together...

3. If you can, get a (IRL) friend to help. Sure, people online can help a lot, but nothing's better than having a living, breathing person you can trust helping you right before your very eyes.

Also, if you don't know how to get the DxDiag to run: (assuming you're using XP)
1. Go to the start menu. (If you don't know that this is, rage quit now.)
2. Click on "Run". (Should be below Help and Support and the Search option...)
3. A small window prompt should appear; type "dxdiag" into the dialog box. (Note: you can start many apps/programs on your computer using this dialog box...)
4. A window should appear with a list of specs. There should be a button towards the bottom that says "Save All Information". Click it. (It might take a second for everything to load up; be patient.)
5. Your computer should ask you what to save the dxdiag .txt file as/where. Save it where you can find it easily. (Hopefully you have a somewhat organized file system...)
6. Open the .txt file and copy everything inside. (easy; not EVERYTHING is needed, but just copy all of it to make sure you get what IS needed...)
7. Paste the info in a PM to one of these experts here; they'll know much more about the specs than I will, I just know how to do this... (Yes, I don't know that much about PC's... yet...)
8. Thank me for saving you the time and effort of searching for a tutorial for how to do this. (this is the only optional step...)
9. Celebrate by playing Crossfire! (You totally deserve it...)

Thanks for the help btw, I already knew how to run DxDiag because someone asked me for my specs before when my crossfire wasn't working properly xD

Now Im off to play crossfire and open my 10 free M14 EBR crates

nachoooooooh wrote: »

buy this pc

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-m3910-2-refurbished-desktop-pc-08623411-pdt.html

but a gt 440 or something will only be £350 together

nachoooooooh wrote: »

do you want me to choose parts for like 400?

nachoooooooh wrote: »

can you build?