Building a PC

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by biftek

building a computer 24hrs , geez what have you been smoking , documentation who the hell needs documentation , nothing complex about building a pc , shit maybe at the start of your career you needed an electrical degree building them , but today you can train monkeys to build a pc

Mmmm, OK let me check, what am I smoking? HOLY COW! How did that get there?

Obviously you have experience and know what you're doing. Most of the PC's that I've done have basically snapped together too, no problem. But, there is always that one in X and you know what I'm talking about. I was just suggesting caution. Depending on how generic you get, I've known people to futz over just trying to put the motherboard properly in the case, trying to smash in simms backwards, bending and breaking/shorting CPU pins, puzzling over video cache settings/conflicts, trying to just swap the old drive and use it with a new controller. Without a doubt this is much easier than it used to be. I'm just saying don't count on it being a snap if you need that PC up and running the next day. I'm also saying that IT IS a great project, fun to do, and worthwhile.

[plateman]

also when you build your own unit when it comes time to upgrade to a new MB and cpu you wont need a new vendor case, what dell and hp and all the others do is have the mother board companies build a board that only fits there case(and jack the price so high its cheaper to buy another pc from them)

as far as knowing what plugs in where, when you get your MB is comes with a book that has all the specs. and any jumper options and what all the sockets are for... really the only thing that is a little tricky is all the switches and connectors with using a universal case as the wires all have single wire conectors so if you dont watch you could mix up the +/- on them..

also my first build a long time ago I spent a lot of time learning what everything meant. like there are different voltage vid cards and shit like that.. plus you can spend a lot of time learning the bios, like a AMD 2200 has a FSB of 266 so you would set the bios at 133..

but really working on a older box is really night and day compared to the newer stuff.. and if its your first build take a few days and read the MB book, look everything over trial fit stuff and ask questions as your first one can be really hard task and its really easy to fuck something up by not putting things together in proper order..