Any words of wisdom?

**tibilicus** · 06-13-2006, 18:39

Well this weekend I shoudl be taking my first brave venture and building my own pc.

I have read up on it and would liek to think that now I know pretty much the genrel esence of builiding a system but before I do any one got any words of wisdom or thigns to look out for?

Thanks

Tib

**Boohugh** · 06-13-2006, 19:10

Make sure your PSU is set to UK voltages and not US ones.

There may be a little switch on its back that changes between the two (between 240V and 115V if I remember correctly, 240V is the UK one). I made that mistake once and it fizzled then popped

. I took a look inside and most of the connectors had burnt, I was incredibly lucky no damage was done to the motherboard and other components

Goodluck making you PC, its a really rewarding thing to do when it all works out and boots up for the first time

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 06-13-2006, 21:01

Make sure the power is plugged in when you try to start it. (I've forgotten that for a few minutes several times, "OMG what is wrong why won't it turn on????")

Don't just listen for the boot-up beep when you are waiting to see if the mobo posts, some don't so make sure to connect it to a monitor as well.

**tibilicus** · 06-13-2006, 22:13

Yer hopefully I can get over the tricky bit of asembeling the motherbored.

Im hoping to spend around £650-£700 on it excluding monitor so I should be able to get a good rig for that price.

Also seeming im buying from a computer fair (most probably) Do you know how much a warranty would cost for my PC?

Thanks

Tib

**orangat** · 06-13-2006, 23:20

Wait for the Conroe. AMD is supposedly going to cut prices by 20-50%.

**LeftEyeNine** · 06-13-2006, 23:41

orangat, when was that release of Conroe 's again ? Sorry I couldn't remember which thread you talked about it.

I'll soon be gathering a list of parts to build up my Voltran. I may be looking for your advise on motherboard choice.

**Monarch** · 06-14-2006, 08:35

Originally Posted by orangat

Wait for the Conroe. AMD is supposedly going to cut prices by 20-50%.

True, but Tib isn't just buying for the fun of it, his PC is totally ruined and he can't play Rome atm, which is kinda annoying since LH needs him for our tournament team

**KukriKhan** · 06-14-2006, 03:08

...any words of wisdom or thigns to look out for?

electricity. anti-static-wristbands are your cheap friends. Often overlooked, seldom under-loved.

**Geezer57** · 06-16-2006, 15:24

Originally Posted by tibilicus

Well this weekend I shoudl be taking my first brave venture and building my own pc.

There's an excellent set of beginner's guides over at PC Stats here: http://www.pcstats.com/articlesearch...ting&sort=date
The one on assembling your own PC ( http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1444 ) would appear highly appropriate for your project.

**tibilicus** · 06-18-2006, 00:34

Well I went to the PC fair and it was incredible value. There wasn't many component stalls there but I found a custom built pc for my £625.

Basic specs:

AMD 4200+ x2, 2gb of RAM, ATI EAX1600 512mb graphics card and a ncie 200 GB HD.

Great value seeming it was better than I wanted and cheaper. And for the UK thats cheap seeming you Americans get pc's dirt cheap. :P

Still eyt to game on ti though as for some reason as soon as i opend my browser to downlaod soem anti virus software i got over 50 virus's. Also down to my dad using it when i asked him not to but anyway had to reload windows.

So will post again later on how well it handles. Oh and I even got a 1 year warranty and it came with a pimped otu case featuring Neons and a temreture gauge. :P

Anyway one happy Tibilicus.