How hard is it to build my own computer?

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

Basically,i have a Sony Vaio..couple years old Pentium 4, 2.4Ghtz blah blah blah. I want a new rig but i hear i can get a bad *** unit for less than an inferior prebuilt cost.

I have a friend with an IT degree that could help, but is it something i can do by myself...about how much dollars if i do it? I'm not a gamer but i'd like a good fast machine that will play/burn dvd and need a butt load of storage for music etc>

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[thaster 10+ year member]

its easier than hooking up an amp to a sub.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

oh yeah...those cool cold cathode cases i really love

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

its fairly easy, especially if you have someone to help u out along the way just making sure sockets match and what not

and you can get a pretty good pc w/o being a gamer for CHEAP... the gaming pcs are whats so expensive

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

just pick out the hardware u want like the motherboard, video card if your motherboard doesnt come with a built in one, RAM, sound card, case with power supply, fan, dvd drives, and i think thats it for the hardware. maybe wireless card too?

 

[shadetree 10+ year member]

yeah parts right now are as cheap as i've seen so its a great time try build.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

I doubt you could build your own CPU unless you work for like Intel or AMD //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

CPU got me confused, I thought u actualy wanted to make the processor on the computer. Putting together a computer isnt hard, building ur own CPU would require a great amount of knowledge.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

what type of computer u trying to build anyway? gaming? emails? general use?

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Its pretty **** hard to build your own Cpu FYI

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

CPU got me confused, I thought u actualy wanted to make the processor on the computer. Putting together a computer isnt hard, building ur own CPU would require a great amount of knowledge.

my bad just a complete computer

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

what type of computer u trying to build anyway? gaming? emails? general use?

general use, want road runner installed on it. no games , DVD playback/burning, lots of storage for music downloads, ooops i do play alot of online games like poker, dominoes, euchre

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

go to neweggs.com they got some nice barebone systems.

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

go to neweggs.com they got some nice barebone systems.

newegg*

and its better known for its insane amount of parts at good prices, i wouldnt order a barebones system from the egg

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

something like the pc u mention would probably cost u like 400 or so w/o monitor.