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If you can do basic stuff like this then you should be capable of building your very own gaming machine. I'm no expert and only recently built myself a PC (i'm in the process of building another one at the end of the month) and found it quite easy but at first i was scared i'd mess something up.
> Silent Assasin do you have some sort of experience in buildings PC's?
Hey i just answered your question without seeing it!
Most things will only go in one place, and if they will fit in more than one, chances are it doesn't matter which you choose.
> Its a cross between Lego and Mecanno.
Everything is just pretty much "plug into the correct slot"....
> You don't even need experience to do it.
>
> Most things will only go in one place, and if they will fit in more
> than one, chances are it doesn't matter which you choose.
it does matter in a way though, besides your manuals will tell which is the correct way to insert cards and cables.
> it does matter in a way though, besides your manuals will tell which
> is the correct way to insert cards and cables.
How does it?
Spazzy voice:
"UMMM...there are 4 PCI slots and this is a PCI card...where do I put it?"
ANY OF THEM.
The only other things are IDE sockets and RAM sockets, but anyone with half a brain will put the RAM in left-to-right (Although I think it will actually work regardless of slots in some motherboards) and the Hard Drive and Secondary IDE connectors are clearly colour-coded as to which one to use for what.
Building a PC really is very simple.
90% of the components will only go in one place
with 9% of the remaining parts it won't matter where you insert them if there's more than one slot, with the extra 1% being the exception to this rule, and even this is either clearly colour-coded, marked, or explained in the manual, as you said.
> Ghoul, how much do you know about PC's and the workings of them. Can
> you install graphic/sound cards, cd-rom's etc?
>
> If you can do basic stuff like this then you should be capable of
> building your very own gaming machine. I'm no expert and only recently
> built myself a PC (i'm in the process of building another one at the
> end of the month) and found it quite easy but at first i was scared
> i'd mess something up.
If i am honest all i ever fitted in a pc was ram and it doesnt get much simpler than that allthough i would like to build myself a system in the future.
the pc i want this time however would contain very expensive components such as 256mb geforce fx5900 and the like so if i was to make a mistake building a system like that it could be very costly indeed and i can only afford to buy this system once as i am not likely to be able to afford it again :(
having said that i have been boosted by the fact that you guys have had good experiences with building your own systems and will definately have a go myself all be it with some smaller specs in the future