building a PC

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:17

is there a list somewhere of everything you would need to build a PC from scratch (ive never done it before

)

btw i dont need get an 8800 etc. as i know that lot. so far i can think of:

GFXcard
CPU (dose this come with a stock heatsink etc.?)
HDD ( i am going to re use mine tough

)
sound card (got allready)
MB
PSU
case
dvd/da drives

what else?

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:20

lol i forgot the RAM o0

well im looking @ http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-004-OK (+ that ram again to get 4GB)

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:22

well i ment if u have never done it before, like do u need that thermal paste etc.

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:23

would you recommend 4gb?
would u recommend 64bit vista ?

or should i stick with 2gb (would 3 run better?) and 32bit?

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:27

supernova9 said:
if you want to overclock it (which you should),

Not this build, maby next time i want to be able to build it first

i dont trust myself with overclocking yet

[PTG]shogun · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:30

i have vista 32 so would 2GB be fine? @ the mo i have 2GB DDR on my P4 3.2 and i doesnt seem to set to any realy high percentage of use