Building for the first time....

bigdavecox1990 · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:18

Right guys, where to start?

burtie · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:22

By selecting the parts maybe? Or do you already have them?

mattyA · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:32

by getting a budget?

bigdavecox1990 · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:32

burtieb1 said:
By selecting the parts maybe? Or do you already have them?

No, don't have a clue mate.

Don't know where to start or what I need.

Smackey Omp · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:35

You need to specifcy your budget and what you want out of the system (i.e. what you'll be using it for). That way, these guys will be able to sort you out.

bigdavecox1990 · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:41

Smackey Omp said:
You need to specifcy your budget and what you want out of the system (i.e. what you'll be using it for). That way, these guys will be able to sort you out.

Well I'm not really sure what a sensible budget would be...?

All I use it for is listening to music, browsing the web and playing Football Manager.

ro55o · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:42

bigdavecox1990 said:
Right guys, where to start?

Give us a budget.

Tell us what you want from the PC, i.e. gaming, encoding...

Whether or not you need an operating system (windows vista).

Do you need a monitor.

Any peripherals, keyboard, mouse etc.

Also will you want to overclock?

ro55o · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:43

bigdavecox1990 said:
Well I'm not really sure what a sensible budget would be...?

All I use it for is listening to music, browsing the web and playing Football Manager.

For that you don't need a powerful PC, but would you think you'd be playing any new games that come out?

bigdavecox1990 · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:48

ro55o said:
For that you don't need a powerful PC, but would you think you'd be playing any new games that come out?

Don't play games on PC as I have a PS3 and 360, it's only Football Manager that I play.

burtie · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:49

bigdavecox1990 said:
No, don't have a clue mate.

Don't know where to start or what I need.

Read this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17883751

You'll need some idea of how much your going to spend to start with.

ro55o · 19 Mar 2009 at 11:09

bigdavecox1990 said:
Don't play games on PC as I have a PS3 and 360, it's only Football Manager that I play.

Well it doesn't need to be much to run footy manager, even on board graphics will be more than enough. It's a CPU dependant game, the intel 5200 will be enough.

Do you need a monitor, keyboard, mouse?