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yeh its true and altho you can sometimes get prebuilts cheap they usually hide the parts they skimp on, psu, motherboard

ocuk atleast list every part they put in it, so u know where they are skimping^^
 
Some trepidation is inevitable, but as people say it's not that complicated. Of course no one can force you to build your own, but it's only natural to be a little apprehensive when doing stuff like this with no prior experience, the reason people will try to nudge you into going for it is because we've all been on the noob side saying "Maybe next time", but we were damn glad that we took the plunge when we did.

Of course there is no guarantee you'll get it right, you could screw it up, that's life, being prudent is good to avoid bad things happening, but prudence can turn to a crippling worry about what might go wrong with so many things. As someone said, start a build thread and if you feel the need to double, triple check as you go, do just that. If you really can't bring yourself to do it that is of course no problem, I just wanted to say that any anxiety you might feel over trying it is natural and in a peculiar sort of way part of the fun, and that if you go for it, you should feel quite chuffed in the end, I know I did, even though it is quite sometime since I first started tinkering.

I doubt I would provide much feedback as there are others far more competent, and if there is real doubt about doing it, take the pre-build route and don't think twice. I just wanted to mention that the uncertainty is par for the course and that once you get that monkey off your back with the first build, you'll be flying.

tldr: Of course you shouldn't feel forced, but you should feel encouraged and perhaps even slightly pressured to do something like this that will benefit you in the long run.
 
Ok you guys have twisted my arm, Im going to try and build my pc from scratch. I get a cheque from the tax man in less than 2 weeks, so ill probs buy all the parts then. what kind of tools will i need and how long do you think it will take me to build once i have all the parts?

Once again thanks to everyone, You were all very helpful and mature.
 
Tools: Hands, fingers, posidriver (small, medium and large).
Time: Depends. For your build, about 2-4 hours. Plus any reading. The hardest part for me was the tiny front panel connectors but the manual for the motherboard should see you right for that.

As it goes I managed mine in about 6 hours over two evenings between cooking, toilet breaks (read ciggies), life in general etc. but it shouldn't really take too much of your life.

It takes longer to install the operating system and updates really.

There'll be plenty of help here if you need it though and once you're done you'll never be afraid to do it again. I know I'm not!
 
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Ok you guys have twisted my arm, Im going to try and build my pc from scratch. I get a cheque from the tax man in less than 2 weeks, so ill probs buy all the parts then. what kind of tools will i need and how long do you think it will take me to build once i have all the parts?

Once again thanks to everyone, You were all very helpful and mature.
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I hope that video walkthrough was helpful :)

Two weeks is plenty of time to do a little light homework on building. All you really need is a philips head screwdriver, magnetic is handy to keep the screws on the tip ;) Some cases are tooless by design, so all you really need do is screw down the mobo. It's hard to say exactly how long it would take you but you probably are looking at a couple of days/weekend. Not just to do the build but get the OS on and do updates, install the software\games you want etc. Even a prebuild would need a little tinkering to get it how you want it.

People will suggest anti-static wriststraps but I've never used one in well over a decade and never had any problems. Ground yourself before you touch the components either on the case or a radiator in the house.

The offers here change weekly (on the wed), apart from the today only offers obviously. So my spec above might not be the best bang for buck for when you are able to buy. Any more questions fire away, when you are ready to buy we can have another crack at doing a spec taking the offers into account :)
 
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I hope that video walkthrough was helpful :)

Two weeks is plenty of time to do a little light homework on building. All you really need is a philips head screwdriver, magnetic is handy to keep the screws on the tip ;) Some cases are tooless by design, so all you really need do is screw down the mobo. It's hard to say exactly how long it would take you but you probably are looking at a couple of days/weekend. Not just to do the build but get the OS on and do updates, install the software\games you want etc. Even a prebuild would need a little tinkering to get it how you want it.

People will suggest anti-static wriststraps but I've never used one in well over a decade and never had any problems. Ground yourself before you touch the components either on the case or a radiator in the house.

The offers here change weekly (on the wed), apart from the today only offers obviously. So my spec above might not be the best bang for buck for when you are able to buy. Any more questions fire away, when you are ready to buy we can have another crack at doing a spec taking the offers into account :)
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Thank you my friend, when im ready to buy ill make sure to hunt you out again to give me some advice :D .
 
No worries, I can be contacted via trust on here or by msn which has a little link under my details on the far left but you'll find lots of helpful guys around and it's always nice to get a second opinion :)

I've just noticed my suggested GPU has shot up to £180 and my mate idlemans choice now makes more sense.....so my spec already needs tinkering with. We can worry about the exact spec in a couple of weeks though.

I hope you didn't feel bullied into doing the build. It can be a lot of fun, if you know nothing about computers think of them as a car. The CPU is the engine, 1Ghz is 1Litre and cpu cores are cyclinders. The MOBO is the chassis, a better chassis can handle more power and has more advanced gadgets/technology. RAM is the fuel, you have the capacity but also the speed it's being pumped into the engine and obviously the HDD is the boot, the bigger it is the more junk you can fill it with lol

Start by looking for a case you like.....after all you have to sit next to the thing. I imagine £50ish could be allotted to the case, anymore you will start to hurt the rest of the spec. I'm more than happy to try and explain why i chose everything I did in my spec but I fear I have already waffled enough lol

We can show you how to post a basket (like I did) if you'd like, I really look forward to seeing what you put together :D
 
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