building a computer

[marknina]

Need a new computer... thinking of building one but never attempted this before. How hard is it? And is ther a place that list what exactly I need to accomplish this.

[thekingofpain]

Welcome to our group!

There are many guides and everyone here will assist you---have alook thru here for a primer:
http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20020904/index.html
http://www17.tomshardware.com/howto/20020918/index.html

[Atomic Rooster]

Here are a two good "How to" guides to building computers.

http://www.mysuperpc.com/

http://www.daileyint.com/build/

[HeadBand]

yeah its become really easy ever since there arent a ton of jumpers on the motherboard and everything is pnp the only hard part is if you get a good heatsink and use thermal paste but if your not planning on overclocking i woulf just get a retail cpu that comes with a stock heatsink where no thermal grease is needed

[Redwolf]

Building your own computer is so easy it's almost mindless...until you start installing software. Buying components isn't a picnic either, but it can be simplified.

Juest remember:

http://www.pricewatch.com
http://www.resellerratings.com

[marknina]

thanks

[stroyal]

Since you need a new computer I assume that you already know how to program and keep one running. That part is really much harder than building one. Even picking out the parts is harder than snapping it together.

[marknina]

thats my main concern getting
the correct parts for
building

[stroyal]

Read the above mentioned sights and take it a step at a time.
Pick a processor and motherboard first,that will dictate your memory, then pick a vidio card. The rest is easy, you probably already know what you want or need for drives.
Any questions along the way, just ask here.

[stroyal]

If you post your budget, whether or not you want to overclock and what you want to do with it, I'm sure you will get plenty of suggestions.