MCvengros24
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Hi, I was thinking about building my own computer instead of buying one for 1600 dollars. I'm almost positve I can do this a lot cheaper myself. I'm pretty good with computers (fix and upgraded many peoples computers) and ive been working on them for years. However, Ive never built my own from scratch but I'm positive I can do it, If i was told what to buy and get some advice. I'm really just not sure what will all work together or fit in a case. So let me start off with what I want:
A very fast computer or possibly a gaming rig. The looks have to be nice since its in my room (some nice lights and all that like alienware or velocity). Since I work at a retail store I can get my hands on theI Intel® Pentium® D processor 820 and Intel® Desktop Board D945PSN (with XP proffesional) for 215 bucks guarenteed. I'm pretty set on that since that will save me a ton of money and the performance is pretty good. I basically will need a sweet ass case that will for sure fit this motherboard (I'm not sure how to tell) and I hear the pentium d's get hot, so the case needs to have good airflow. Also I want atleast 1 GB of ram, 2 GB preffered, I already have a couple of hard drives but i was considering buying one with RAID if it is even compatable...so i also will probably need sound card, video card, power supply that will run all of this with plenty of wattage left for upgrades, additional fans for cooling or any other cooling devices (light up ones hopefully ) And I think that's all inless I'm missing anything or you guys can suggest anything. I already own a 19 inch LCD monitor and keyboard and mouse, so this is just the computer itself I need to buy...The price range is prefferably under 1,000 dollars but might be able to extend it. I would also like the ability to have a TV tuner down the road. Thanks.
A very fast computer or possibly a gaming rig. The looks have to be nice since its in my room (some nice lights and all that like alienware or velocity). Since I work at a retail store I can get my hands on theI Intel® Pentium® D processor 820 and Intel® Desktop Board D945PSN (with XP proffesional) for 215 bucks guarenteed. I'm pretty set on that since that will save me a ton of money and the performance is pretty good. I basically will need a sweet ass case that will for sure fit this motherboard (I'm not sure how to tell) and I hear the pentium d's get hot, so the case needs to have good airflow. Also I want atleast 1 GB of ram, 2 GB preffered, I already have a couple of hard drives but i was considering buying one with RAID if it is even compatable...so i also will probably need sound card, video card, power supply that will run all of this with plenty of wattage left for upgrades, additional fans for cooling or any other cooling devices (light up ones hopefully ) And I think that's all inless I'm missing anything or you guys can suggest anything. I already own a 19 inch LCD monitor and keyboard and mouse, so this is just the computer itself I need to buy...The price range is prefferably under 1,000 dollars but might be able to extend it. I would also like the ability to have a TV tuner down the road. Thanks.