Recent content by Ben McKinlay

OK, cool :)

Cool :). It's just a shame it puts me about £30 over-budget, which since I only get £5 pocket money a week, puts me back a bit :(. As an alternative, can you host a website from a NAS and would that be better more my needs (which is basically hosting a small website)? I think you can using...

Re: Hi Cool, thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

OK. I won't be using this computer as a day to day computer so I wasn't sure if I needed the better RAM or not. Thanks for the advice on the hard drive. For the PSU, would something like the Corsair 430 Watt CX430 V2 Builder Series 80 Plus Power Supply work?

Re: Hi I did create a post in the hardware section, http://www.computerforums.org/forums/hardware/building-computer-218093.html to ask if the components I chose were good enough and if they were compatible. The enjoying the programming, the book I'm learning makes it really easy and fun to...

Hi, I was looking into self-hosting a website. I'm only expecting very small traffic, maybe a couple of visits a day. Since the expected traffic is so small, it doesn't seem worth paying for hosting. I know I can get hosting for free on things like X10 Hosting, but I would prefer a little more...

You might want to learn programming too, and Linux. Linux: Beginners: Learn Linux (Linux Reviews) For programming, I would recommend learning Python first, cos it's simple to learn but also powerful. I'm using Invent with Python. I think the best way to learn about the computers themselves is...

Hello. I am planning on building a computer to use as a web/file server and am hoping for some advice. I want the build to be as cheap as possible while still delivering a decent performance. The website I'm planning on hosting isn't expected to get much traffic, so I don't need huge amounts of...

Hi. I'm Ben, pleased to meet you. I've loved technology for a while now (I have some pictures of a four year old me playing on a computer). I'm currently learning programming using Python and I'm wanting to build my own computer. There's no need to bore you all with my life story, so I'll stop...