So recently ingame when people have been saying they want to buy a new computer i will say why not build one, so I’ve decided to make a spec list for all price ranges and you guys can defiantly PM me if you need any more help. We’ll start with lowest price first and go up from there. The goal for ALL of these systems it to be able to run games at as close to max quality as possible. All of these will have excel spreadsheet with links in them also linked to google docs so anyone can view.
EDIT: Instead of putting the actual specs in the post I will only do links and attachments to the spreadsheets.
These builds are more guidelines post or PM me if you want to change something.
Recommendations (for monitors, keyboards, mice)
Monitors:
High End ($500+) : Any Dell Ultrasharp Monitor
Medium End (150+) : ASUS VH247, Samsung BH2430H
Low End (150-) : ASUS VE228H, Samsung BX2301
For mice and keyboards I personally like Logitech for both and Apple keyboard for keyboard
First I would like to say Motherboards generally come with instructions for building a computer so if you need help on something that I haven’t explained here read that. It would be in the manual.
BTW you will need a screwdriver I think #2 if I remember correctly. Its also helpful to have needle nose pliers in case one of the screws drops into the case and is hard to get out. Before you put any parts in you should touch a bare metal (has no paint on it) part of the case to get static electricity out of your body.
Well unbox everything
Seat the Power Supply in the case and screw it in.
When taking the motherboard out leave it on top of the sleeve it came in (the shiny one) it helps to prevent it from being shocked, also get off the carpet and take your socks off. Get the motherboard prepared put the cpu in it buy lifting the little lever on the motherboard and make sure to set it in the right way it wont fit if you dont. Put the CPU Fan on that came with it. If there is not any paste on the bottom of it (looks silvery) go pick up some arctic silver and that ll do the trick, the stock fans usually have it already. Seat the RAM in there are 2 white things that you need to lift up in order to seat it in, and they will lock into place onto the sides of the RAM. Also there is a little metal plate that you will have to install in the back of the case, just pop the old one out and put the new one in so the motherboard will fit right.
There are some standoffs that you will have to put in the case… they are kind of a bronze color. Just put these in for the size of your motherboard
Put the motherboard on the standoffs and line it up with the back shield (metal plate) and screw it into the standoffs
Now would be a good time to put the hard drives and optical drives in. Follow the directions from the case to pop the front plates off and insert them and screw them in also.
Put the Video Card in… make sure to remove little metal back panels or it wont go in right or be able to output video or anything.
Time to wire… Just plug the cables in where they go. SATA is like a little L and all the others should make sense. The case has things for the front pannel controls make sure you read the directions on the motherboard on where to place them. Molex is for fans.
Now plug the Power Supply in and turn the switch on the back of it on, on older power supplies you would have to choose voltage if you have one of those then filp it to the correct voltage. Turn on the computer. If it doesnt turn on ill help troubleshoot if you post or PM me.
Nice recommendations. I wonder why none of your graphic cards are Nvidia? The difference between the i5 and the i7 is very small. Cost vs performance, the i5 wins.
Cool stuff, but to each is own. I would change a few things for my own builds.
Flaw in your building process . you don’t always get heatsink gel/Thermal grease (people use different names) when you get a new processor (CPU) so best to check it and if you don’t have go to your local PC shop an they usually have some
Also the little screws can become annoying when u fitting pc so have some long ended plyers (dont know if they have a special name) also when buidling pc touch the case before u plug things in because static can mess things up , another thing on the back of the psu (power supply unit) and make sure the switch is set to right voltage.
(if Sipjca research is correct then don’t worry) Stock fans don’t always fit into the case so. just a warning i’ve had this problem had to buy another fan Zalman make and its massive but my pc is always cool
Another thing i would recommend is that if your case has a place for another internal fan then i would advise to get one.
i know with some HDD’s don’t know about sata connections but the IDE cabled HDD’s u might have to set the pins on the back of them for master/slave or cable select
Last but not least try not to leave pc components out of the silver case thingy , that bag helps keep them form getting static .
I’m not the best at building pc’s and ive only ever worked with older pcs tbh and a few new ones so don’t depend on my advice it might not be completely right.
Yes all of what you said is true I did the tutorial really quickly (to get ack to playing minecraft)… ill update it later today. Yes needlenose pliars are very handy if you don’t have small hands, when working on the motherboard you should leave it on top of the elctrostatic bag it came in and take your socks off and try to he off carpet. And for the hard drive they are pretty much all SATA now as it is faster, but if you’re working on an older computer you would have to set pins on the hard drive itsself for master or slave. Modern (Efficent) power supplies choose the correct voltage automatically.
No problem mate , i didnt mean to show u up or offend you, your guide is simple an easy to read just thought u might wanna add things to it. and yer needlenose pliars come in handy with me as when im trying to get cables and screws in the (im not bragging ) but i have small ish hands but the muscle on my hand can get in the way so cant get my hand in tight spots Also if ur wondering why ur pc wont turn on some psu’s have a on/off switch so make sure its set to on
