Getting Custom Built PC

[Harrison]

I'm just waiting for the new ATi DX10 cards to be released this month then it will be great. AMD processors and the new AMD owned ATi graphics cards. Perfect.

You beat the PC I just listed for a better price using Intel CPUs!

Don't get me wrong, if I were going to build a new PC without a fixed budget, at the moment I would probably go for a Quad Core Intel CPU and a nVidia DX10 card, but for a lower budget more realistic system AMD are still the much better option for price to performance. Also Athlon 64 CPUs are very reliable and run much cooler than anything Intel produce so end up creating a much quieter system.

[Toasty667]

Cheers for all that! My problem is at the moment I have very little knowledge of hardware so that's why I thought I'd ask. It doesnt need to be a major gaming rig as I need to run games that my current machine is capable of but those specs are very good, so cheers again for the info.

On a side note me and a friend were playing Doom deathmatches over a wireless LAN the other day using my fathers computer and we forgot how much fun it is.

[Harrison]

Doom is definitely still a great game for pure out and out shooting action. Because it is so simple and fast paced it still works well.

As for building a PC. If you did want to do this I, and some of the other here, would be more than happy to walk you though the process and answer any questions as you build it.

As I said before, building a PC isn't actually that hard, but it is a daunting task for anyone who hasn't ever tried. The biggest thing most people worry about is installing the CPU into the motherboard, and the motherboard into the case. These steps are actually very simple, and made even easier with the retail AMD Althlon CPUs as they come with their heatsink which is very easy to install and connect to the motherboard.

With building a PC it is just a set of simple steps you need to do in the correct order and everything is then straight forward.

As I said, if you did want to go ahead and give building your own PC a try then I would be more than happy to answer any questions before and during the process. And with the main site's live chat, if you were to get stuck you could talk directly with the rest of us about anything.

[Toasty667]

Cheers thats great. Will take me a while to get the funds and the time I need for all this but I'll defo give it some consideration.

[Harrison]

Well if it is going to take you some time before you are ready to reconsider it then let me know at the time because hardware prices and the actual components change very quickly so you might even be able to build an even better system by the time you can afford to.