How hard is to build a computer?

• Halfslashed wrote on 2011-08-06 07:19
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 - Don't question it, just get it.
  It's what I use, and it's amazing.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-06 07:45

  Quote from Halfslashed;540559:

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 - Don't question it, just get it.
  It's what I use, and it's amazing.

  
  LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY HERE MANG.
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-06 23:03

  Quote from Applejack;536313:

  SO COMPLICATED FRIES MY BRAIN D:.
  u tell me what power supply I should get.
  CPU i5-2500k
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
  ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730
  Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148764
  HIS Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161315
  G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
  ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223
  ASUS 24X DVD Burner
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
  thanksinadvanceagain. I changed it a little and I has no idea if the 520 W will do me fine or do I have to upgrade or degrade what evar.

  
  
  Why did you pick an ancient 4000-series Radeon HD? O_o It's not much faster than the built in graphics on the CPU. >_o If you wanna go low-end, get something like the 5670 instead. I'd suggest spending a bit more on the video card, though...
  
  As for figuring out how much power you need, the simplest way is to look at the graphics card's listed power requirement. The 5670, for example, is pretty anemic, listing only 400W as the requirement. More powerful, mid-range cards typically have a requirement around 500W. These figures represent the total system power use.. estimated and hugely overblown to be on safe side. If a card lists 500W, your system will probably actually only use around 200~300 total... depending on the other components. So basically, don't worry about it... and there is no need to get something more powerful "just in case" because there is a ton of headroom already.
  
  For the PSU, I'd get either what the cat posted, or the Neo Eco 620W. It has more power than you need, but who cares. It's a high quality unit and it's fairly inexpensive.
  
  You don't need that Zalman CPU cooler.
• Cythereaa wrote on 2011-08-07 19:19

  Quote from Yoorah;518589:

  It kinda is like Lego, but it definitely won't take you 30 minutes. Expect to spend a couple hours if you want to get it done carefully, especially if it's your first time. I wouldn't say it's hard, but it can be time consuming and you have to be really careful. Mistakes can cost you a lot of money.

  
  
  
  I own my own computer business, been doing it for the last 5 years, but have 20+ years of computer experience and I can honestly say that to build you a neat, cable tied computer in about 20 minutes (average of cpu, ram, mobo, ~two opticals, ~two hdds, ~3 cards, front panels, etc etc) . It's the software that takes the longest.
  
  
  Very easy to do, very difficult to mess up.
  
  
  
  A couple pointers:
  
  
  - if you don't use an anti-static strap (which, in my EXPERIENCE, you don't really need unless you're in a ridiculously high static environment
  - when handling ram chips, handle them by the edges.... and DO NOT handle the Black chips (IC's, VERY sensitive to static electricity)
  - unless you've done this hundreds of times before, pace yourself - don't be in a rush
  - obviously, don't plug in the A/C power until you've got everything connected
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-09 06:39

  Quote from Yoorah;541309:

  Why did you pick an ancient 4000-series Radeon HD? O_o It's not much faster than the built in graphics on the CPU. >_o If you wanna go low-end, get something like the 5670 instead. I'd suggest spending a bit more on the video card, though...
  
  As for figuring out how much power you need, the simplest way is to look at the graphics card's listed power requirement. The 5670, for example, is pretty anemic, listing only 400W as the requirement. More powerful, mid-range cards typically have a requirement around 500W. These figures represent the total system power use.. estimated and hugely overblown to be on safe side. If a card lists 500W, your system will probably actually only use around 200~300 total... depending on the other components. So basically, don't worry about it... and there is no need to get something more powerful "just in case" because there is a ton of headroom already.
  
  For the PSU, I'd get either what the cat posted, or the Neo Eco 620W. It has more power than you need, but who cares. It's a high quality unit and it's fairly inexpensive.
  
  You don't need that Zalman CPU cooler.

  
  thanks. I chose that old one because I saw it on newegg as the 2nd best rated and it was Extremely cheap.
  cheapme:lol:
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-08-09 07:39
  Cases come with power supplies? Weird.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-12 01:03
  Cat/Yoorah, does this look good to you?
  Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
  ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
  Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
  SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit
  G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
  ASUS DVD Burner
  Antec NEO ECO
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-12 01:10
  Most of your links are broken, but the build seems OK, except for:
  The GTX 260 is good value for the $, but it's ancient, doesn't support DirectX 11.
  That PSU's rebate will expire in a few days. I hate rebates.
  Use this as a guide to pick depending on your price range: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964.html
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-12 01:17
  Rofl they we're working a bit ago now they aren't :(. Leme fix em.
  Fixed. Does that look right now?
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-08-12 03:35
  the build's fine
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-23 04:20
  Does this build look fine to you guis?
  I used most of Andy-Buddy's build and I upgraded a little bit on some other stuff.
  MSI 785GT-E63 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
  Western Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
  AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
  XFX HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
  Team Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model TED38192M1333HC9DC
  ASUS 24X DVD Burner
  How much power should the PSU put out? I don't know if the 380W one that He put works or doesn't work with the upgraded graphics card.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-24 01:48
  Bump. Sorry if this isn't allowed I'm just trying to get an answer since this is a pretty old thread.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-25 02:32
  Can someone help me?
• Mystickskye wrote on 2011-08-25 05:46
  The 6870 pulls 151W max. Anandtech's test system pulls 301W at load, I think you'll be okay with a 380W PSU as long as it's good quality.
• Applejack wrote on 2011-08-25 07:56
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033 Dis do fine?