Build Your Own Computer! What you need to know.
Sep 13, 2014
Build Your Own Computer!
What you need to know.
Hardware you’ll need
Case• Power
Supply• Fans
Mother-board
CPU• Heatsink
RAM(memory
)
Hard Drive
OpticalDrives• CD-RW• DVD-RW• Blu-Ray
Computer Case
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Make sure your case fits your motherboard!
ATX, 12 x 9.6Mini-ATX, 11.2 x 8.2Micro-ATX, 9.6 x 9.6
Does it come with a power supply?
How much power?http://www.journeysystems.co
m/?power_supply_calculatorHow many molex and how
many SATA connectors does the power supply have?
Does it come with case fans?What size? Inflow and outflow!
Molex Power SATA Power
Motherboard
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What form factor?
ATX?Mini-ATX?Micro-ATX?
What socket size?
Intel?1366 i7775
AMD?AM2AM3
Maximum RAM?SATA & IDE?Expansion slots?
PCIPCIEAGP
Onboard Video?
CPU/HEATSINK
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Intel or AMD processor?How many gigahertz?Dual Core or Quad Core?Heatsink included, or purchase separately?Do you want to overclock?
RAM/Memory
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How many slots in the motherboard?What’s the maximum per slot?How much do you really need???DDR2 or DDR3?
Hard Drives
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IDE or SATA?Refurbished?How large do I need?
80 gb—Surfing/Word160 gb—Photos250 gb—Music files500 gb-1 tb—Movies
How MANY do I need?Redundancy is key!
Internal or external?
RAID solutions
Optical Drives
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DVD-RWReads and writes CD’s and DVD’s$25SATA or IDE?
Blu-ray burner$180SATA
Operating SystemsWindows XP?
Windows Vista?Windows 7?
Linux Ubuntu?Linux Fedora?
Where to buy?
http://www.newegg.comhttp://www.geeks.comhttp://www.tigerdirect.comhttp://www.ebay.com
Best Freebie Software
Antivirus •AVG Free OR•Avira Antivir
Defrag •Iobit Smart Defrag•Auslogics Disk Defrag
VirusRemoval •Malwarebytes’ Antimalware
•Super Antispyware
Cleanup •Ccleaner•Iobit Advanced System Care
Backup•Macrium Reflect