Hi,

Can anyone give me a website that tells me everything I need (Motherboards etc) to build my own PC please? What do you think about building your own PC? Is it cheaper then buying one of the shelf?


Thanks in advance.

Hi Henryutd, building your own pc is definatly beneficial. I've built every computer I've ever owned, and about 2000 others as well.

If you buy one of those dell / hp / ibm packages you see at harvery norman around they may appear cheaper - but you can't upgrade the pc easily. (i've built many of these as well).

As you're in australia, I can point you in direction of many a good website. The best of which is www.auspcmarket.com.au - next day delivery anywhere in australia - awesome servers and huge range. prices include delivery.

www.staticice.com.au is a good way to find the cheapest prices

what you need to build your own computer is simple.

Motherboard (aka Mainboard)
CPU - make sure the socket is the same as the Motherboard
RAM (aka Memory) - again, make sure you are getting the right one for the motherboard
Video Card
Case
Powersupply - this is a big one, you need to make sure you are getting enough power.
Hard drive - most websites in australia refer to this as "Storage"
Floppy drive
CD/DVD drive - get a dvd burner - they're just as cheap

Most motherboards come with onboard sound, but I would recommend you get a sound card as well - better quality, and better for games.

As GaRHaR says-- it depends on HOW you view "cheaper"-- short-term or long-term. An off-the-shelf PC is easy/convenient right now... but for upgrades-- forget it --you end up having to replace half the parts anyway... because they use the minimum necessary for EVERYTHING.
A PC you build lets YOU control exactly how much it costs now AND later because --if you buy quality now... it's both easier and cheaper to upgrade later on. You don't NEED a new power supply to add the second video-card or more peripherals... because you put 600w into it in the 1st place.The parts are of better quality to begin with so you'll probably have fewer problems in general... and they'll last longer. You can stretch-out the overall life of your machine because you used those top-notch parts --and if something should fail... you can fix it yourself... and you GOT those higher-quality better-performing parts for MUCH cheaper that you would have paid for that same level from a pre-built machine-- because you can shop anywhere and choose carefully.

You go, ih8bills!! Mine isn't perfect right now, built built by me, I know I can fix it.. and it has a lot of room to spare!

Should listen to my own quote, eh? Not the best keyboardist in the world and a funky spacebar... yes, 'keyboardist'... a typist just does words... a keyboardist soars!

Be well!

Thinking of buying new graphics card and buying some more ram. How do I know if I'm going to have enough power supply for the graphics card, which is GeForce 7600 GT? I'm using everest to find all this info about my computer but when I opened my computer, I only found 2 slots for Ram but everest says that I've got 4 DDR DIMM slots (2x 256 installed atm). I want to get 1gb RAM, should I move one of the 256 mb ram?