Need help with building a pc

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Hey everyone I want to build a gaming pc but i have no clue how to do it. i have seen many people on youtube do it. It looks kinda hard and I don't want to mess up any part of the pc. What should I do? Is there anyway I can get a professional to build it for me or should I just buy a pre made origin pc?
 
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Where are you from. AS most Parts stores have something like a custom builder on their website. You can just shove everything in and they will assemble it for you(for a cost most of the time)

custom built are always better
 
Stewielenor said:
Where are you from. AS most Parts stores have something like a custom builder on their website. You can just shove everything in and they will assemble it for you(for a cost most of the time)

custom built are always better
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Thanks for letting me know
 
First, let´s define these are the components you need to focus on in order to build a PC...
  • Processor
  • Mother Board
  • Memory
  • Video Card
  • Monitor
  • Mouse
  • Keyboard
  • Power Source
  • Case
Second, you need to set a budget for this...
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$500?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$1,00?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$2,00?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$5,00?
Once you set your budget we will have a much better idea of what to recommend.

Lastly, don´t pay attention to any reviews and ranking articles you will see on Google recommending parts for a gaming PC. Most of them are just affiliates trying to earn commissions from you.

Set a budget and let us know.
 
If you have no clue about what's inside the CPU box, just run to the pc store with the list of favorite games you wish to play in it, and ask them to build a pc for you.

That's the easiest way and of course there are many hard ways.
 
Roger Marquez said:
First, let´s define these are the components you need to focus on in order to build a PC...
  • Processor
  • Mother Board
  • Memory
  • Video Card
  • Monitor
  • Mouse
  • Keyboard
  • Power Source
  • Case
Second, you need to set a budget for this...
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$500?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$1,00?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$2,00?
  • Are you building a gaming PC <$5,00?
Once you set your budget we will have a much better idea of what to recommend.

Lastly, don´t pay attention to any reviews and ranking articles you will see on Google recommending parts for a gaming PC. Most of them are just affiliates trying to earn commissions from you.

Set a budget and let us know.
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My budget is any where from $1000 to $2000 . i want to use the pc for gaming and using the web/photoshop
 
I've been building my own computers for 16 years now. In fact, I just got done building a PC with my wife as we needed to build a new one for her.

When I started building PCs, I had to salvage the parts from around 15 different old PCs and make Frankenstein's computer. They were ugly and had weird issues I won't get into, but they worked. Writing a whole guide here on BHW about how to build a PC would be time-consuming as there are a lot of minute details (e.g., AMD CPUs vs Intel CPUs, Nvidia GPUs vs AMD GPUs, etc). You'll get fanboys for everything, but it's important to look into all of this to find out what's best for you.

In recent years, I've found this part picker website to be very useful as it's important to make sure the parts you choose are compatible with each other.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

You'll need to install an OS on the system as well. This is easier than it sounds; you can just load an installer on a USB drive, buy a license key for whichever OS you're planning on using, set the boot priority to the USB drive, and install it from there.

If you run into specific issues (and you probably will), you can easily look things up online as, at this juncture, everyone has run into every PC-building problem in existence and talked about it online.

As some encouragement, it is a lot easier to build a PC these days. A lot of components come with instructions to make installation easier.

Ground yourself before working on the computer as well. Literally, I mean. Touch some metal before touching any sensitive components as static shock can fry them.
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/hold-motherboard-70438.html#:~:text=A single bump might damage,ll avoid many potential problems.
 
Are you also going to be purchasing a monitor, mouse and keyboard? Or just the other stuff?
 
A pre-built system will likely be what he should get if he isn't familiar with building a PC (Unless he wants to learn how to do it).

For 1k-2k$ he should easily be able to get something good that will allow him to play games and his photoshop projects.

It is cheaper to build it yourself though and you can usually get better parts with the money saved.

What country are you in? We would likely need to search websites closer to you to see if they offer pre-built computers or parts if you plan to do it yourself.
 
Roger Marquez said:
Are you also going to be purchasing a monitor, mouse and keyboard? Or just the other stuff?
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Yes i will be getting everything from the mouse to keyboard to even the screen. I've got that part coverd tho.

Zwielicht said:
I've been building my own computers for 16 years now. In fact, I just got done building a PC with my wife as we needed to build a new one for her.

When I started building PCs, I had to salvage the parts from around 15 different old PCs and make Frankenstein's computer. They were ugly and had weird issues I won't get into, but they worked. Writing a whole guide here on BHW about how to build a PC would be time-consuming as there are a lot of minute details (e.g., AMD CPUs vs Intel CPUs, Nvidia GPUs vs AMD GPUs, etc). You'll get fanboys for everything, but it's important to look into all of this to find out what's best for you.

In recent years, I've found this part picker website to be very useful as it's important to make sure the parts you choose are compatible with each other.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

You'll need to install an OS on the system as well. This is easier than it sounds; you can just load an installer on a USB drive, buy a license key for whichever OS you're planning on using, set the boot priority to the USB drive, and install it from there.

If you run into specific issues (and you probably will), you can easily look things up online as, at this juncture, everyone has run into every PC-building problem in existence and talked about it online.

As some encouragement, it is a lot easier to build a PC these days. A lot of components come with instructions to make installation easier.

Ground yourself before working on the computer as well. Literally, I mean. Touch some metal before touching any sensitive components as static shock can fry them.
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/hold-motherboard-70438.html#:~:text=A%20single%20bump%20might%20damage,ll%20avoid%20many%20potential%20problems.
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Thanks for letting me know appreciate it
 
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The main sites I use to buy my PC parts are Newegg, amazon, ebay if you get used it will be cheaper, but sometimes you get what you pay for I would check how old the part is.
 
With that budget, anything less than i7 with 16gb ram is selling yourself short.
Plus im sure theres a few MBs supporting 32gb ram now
 
custom built is always better ... Arbico Computer best platform .
 
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