Building A Custom Comp

I was wondering if anyone could help me on building a custom computer and if someone had a some sort of guide to learn on what o look for in each part. Also i was wondering if i needed any other parts than. . .
Case
Mother Board
CPU
GFX card
Sound Card
PSU
Hard drive
CD Drive
DVD Drive
Cooling Unit
RAM
Floppy(optional)

Then just the normal outside stuff. anyways thanks for all the help

 

To know what to look for comes time and learning.

For the parts wait for some one like diablo or .Defuzion or XMasterX.

My suggestion is to get a 7900GT GFX card

and also what is the build limit? USD? or CAD?

 

price range

means of usage (PS, gaming, etc)

living in the US?

tell us this, and we can tell you alot...

 

Hes probably going for gaming, since he wants a GFX card but i could be wrong.

 

exactly. I'll wait for him to post, then we'll know for sure, and the price range and location, anyway...

 

im looking to spend somewhere around 1k (not really on that tight of a budget) and yah im looking for it for gaming and maybe some video editing too

 

you in the us? so newegg will ship to your house..

btw, out of your list:

you only really need the following:

Case
Mother Board
CPU
GFX card
Sound Card
PSU
Hard drive
DVD Drive (dvd drives can read cd's, and dvd burners can burn cd's as well..)
Cooling Unit
RAM

I'll go hunt around then...

 

Yah ive been looking at a bunch of stuff from newegg. . . and yah im in the US!!! Anyways, what can i learn before i order anything?

 

read this over. a VERY good step by step on how to build a computer..

EDIT:

forgot to put the link :lol:

http://sysbuild.corsairmemory.com/report.aspx?id=2&sid=2

 

Thanks alot im going to look this over

 

I whould recomend getting the newest since stuff goes out of date so fast.

 

if you can wait a little(should eb less thana month) wait for intel's conroe...

processor: core2 duo(conroe) E6300 $209
motherboard: to be determined $80-160 depending
RAM: 2GB one of these two
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231073
DDR2-800 $200(yes I knwo it is pricey but it is good and will automatically OC your proc a moderate amount)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220095
DDR2-666 $135(after rebate) good bang/$
GFX card: x1800XT $220 (not great for linux but best bang/$ GREAT CARD, first choice should match 7900GT or even outdo it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102698

or 7900GT $260
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150139
if you don't need extreme try for a x800GTO still a very good card for around $100

and soem toher stuff... I'll make a bit better fo a list later tomorrow... if you can't wait, get an opteron 165 DDR1 ram and a DFI ultra-d

 

this is what I put together with an AM2 system. It's way upgradable...

 

I don't because you pay a bunch for the newer stuff yet it goes obsolete 2 months after your regular stuff does.

 

It may go obsolete, but the AMD 64's are still good, and they're quite old...