Need help with a build

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Holyflash

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I am building my first computer completely from scratch, in the past I have used bare bones kits etc to do my dirty work, but I am new to the forum and definitely new to a lot that building a new computer has to offer. I would love it if some people could list all the parts needed for a good build that was between 800 and 1500 dollars for JUST the PC, no software or other hardware needed. Also, I have no idea what the benefits of overclocking is, or how to do it, so any info on that would be helpful.

Thanks!

May the best build win ;)
 
Holyflash said:
I am building my first computer completely from scratch, in the past I have used bare bones kits etc to do my dirty work, but I am new to the forum and definitely new to a lot that building a new computer has to offer. I would love it if some people could list all the parts needed for a good build that was between 800 and 1500 dollars for JUST the PC, no software or other hardware needed. Also, I have no idea what the benefits of overclocking is, or how to do it, so any info on that would be helpful.

Thanks!

May the best build win ;)
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Generally if you are building from scratch you'll find more help in the General Hardware forum than here, this forum is usually more for pre-built systems. 800-1500 is a massive range also, the kind of hardware you can get between those two price ranges is quite large, so give us your ideal budget. Also things like location can help, to determine who you can buy from, what kind of monitor you are using, the purpose of your PC (media server, gaming machine, everyday usage, workstation, etc).

As for overclocking, it is basically running the chip (video card/ram/cpu) at faster than the speed that it was rated to be sold at. For instance, the Q6600 processor ran at 2.4 ghz, but by overclocking you might tell it to run at 3.2 ghz. This obviously makes the processor faster, but it also generates more heat, can take tweaking with bios, etc. Overclocking is much easier these days with better bios in motherboards and also chips that run cooler and have more headroom like the various Core 2 Duo chips.
 
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