In Building A Custom PC 2011 Part 1: The Assessment I mentioned what I’d needed in a new Pc that I was about to build. I have mentioned my expectations and other requirements in the same article. Today I’m using the information to select a first set of components that I might use to build [...]

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I’m building a new PC every 18 months or so and post the progress of selecting the right PC components here on this blog. I actually spend more most of my time on the evaluation of computer hardware, as I have to live with the selection for the next 12 to 18 months. Bad choices [...]

Categories: Hardware, Tutorials Basic

This is the third and final part of the February edition of build your own PC. We have taken a look at the PSU, case and CPU cooler as well as the CPU, RAM and motherboard in the two previous parts. This time we are deciding on a video card and the storage devices that [...]

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We started the February guide of building a PC with the selection of the computer’s cpu, memory and motherboard. This article will add a power supply unit (PSU), a case and the cpu fan to the list of components. We have selected the Intel Core i7-860 as the cpu, the GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 as the motherboard [...]

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I made the decision last year to postpone the purchase of a new PC to this year. I’m in no hurry to buy the components and build the PC by myself but I figured it would be interesting for everyone if I would write a monthly post that contains a suggested build for the PC. [...]

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You know, I have no troubles of linking to your websites or articles if they are great and make up for a good story. Beecher send in a link to one of his articles that gives some sound advice on how to build and setup the rock solid computer. It’s not the usual walkthrough that [...]

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