What would be a good, easy, cheap first custom PC build?

Question

Big up yourself, I be making a computer, I have a graphics card (it couldn't even run age of empires 1), a sound card, a wireless chip that lets me hook onto my neighbors internet connection (JK), a modem, a 20GB hard drive and a floppy drive, I get 80 squid (pounds) a month so I have a tight yet goodish budget innit. Oh yeah, BTW I am 13 year old super neek.

Answer 1

Spend your first £80 getting some more parts, pick up the remains of a system from eBay of something, so you get a keyboard, monitor, mouse, CD ROM, motherboard and case, get some more RAM. Get a network card as well.

What OS are you planing, XP is an easy install, but you can buy a developers copy of Vista for £6.74 which lasts a few months, but your spec will have to be a lot, lot higher.

Or download a free version of Linux.

Basically, you need a lot more parts, but don't go big, just get a simple running machine up first before you create your dream games machine.

UPDATE: The specs listed by the 10 year expert below are direct from Microsoft's recommendations and any expert will tell you, they are to be ignored, unless all you want to do is run/install XP really, really slowly. They are the very minimum to get XP to run/crawl, you really need to beef the spec out and ignore his and MS's specs I'm afraid.

Bulit a cheap, low spec one first and move onto bigger things once you've learnt the basics.

Answer 2

yellow fellow ee...

ok, so youre broke, whats new, you can achieve great things by being creative. you dopnt need a dual core 4.7..but a 2.6 or 2.8ghz id plenty fast enough.

goto eclipsecomputers.com, their stuff is really cheap by compasison.. its in coventry and has LOTS of regular customers... ive used tehm for almost 10 years. my "old 2.8ghz cost me 200 quid 3 years ago... you could probably build it for under 150... get creative, and blag an advance of M&D...

or write a nice letter to santa... of course you stil lbelieve in him DONT YOU....

good luck

Answer 3

Throw all that in the bin and save your pennies for a new pc, if you want it for gaming its gonna cost you 7 to 8 hundred pounds.
Friend of mine just paid £500 for his graphics card.

Answer 4

Am a 10 year old super neek do you have RAM and a motherboard you can't run XP on it does not meet with the requirments

Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional
• PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended

• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

• 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*

• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor

• CD-ROM or DVD drive

• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Additional Items or Services Required to Use Certain Windows XP Features
• For Internet access:

• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access, a Microsoft .NET Passport account, and payment of a separate fee to a service provider; local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply

• 14.4 kilobits per second (Kbps) or higher-speed modem


• For networking:

• Network adapter appropriate for the type of local-area, wide-area, wireless, or home network you wish to connect to, and access to an appropriate network infrastructure; access to third-party networks may require additional charges


• For instant messaging, voice and videoconferencing, and application sharing, both parties need:

• Microsoft .NET Passport account and Internet access or Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server instant messaging account and network access (some configurations may require download of additional components)


• For voice and videoconferencing, both parties also need:

• 33.6 Kbps or higher-speed modem, or a network connection

• Microphone and sound card with speakers or headset


• For videoconferencing, both parties also need:

• Video conferencing camera

• Windows XP


• For application sharing, both parties also need:

• 33.6 Kbps or higher-speed modem, or a network connection

• Windows XP


• For remote assistance:

• Both parties must be running Windows XP and be connected by a network


• For remote desktop:

• A Windows 95 or later–based computer, and the two machines must be connected by a network


• For sound:

• Sound card and speakers or headphones


• For DVD video playback:

• DVD drive and DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software

• 8 MB of video RAM


• For Windows Movie Maker:

• Video capture feature requires appropriate digital or analog video capture device

• 400 MHz or higher processor for digital video camera capture


PS : Can I have your email address mine is [e-mail] and [e-mail]

Answer 5

You can buy motherboards with sound video and lan onboard then all youll need is the drives,CPU,case and memory and of course keyboard,mouse and monitor