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It shouldn't take you until the end of the year to figure out how to build a computer. Do a web search for the info. Come back here and ask questions about things you don't understand. Right now it sounds like you don't know enough to ask questions. AMD has articles for system builders. Toms has info for first timers also.

<font color=red>The solution may be obvious, but I can't see it for the smoke coming off my processor.</font color=red>

If you're very new then the first thing to learn is the address of <A HREF="http://www.google.com/" target="_new">http://www.google.com/</A> Go there and type in How to build your own PC and you will get lots of sites giving you information.

It's not that people aren't willing to help, ask a specific problem and anyone will be glad to help. But a basic understanding you need to get yourself, and google can help you out alot. Once you are familiar with a few components maybe you would like to know how they work. Look at <A HREF="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/" target="_new">http://computer.howstuffworks.com/</A>

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