Why build your own desktop?. After hours and hours of researching my build for a new gaming desktop I just happen to come across this: Can someone explain to me why not just buy this as it would cost the same to price out and build anyway? Other then...

New Gaming (mainly) build ~ 600 $. Hey everyone, I'm new in here, and I really like how the community responds to guys like me who is having prbs deciding on a new build. First of keep in mind that I'm in Europe, so prices will change a little, but I think...

the pads of the processor as was suggested in my thread. If it's all good, then I'll keep it. If it appears to not be working properly, I'm not sure. I'd hate to have to return it, but it sounds like a critical problem. I'll be building it over Thanksgiving...

and what not is a big one. new egg is the preferd site for parts. fast is better than lots of storage so a SSD would be nice. thanks. i am building a new system i will spend no more than $1300 i would prefer it to be a AMD and ATI build i...

but both came back with no errors. I also tried running on only one stick of RAM and swapping out the sticks to see if one was defective, but in both cases the installations still failed. While building the computer I used an anti-static wristband and I added...

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Case can’t be higher than 19” (will be in a cabinet). I’d like to have a quiet PC but I don’t want to get into water cooling at this time. I’ve been away from building for a long time (i.e. my last build was a Athlon 900MHz...

Overkill Build. Okay, I'm a little new new to Tom's Hardware...who am I kidding...I'm a complete beginner here, but I just have a quick couple of questions that I hope I can get some answers to. I work as a custom computer builder, with a small-level business...

Building a multimedia PC. Hi all, I'm keen to build a low power, compact, quiet PC for connecting to my Panasonic Viera HDTV. I already have a PC tower connected up but it's noisy and big. I've seen an article about building a home theatre PC here:...

Building new rig how do these parts look?. Case: NZXT TEMPEST Crafted Series CS-NT-TEM-B Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70...

I am going to be providing the "guts" to this system. I run [b][/b], a small Gaming PC Building company online. Me and Bill realized that we work in the same area (Mpls, Mn),...