Newbie building first time i5. hey guys, started reading a bunch of the posts regarding custom builds after my comp crashed (6-5 year old p4 2.33ghz, 1.5gb ram, 1tb hdd, and 180gb, 64mb radeon graphic card). pretty sure the motherboard fried... anyways... my...

Newbie build with some parts I have.. Hello everyone, I recently started reading this forum and got the bug to build a system. I've built a couple of them before but that was years ago and am now having to learn what's what again. Today I snagged an i7...

Newbie Building his First Linux MCE. Guys, this is the first time i've ever made a posting but now i am opening myself up for some much needed help after watching this regarding the linuxmce running on kubutu, i came to these ones after again watching...

Newbie is building a budget system please help.. Ok I need a new computer, ive been stuck with old and slow P3 systems for too long and I finally have a few dollars to build a decent system. I use the computer for very basic stuff. Mainly web browsing, word...

Please help this Newbie build his 1st computer!!!. Hey guys, I am building my very first computer and would greatly appreciate everyone's help in this venture. I primarily use my computer for web surfing and viewing dvd/multimedia on it. I have never,...

New Build doesn't boot. Hi. Newbie building my first comp MSI P55 GD65 Core i5 CM 690 OCZ MODXSTEAM PRO 700W OCZ Obsidian DDR3 1600 4Gb Radeon 5770 I think i put everything together properly. The CPU fan starts spinning when i press the button . The...

I am spending roughly 1500 $ on this computer I have picked out my parts after researching and reading the forums. Plain and simple I am a newbie to building computers (1st time, eh.) so I just wanted to list down my parts and see if anyone catches any snags...

about the new i7 series. Also, I prefer Nvidia graphics cards. Had bad experiences with ATI back in the day. OVERCLOCKING: No SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No MONITOR RESOLUTION:1680x1050 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Forgot to add that I am a complete newbie to building...

a sleek HDCP system exclusively for entertainment (music, blu-ray on 47" Full HD). Thank you for your expert advise / taking the time to help a newbie. Why not build your own? There are numerous sites with instructions as well as forums where members will...

New build and need help.... I'm new to this forum and I'm a newbie at building a pc. Last time I build one was way back in 02 or 03 (P4 system). My friend was upgrading so he sold some of his parts to me for dirt cheap. Stuff I bought from him: Antec...