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[Pharaun]

It's really, really easy.  There's a gazillion guides on the internet, and the parts are pretty idiot-proof.

My 5 year old half sister can put RAM into a motherboard (after being told where to put it, she can't read guides yet).

[downedlolidiot]

Ever played lego as a kid?

Ok grats you can build a computer

[Nez]

If a girl could put together a computer while I was telling here what goes where, so can you after reading a 1 page guide.

The very worst thing you can do is smear the thermal paste so you have to put a new one, which costs like 1 dollar.

Spoiler

I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun pulling the lever for 1155 socket.

[downedlolidiot]

hardest thing about building my pc was trying to get behind my 570 DCU2 to push down the PCI-E Slot lock so I could take it out again

[ofLegends]

Okay, this is what I've narrowed it down to:

http://www.doghouses.../v/armor_es.asp Armor ES 560s
or
http://www.dell.com/...re-aurora-r4/pd

What do you think?

[Pharaun]

The markup on the first build is literally 100%.  They are selling you like $800 worth of parts for $2000.  Additionally they are using parts that do not make any sense.  The performance of SLId 560s is pointless, it costs more than a single card which would perform better.  They are basically trying to steal your money.

The second one is slightly less of a ripoff

They are selling you <$800 worth of parts for only $1500.


I cannot in good faith recommend either of those, because it would be akin to taking a thousand dollars and setting it on fire.


EVEN IF you were super rich, you would get much better performance for your money if you just paid some nerd to build shit for you.

[downedlolidiot]

http://www.youtube.c...&v=d_56kyib-Ls#!


do you still want your wallet to get anal reamed now you see how simple it is

[ofLegends]

Thanks for everyone's help. BUT.

When I came here I didn't expect anyone to recommend parts that I need to buy to build my own computer. I was expecting recommendations on good brands, good pre-built models, etc.
So while I did read all your recommendations, I cannot stress enough that I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL about computer specs. Yes, given time and research I could find out, probably, and with research I could also built a desktop. However, it looks like too much research to me, not to mention browsing a bunch of sites for the perfect parts, etc. I'm just not into putting that much effort into it.

Yes, I'm sure a few people will say "but it's hardly anyeffort at all and you can save so much money!"
Remember again, I know nothing of a computer's internal specifications. I'd rather just browse desktops online and pick whatever looks like will be the best, and have it arrive my house. SO. MUCH. EASIER.

So again, thank you all for your help and for reading the topic.


OH ALSO, forgot to mention: This is extremely rural Kansas. Nobody around here builds computers. The only computer guy we have is like 70 years old (which by itself means nothing), but he hasn't kept up to date on current computers. So.

[Pharaun]

There is no such thing as a good prebuilt.  All prebuilts are bad.  Especially in the US.  If you were in canada, you could get a place to put parts together for you that you select, but that does not happen in the US.

If you can afford to burn $1000, then go for it, nobody's stopping you.  But nobody here is going to recommend that, because we do not like setting fire to thousands of dollars.

ofLegends, on 11 April 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:

However, it looks like too much research to me, not to mention browsing a bunch of sites for the perfect parts, etc. I'm just not into putting that much effort into it.

You need to do exactly 0 research yourself.  You need to simply:

1) Go to a website like this one, or here: http://www.teamliqui...topic_id=137554

2) Post your budget & use cases (how much you can spend, and what games you want to play, anything else you want to do with the computer)

3) Wait for someone else to do all the work finding parts for you.  There are a lot of people who just know this stuff and can rattle it off the top of their head in like 2 minutes.  People will tell you exactly what to buy, and optimize for your budget.

4) Order the exact parts they tell you from newegg.com or ncix.com

5) Put things together like expensive legos.  I am dead serious when I say that my 5 year old half sister can do the majority of the heavy lifting putting computer parts together.  Since you can read & follow advice on youtube guides, you can do it a lot more easily than she.

[Boness]

if you rly dont wanna buy the parts, go over to cyberpowerpc.com and customize a computer to the items pharaun listed on the first page

you're gonna pay a little more then you would with parts, but it's honestly not that bad of a site.


these guys aren't exaggerating when they say it's easy. i helped a friend build a computer over the phone who's never even seen the inside of one

[ofLegends]

I can't tell you how nice it'd be to have some techie guy around here where I could just say "hey, I wanna play wow on ultra/high, if you order the parts for me and put it together I'll pay ya".

[hirtqt]

just order the parts, ask someone on craiglist to set it up. Pay him $20 per hour (it won't take over 2 hours max)

[Pharaun]

Just have someone tell you what parts to buy and put it together yourself.  If you get stuck assembling, people can help you out.

[Necrolina]

ofLegends, on 12 April 2012 - 02:14 AM, said:

I can't tell you how nice it'd be to have some techie guy around here where I could just say "hey, I wanna play wow on ultra/high, if you order the parts for me and put it together I'll pay ya".

Honestly you could probably get Pharaun himself to put a build together for you if he could keep ~1000 dollars in the end that you would've otherwise spent on a similar fix build

[Pharaun]

Shit for $1000 you could afford to fly someone out to your place, have them assemble the computer for you, and then fly them back.

[ofLegends]

Well get out here, what are you waiting for! lol

[Pharaun]

Not fly me out, fly someone else out.  I don't have time :\

[downedlolidiot]

OT but phauran can you go to the youtube department and tell them good job for making the player shit as fuck

[Pharaun]

No but one of my co-workers is switching to yt, I'll tell him to pass on the message.

[dabros]

ofLegends, on 12 April 2012 - 02:14 AM, said:

I can't tell you how nice it'd be to have some techie guy around here

where is around here?