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MovedGoalPosts · 21-01-2006, 15:05

You really have to try hard to ruin all the components you buy. If you take simple precautions (antistatic straps), read the manuals supplied wtiht he products before you start, and take your time, it's just like assembling a meccanno set with a few wires. The difficulty is in troubleshooting if you were supplied with a faulty component - but that is a rare event.

The only system I built came with very detailed assembly instructions for the motherboard, in terms of what plugged in where. In fact it was the case connections, especially the front USB / sound connectors that gave me the biggest headache, as those were labelled differently to the motherboard explaination.

Realistically the PC is designed to be modular in it's components with things swapped out, replaced, or whatever. That makes home building easy.

The hard part is working out what you actually want to go in the PC, and that starts from what you actually want the PC to do, and how you much you have to spend.

Once assembled, you may need to check some settings in the BIOS and from then on it's a case of loading the Operating System, and any specific drivers for your system, follwed by other software.

21-01-2006, 15:05	#32
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Help with PCmaking You really have to try hard to ruin all the components you buy. If you take simple precautions (antistatic straps), read the manuals supplied wtiht he products before you start, and take your time, it's just like assembling a meccanno set with a few wires. The difficulty is in troubleshooting if you were supplied with a faulty component - but that is a rare event. The only system I built came with very detailed assembly instructions for the motherboard, in terms of what plugged in where. In fact it was the case connections, especially the front USB / sound connectors that gave me the biggest headache, as those were labelled differently to the motherboard explaination. Realistically the PC is designed to be modular in it's components with things swapped out, replaced, or whatever. That makes home building easy. The hard part is working out what you actually want to go in the PC, and that starts from what you actually want the PC to do, and how you much you have to spend. Once assembled, you may need to check some settings in the BIOS and from then on it's a case of loading the Operating System, and any specific drivers for your system, follwed by other software.