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Old 09-25-2008, 01:48 AM
Danny Bui Pick your own.....you deserve it., 4.2 Years
 
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Asking for Build Help?: ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST

If you're gonna ask us to build/list a PC for you or seek advice about a build, please answer all of the following questions:

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
3) Where do you live?
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?

By answering these questions you help us help you build a PC that's of better quality, better performing, cheaper or all of the above.

If you have any questions and/or comments about this or any of the other Gen[H]ard-related sticky threads, please post them in the GenHard Sticky Discussion thread.

Last edited by Danny Bui; 01-12-2010 at 02:25 AM..
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Old 09-25-2008, 01:51 AM
Danny Bui Pick your own.....you deserve it., 4.2 Years
 
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Example:
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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Mainly web/email. Frequent HD viewing from online sources. Light gaming (WOW).
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$400 before taxes and shipping
3) Where do you live?
Canada
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, Mobo, and RAM
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
2x WD800JB, 1x WD6400AAKS, BenQ DW1640, Antec P160, Antec TruePower 2.0 550W, and 7800GT
6) Will you be overclocking?
mildly
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22", but may upgrade to 24" within the next month
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
RAID, LPT Parallel header or port (for my LJ1100), COM header or port (for my UPS)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, XP OEM


These are the parts I was thinking about:
$85 - Asus M3N78-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX
$72 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W
$51 - A-Data 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-800 ADQVE1B16K

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Thanks you enginurd for the recommendation.

Note: When you do list out your parts, please provide the names for those parts for speedier assistance.

Last edited by Danny Bui; 01-12-2010 at 02:26 AM..
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Old 09-30-2008, 05:17 PM
Parker Limp Gawd, 3.8 Years
 
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2.1) Are you including rebates?
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Old 10-14-2008, 08:05 PM
tiraides [H]ardness Supreme, 6.1 Years
 
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You don't need to bump this thread. There is a link to it on the revised Gen[H]ard FAQ sticky.
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