I am thinking of making my own computer. I have a budget of around £350, what parts should i buy? I have never made a computer before and i'm planning on using it for music, writing documents ect
joshywins 0 Newbie Poster
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
Well, a local computer shop where I live does a complete PC with Win 7 pre installed for £275. It's a 2.6 dual core with 4gb ram, a dvd burner and a 250gig sata hdd. I recon that is good value for money and plan on getting one for myself in a week or 2.
joshywins 0 Newbie Poster
Okay sounds good, but I was hoping to make one. Do you think i could buy one and modify the RAM and stuff? Whats the mother board like?
manxann 0 Newbie Poster
Usually more expensive buying parts. Quite a few on-line companies sell 'Barebones' units that you can customise, basically a case with PSU and motherboard to various levels of spec
Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven
It has a Gigabyte mobo which is a decent enough make.
It has on-board graphics but also has a pci-e x16 slot for a good graphics card if needed.
I have so far gotten 3 of those machines for a client and she is very happy with them and tells me they are quick, quiet, and reliable.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
When I built mine I got a barebones bundle from here:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/barebonebundles/
As a staring point. They also do motherboard bundles.
manxann 0 Newbie Poster
I've also bought several motherboard bundles from Novatech, one last week! Had no problems at all!
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Yeah I've used them since like 2006 or something.
manxann 0 Newbie Poster
Sorry, brain's going. Last weeks was a Gigabyte motherboard from Amazon. It's in this PC!!
brynFlew 15 Junior Poster in Training
id recommend a barebones kit for starters, and from that built up to something better
JorgeM 958 Problem Solver Team Colleague Featured Poster
For those that are considering building your own PC...keep in mind that the computer can only run as fast as its slowest components. Therefore, pay close attention to your secondary storage (hard drives). This is where you want to spend a little bit more to get the best performing hardware.
sheikhali449 0 Junior Poster
Well playing with basics hardwares and assemble the entire pc are two very different sort of tasks assembling a custom pc is not a piece of cake though
Be a part of the DaniWeb community
We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.