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Build your own
desktop computer |
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Components & Prices |
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---> This is the main components you need to build your desktop computer
I
include a excel score sheet to help you calculate the cost of the
desktop.
(just download it and use it)
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Components |
Main brand Choice |
Price |
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Inside the box/case |
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Case |
Antec, |
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Power Supply |
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Motherboard (MB) |
ASUS,Gibgabytes,MSI,Intel,Tyan |
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CPU1 |
AMD,Intel |
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CPU2 |
AMD,Intel |
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Fan |
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Memory |
Corsair |
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Hard Drive 1 |
WD,Seagate |
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Hard Drive 2 (option) |
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Graphic Card |
ATI,Nvidia |
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DVD
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Sony,Pionneer |
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DVD-RW |
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Sound card if not include on MB |
Soundblaster,Turtle beach |
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Modem if not Incl on MB |
Dlink,3com |
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Network if not incl on MB |
Dlink,3com |
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Outside the Box |
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Sound card if not include on MB |
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Outside the Box/case |
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Software (os …) |
Microsoft
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keyboard |
Logitech,Microsoft |
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Screen |
Sony,phillips-Goldstar,Viewsonic |
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Speakers |
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Mouse |
Logitech,Microsoft |
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Extension warranty |
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Others |
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Total |
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Hardwarecost.zip (excel format)
Advices
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Make sure that your motherboard could support your
CPU and has the right chipset (AMD, Intel) (940,939,975,965,478...)
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Make sure your power supply is enough to support
your computer (to be sure 550W-600W should be enough)
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Buy the right memory for your motherboard (ECC,
DDR2, SDRam...)
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Some memory have to be buy pair (2 x 512mo,2 x 1 Go
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verify if you buy the right hard drive to connect
with your motherboard (SCSI,IDE, SATA,SATA II ....)
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Make sure to buy Sound card, Graphic card,
network/modem card ... if they are not include on the MB
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If you want make a quad opteron or intel quad Xeon
you have to buy a MB that support 2 CPUs (Tyan, Super Micro, Asus,
Gigabytes...)
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And of course to have your quad on this MB you have
to buy 2 CPUs (Opteron 2XX, Xeon 51XX...)
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If you buy a big & expensive hardware , you could
also buy a warranty extension to 2,3 or 5 years, you never know (
generally warranty extension is not expensive and could be precious
when your computer components (cpu, MB,..)will have some problem )
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Disclaimer :
Important - Please read carefully
While we make every effort to ensure that the
information we supply here is correct to the very best of our
knowledge, we cannot be held responsible for any injury or
damage to any persons or property as a result of the use or
misuse of this information and/or advice. You will build your
computer at your own risk . If you are a novice , We recommend
that you use the help of a professional
Thank you.
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If you know more CPU Benchmark I will be glad to add the links
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Intel CPU (Benchmark & Prices) |
F9
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Rybka |
Sysmark04 |
Price |
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To make a Quad you have to buy 2 CPU |
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Xeon
5160
3.00GHz/4M |
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$851 |
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Xeon
5150 2.66GHz/4M |
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$690 |
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Xeon
5140 2.33GHz/4M |
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$455 |
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Xeon
5130 2.00GHz/4M |
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$316 |
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Xeon
5120 1.86GHz/4M |
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$256 |
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Xeon 5110 1.60GHz/4M |
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$209 |
| Core 2 duo +
Pentium D |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme
X6800 (2.93GHz/4M) |
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$999 |
| Intel Pentium Extreme
Edition 965 (3.73GHz/2Mx2) |
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$999 |
| Intel Core 2 Duo
E6700 (2.67GHz/4M) |
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$530 |
| Intel Core 2 Duo
E6600 (2.40GHz/4M) |
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$316 |
| Intel Pentium D 960
(3.60GHz/2Mx2) |
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$316 |
| Intel Core 2 Duo
E6400 (2.13GHz/2M) |
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$224 |
| Intel Pentium D 950
(3.40GHz/2Mx2) |
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$224 |
| Intel Core 2 Duo
E6300 (1.86GHz/2M) |
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$183 |
| Intel Pentium D 940
(3.20GHz/2Mx2) |
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$183 |
| Intel Pentium D 930
(3.00GHz/2Mx2) |
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$178 |
| Intel Pentium D 920
(2.80GHz/2Mx2) |
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$178 |
| Intel Pentium D 820
(2.80GHz/1Mx2) |
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$133 |
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Intel Pentium D 805 (2.66GHz/1Mx2) |
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$93 |
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| Laptop Cpu |
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T7600
(2.33 GHz, FSB667, 4 Mo L2) : |
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637$ |
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T7400
(2.16 GHz, FSB667, 4 Mo L2) : |
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423$ |
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T7200
(2.00 GHz, FSB667, 4 Mo L2) : |
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294$ |
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T5600
(1.83 GHz, FSB667, 2 Mo L2) : |
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241$ |
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T5500
(1.66 GHz, FSB667, 2 Mo L2) :
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209$ |
AMD Coming soon
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Components place inside the
Case/enclosure/box |
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This number are not the step
to follow but just show you where to put inside your case different
hardwares.
Follow the step from " How
to build your computer "
1-
install the motherboard
in the box so that its holes are lined up with the cases holes and fix
the motherboard inside the case with provided screws
2-
install & fix your power supply on your Case/box
3-
before installing your
2 DVD-RW make sure that you have one slave and one master ... look at
the back of your DVD player. Master is the main DVD player, slave you
could assign to the DVD recorderFix them with screws on your case
.connect them to the power supply and motherboard
4- install
the floppy disk on your case like below ... with access to your floppy
from outside :D . Fix with screws your floppy disk inside the box
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If your hardrive is
SATA II you don t have to be worried about slave or master no more :D
just make sure that you fix it correctly inside the box and connect to
the SATA connection on the motherboard + connect to power supply
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Components place on
motherboard |
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This number are not the step to
follow but just show you where to put inside your case different
hardwares.
Follow the step from " How to
build your computer "
1- CPU:
If you want a very fast &
strong computer for chess or games. The cpu is the main concern . More
your CPU is fast more your computer & chess engine is stronger Install
your cpu first , there is only one way to put your cpu and fix it on the
motherboard :D
2- CPU fan
install the cpu fan, and
connect it to cpu fan power on he motherboard.If you have a very bif cpu
fan it will need to be connected on the powersupply too ... depend of
your cpu fan
3- Memory
Once you have the Memory
chip in the memory slot, press down firmly till it snaps into place.
4- Power supply
install & fix your power
supply on your Case/box , connect it to the mainboard
5- Floppy disk connect
your floppy disk to the mainboard and the power supply
6- SATA II hardrive
connect your hard drive to the SATA connection on
your motherboard
7 PCI-E graphic card :
connect your PCI-E graphic card to the PCI E X16 slot
8- DVD , DVD-RW
:before installing your 2 DVD-RW
make sure that you have one slave and one master ... look at the back of
your DVD player. Master is the main DVD player, slave you could assign
to the DVD recorderFix them with screws on your case connect them to the
power supply and motherboard
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How To Build your Computer |
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Installing |
time(mn) |
steps/recommendation |
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1 Case |
1-2 |
All components will go inside
The case/Box
Slide the side panel
off the case. Take off the screws ... |
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2 Power Supply |
5 |
some Case have a big power supply
(550W)... then you don 't have to buy a new one ... however if
the power supply is only 300 W ... It is better to buy a new
one(450-500W should be enough if you are not a big gamer)
install your power supply on your
Case/box , |
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3 Motherboard |
5 |
sometimes you need to install the
cpu and the cpu fan on the motherboard before to put your
motherboard inside the Case ... (especially true if you use a
big cpu fan for overclocking) ... but you could also install the
motherboard first . depend of your choice .
install the motherboard in the box
so that its holes are lined up with the cases holes and fix the
motherboard inside the case with provided screws
install the various wires that
connect your Motherboard to the computer case and power supply.
Connect the
power supply to the Motherboard. .
connect power case
power button, LED connectors...just take a look at your
motherboard manual they provided you |
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4 CPU & Fan |
5 |
If you want a very fast & strong
computer for chess or games. The cpu is the main concern . More
your CPU is fast more your computer & chess engine is stronger
Install your cpu first ,
there is only one way to put your cpu and fix it on the
motherboard :D
Want your CPU to last longer and
run faster? silver thermal compound will lower your CPU
temperature by up to 10 C.It is cheap but very good for cpu
...apply a little bit on the back of your cpu between the cpu
and your fan.
now install the cpu fan, and
connect it to cpu fan power on he motherboard.If you have a very
bif cpu fan it will need to be connected on the powersupply too
... depend of your cpu fan
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5 Memory |
1-2 |
This step should not take you more
more than 1 or 2 mn. Once
you have the Memory chip in the memory slot, press down firmly
till it snaps into place.
Just be sure that you bought the
right memory for your motherboard (DDR,ECC,DDRII ....) :D
Sometimes you have to buy them 2
by 2 |
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6 Floppy Drive |
5 |
install the floppy disk on your
case ... with access to your floppy from outside :D . Fix
with screws your floppy disk inside the box
connect the floppy disk to
motherboard and power supply |
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7 DVD-R(W).. |
5 X 1 or 2 |
before installing your 2 DVD-RW
make sure that you have one slave and one master ... look at the
back of your DVD player. Master is the main DVD player, slave
you could assign to the DVD recorder
Fix them with screws on your case
connect them to the power supply
and motherboard |
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8 Hard Drive |
5 |
If your hardrive is SATA II you don
t have to be worried about slave or master no more :D
just make sure that you fix it
correctly inside the box and connect to the SATA connection on
the motherboard + connect to power supply |
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9 Graphic Card |
2 |
Once you have the Graphic card
in PCI Express X16 slot, press down firmly till it snaps into
place. some Graphic card
have also fan or you could even buy better graphic card fan in
case you want to overclock too.Just make sure that you connect
everything. |
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10 Sound Card /Modem |
5-10 |
If your motherboard doesn t have
sound card ,modem/network ,graphic card you have to install them
on the PCI-E/PCI slots |
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11 verification |
5-10 |
now before to close the box/case ,
verify that you fix & connect everything. that LED is connect
too ... verify all steps.
make sure that everything is connect to the power supply if they
need to be
if everything is ok then you
could close your box . The hardware part is done .
just connect the keyboard,
mouse, screen to your computer and you could begin the software
part
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less than 1 hour |
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12 Boot & install drivers |
depend of your new cpu :D |
Now with all new motherboard you
should be able to boot from your dvd-rom
Now with window XP or new Vista DVD
it should boot by himself, you don t have no more to boot by
floppy disk :D lol ...
if not , then just tape install
or go to the BIOS :D
if everything is ok now, install
all drivers (motherboard, Graphic card, sound card, modem....)
and just enjoy your new computer
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