Need Help Building a Custom PC? [Noob Friendly]

I haven't seen many "help me build my rig" threads yet but as this community grows I'm sure many people will ask this question as it's very common, many of you have seen this thread on multiple forums.

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  -What should I buy?
  -How do I install everything. I want to build the PC myself!
  -Something isn't working.. ex. My computer isn't booting up!

Let's start from the top down.

What should I buy?
Someone that calls himself "Falcon6" provides everyone with a wonderful chart to help you make your purchase. You can find the guide here
http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png


This guide is up to date as of 5/14/11
I will update this whenever a new guide is up. If miss an update and you feel like it is out of date you can visit his photobucket album here where he updates the guide.
http://s1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/


How do I install it?
Again, I will be sending you to another website that will help you install your computer because there is no need for me to steal the information already posted or waste time writing my own installation guide as there are many out there already. You can find the step by step installation guide here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/building-pc,518.html


Something went wrong! It's not working!
Well look at this, I'm sharing another link. This last guide should help you find any problems you're facing and if it does not answer your question.. Feel free to post and I'm sure the members of Market Forums will be glad to help you out!
http://i.imgur.com/zNZSA.png


Good luck! If you have any further questions feel free to ask.

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Nice little thread for all those who havent got a massive amount of knowledge in hardware.

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Very good guide im very intrested by this

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Yeah, I've seen this around before, just wish I'd seen it before I bought all of my parts.

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Same here.. I bought all of my parts and built my rig before seeing this as well. It's ok though it was my graduation present so I just spent way ok much on my rig and bought all brand new parts. In a way it was worth it since it still runs most games on full settings. I just need a new processor because it's bottleknecking my GPU.

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-paradox- said:

Same here.. I bought all of my parts and built my rig before seeing this as well. It's ok though it was my graduation present so I just spent way ok much on my rig and bought all brand new parts. In a way it was worth it since it still runs most games on full settings. I just need a new processor because it's bottleknecking my GPU.

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Same with me, looking back I probably should have got a better processor. There is nothing wrong with it now and I can run0 every game I have on the highest settings but I don't think it will be up to much in a year or so.

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Very Very nice thread. I have always thought about building one.

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OEM said:

Very Very nice thread. I have always thought about building one.

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You should go for it and build one! It's going to be much cheaper than buying a pre-built one. It's also allows you to customise to your specific needs and it's nice knowing that you have the ability to make one. It's also easier to fix it if it breaks if you've built it yourself because you won't be so daunted at the prospect of opening it up and taking things out etc.