Buying My First Desktop

[trent44]

Soleron said:

trent44 said:

Soleron said:
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Well I honestly don't know to much about building computers, so I don't know if i would feel comfortable taking on the feat of contructing one myself.

Btw, i think you forgot to include some stuff like an Operating System, a monitor, a Fan/Heat sink, a memory card reader, an ethernet/wireless/bluetooth card, a sound card, a mouse, and a keyboard. Also I was thinking of getting a tv tuner and an extra dvd drive but still havent decided...

Building a computer is easy, there are numerous guides on the web. If not, a friend or local computer shop can do it.

OS, mouse, keyboard, monitor - Use your existing ones.
Fan/heatsink - comes with CPU and/or case.
Memory card reader - do you need one? Really? Just get a USB key or external hard-drive.
Sound card - Integrated sound is good enough. Really.
Ethernet - should be on motherboard.
Wireless etc. - transfer from old computer if you have one, are you using a USB dongle.

I just have a Laptop right now (no accessories) and this will be my first desktop, so I don't have anything to reuse. I didn't know about the ethernet being on the mother board or the fan built in the case, so I am learning. What component is integrated sound incorporated on?