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Garcian Smith on 08 July 2008
fazz said:

1.- Unpack the computer case and remove the sides.
2.- Unpack the power supply, put it on it's place on the case and screw it in place.
3.- Set the screwing points for the motherboard on the case, unpack the motherboard, screw the heatsink clip for the CPU, put the motherboard on it's place on the case and screw it in place.
4.- Unpack the processor, put it on it's socket on the motherboard and lock it in.
5.- With the processor comes the heatsink, remove the film from the thermal paste, put it on top of the processor and lock it in. Connect the fan to the motherboard.
6.- Unpack the RAM and put them on memory sockets 0 and 2 on the motherboard.
7.- Unpack the hard drive, put it on the case and screw it in place, then connect it to the first SATA port on the motherboard. Connect it to the power supply too.
8.- Remove one protector from the back of the case so you can put in your videocard.
9.- Unpack your videocard and put it on the first PCI-Express slot on your motherboard. Screw it to the case and connect a PCI-E plug from the power supply to it.
10.- Unpack the DVD burner, put it on the case and screw it. Connect it to the IDE port and to the power supply.
11.- Connect the ATX and the 12V cables to the motherboard.
12.- Connect the power and reset buttons to the motherboard. Also connect the LEDS.
13.- Close your PC's case.
14.- Connect it to electricity, to the monitor, to the mouse, to the keyboard and to the LAN.
15.- Unpack your Windows CD and have it ready.
16.- Turn the switch on the power supply to on, then push the power button on your monitor and on your PC.
17.- Hold "delete" and it will enter to the BIOS. Under the basic settings option, you'll find the boot-up priority list. Choose your DVD as first and your Hard Drive as second.
18.- Push the eject button on your DVD, put the Windows CD on the tray, and push the eject button again to close the tray.
19.- Hit F10 on your keyboard to save the setting on the BIOS and reboot.
20.- When the "hit any key to boot from CD" appears on your screen, hit any key.
21.- Let the Windows installer load and choose to install Windows.
22.- Quick format your HDD to create a partition and install Windows.
23.- Follow the on-screen steps and fill all the boxes you come by.
24.- Windows will now start. Remove your Windows CD from the DVD.
25.- Install the CD's that came with your motherboard and video card.
26.- Download Firefox and post on VGChartz to share your results.

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Anyone who reads that post will know how to basically build a PC. Now all to blame is laziness.

 

How to set up a console:

1) Unpack.

2) Plug in the video and power cables.

3) Enjoy.

 

Yep.



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fazz on 08 July 2008
kingofwale said:

I pray you didn't actually waste your time typing that. let me just take a random one as an example.

>7.- Unpack the hard drive, put it on the case and screw it, then connect it to the first SATA port on the motherboard. Connect it to the power supply too.

hmmm, First SATA port??? where's that?? Where's the power supply? Where's the port located on mother board? and how do you connect it?

There are a MILLION question a normal computer user would ask when it comes to building a PC, that's why 99% of people (if not even higher) choose to buy a retail version instead?

It's never a waste of time to share knowledge, in any case they where like 5 minutes.

The SATA ports are bright red or orange connectors on the motherboard that say "SATA" next to it. Like these:

They say SATA 1, SATA 2... and so on. Obviously the first SATA is SATA 1. You connect it with the provided cable, a red one. Like this:

The hard drive only has two connectors, one for the SATA and one for the power supply. They only fit their supposed cable, so no worries about that.

The power supply is the first thing you unpacked, the thing that says "500w power supply" on it's box. It has a fitting cable to connect it to the hard drive.

Any more questions? I really want you guys to learn.

(Time spent to write above post: 2 minutes)

And yeah greenmedic88, but "do not want" is very different to "can't".



fazz on 08 July 2008
Garcian Smith said:

How to set up a console:

1) Unpack.

2) Plug in the video and power cables.

3) Enjoy.

Yep.

You forgot "4) Play Crysis Warhead"

Oh wait...



jonager on 08 July 2008

usually when they say a 500$ machine can run crysis they mean cpu only, then u should add around 150+ for a LCD monitor



greenmedic88 on 08 July 2008
shio said:
greenmedic88 said:
Put into perspective, a 40GB PS3 only costs $150 more than a Wii.

It's still more than most are willing to pay for a console, but once you have the console, the only thing you're paying for are games.

Games that are 10$-30$ more expensive than PC games, not forgetting the fact that PC games drop their prices much faster than console games.

greenmedic88 said:

Even at $10 more per title on average, you'd have to buy ten games to even add up to a $100 difference.

Truth is, the vast majority of console owners don't even buy ten games over the lifetime of the console. And that total typically includes discounted games. By the time most consoles go to mass consumer pricing, there are budget priced titles as there are with the 360 currently.

And that brings up the other aspect of console gaming; the consoles themselves become cheaper, which not coincidentally is when sales figures for hardware tend to pick up.

When I can pick up another PS3 for under $300, or a 360 for $200, that won't buy me a PC; it will buy me a decent video card.

Do you only buy 10 games every generation? If you do, then just build a decent $500 PC and tadaaa, it gets cheaper than PS3/360!!! And many great PC games are released with a lower price than $50 (Crysis Warhead for example, Sins of a Solar Empire, Sam & Max, etc...).

The Average PC gamer also doesn't upgrade and only buys $10-$20 PC games.... so where does lead us?

If you think you need $200 to buy a decent GPu, then it just shows how you don't know much about PC gaming.

 

PC usually is cheaper in the long run if you buy a decent amount of games, and will be used for a longer period than consoles, especially today. My brother still uses the same PC to play games after 5 years and has played several recent and great PC games.

Consoles are getting more expensive, PC's are getting cheaper, and life goes on.

Clearly we are in different budget ranges when it comes to sourcing parts. A 4850 would be a great $200 card and a 4870 would be a great $300 card. Not exorbitantly priced at all. Arguably the best price to performance seen yet in the PC gaming world.

I'm just a little tired of hearing "budget" and "runs Crysis at High settings" in the same flipping sentence when those who know anything about PC gaming know full well that's an oxymoron. So what? Run high settings at minimal resolution with no AA? What's the point?

Consoles start expensive with every generation and then become cheaper with every passing year. By the time the last generation was winding down, every console was under $200 and had sizable libraries of cheap games in addition to exclusives that continued to push the hardware.

PC components, particularly the video cards, which for all intents and purposes ARE the console within the PC, keep getting cheaper in addition to getting faster (although there is always a market for $500+ premium consumer video cards), but the minimum specs keep changing every year as well when it comes to resource heavy games that in effect sell new video cards.

You want to grandfather a PC for 5 years and tell me it plays Crysis on high, go ahead and make that claim. I'm typing this on a 4 year old Powerbook, but I don't use it for gaming. The PC I use for gaming on the other hand, will be replaced in 2-3 years at the most if I'm still inclined to keep gaming on PC. I'd build one anyway for video and photo editing even if I only found myself buying a small handful of PC games.

 



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darconi on 08 July 2008
kingofwale said:

 

Opportunity cost is one thing, the technical KNOW-how is another. How many people in this world know how to put a computer together from scratch???

frankly, the time spent learning so JUST to save a few bucks is the perfect definition of "opportunity cost"

Actually you completely butchered the idea of opportunity cost.  The basic idea of opportunity cost is that you're spending time doing something that doesn't make you money.  Guess what?  Just about everything is that, reading a book, going to school, everything.

The real meaning of opportunity cost factors in skill acquisition.  Going to college and earning a degree is an opportunity cost but that pays off long term because its a skill acquisition.  Learning how computers work, how to build one, and saving HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS of dollars over the long term is time much better spent than whining on a gaming board.

Btw, you can easily learn how to build computers just by reading the internet for a few hours.  Surely the 4000+ posts on your account indicate you have a few hours to spend no?

 



sc94597 on 08 July 2008
jonager said:
usually when they say a 500$ machine can run crysis they mean cpu only, then u should add around 150+ for a LCD monitor

Fine, lets add the cost of a TV to the price of a console. Now lets compare them.

 



brute on 08 July 2008
sc94597 said:
jonager said:
usually when they say a 500$ machine can run crysis they mean cpu only, then u should add around 150+ for a LCD monitor

Fine, lets add the cost of a TV to the price of a console. Now lets compare them.

 

 

 also we could connect the pc's to the tv's



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greenmedic88 on 08 July 2008

It would help greatly if said person already had the inclination to build a PC. If not, they'll probably just buy a budget pre-built PC from a well known vendor through retail if they want to overpay, or through an online discount site if they want to save a few hundred.

Typically, only the pre-built PCs with "premium" video cards (which right now would be a run of the mill 8800GT) command premium prices in addition to more HDD space, and maybe a 64bit OS with the additional RAM it allows.

I'm not even going into premium pre-built gaming rigs like the Blackbird or Alienware.

While I realize every bit counts for a lot of gamers, I think the value of learning how to build a PC through the process of research and hands on doing is actually worth more than the money you save on the price of components.

Technically, you can buy a pre-built bargain PC that will do everything but play games optimally for the same price. The main differences will almost always be the video card and the power supply.



greenmedic88 on 08 July 2008

The monitor as a part of the PC build cost is overplayed.

The assumption is that anyone who console games has at least one TV set.

But most PC users have at least one monitor. They'll typically have multiples hooked up to the same CPU if they're power users.

And for those who own HD displays with DVI, VGA and HDMI inputs, the big screen makes a nice jumbo gaming monitor as well.