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custom building a computer
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:16 am
by i am red
Im getting rid of my hand-me-down 4 year old hp pavilion dv5000 laptop and buying a netbook, then building my own custom computer for gaming, any suggestions on motherboard, graphic cards, operating systems, ect..... would be greatly appreciated, excuse my bad spelling and gramar, for i am just plain retarded lol
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:03 am
by plope0726
check out newegg.com and tigerdirect.com You might consider getting a barebones system. Tigerdirect has some nice ones that would be ideal for gaming.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:09 am
by i am red
ok, i just need something to do durring the summer, and whats better than building a beastly computer that will make my freinds dive away from the inevetable wtfBOOM!!!!. lol. also, how do you get a computer to have that 3 monitor set up... thats pretty sweet.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:08 am
by Zaffron
Some special graphics card, i am assuming. I get dual monitor support in my other tower computer because it has a second plugin slot, and I just have an adapter since the secondary slot is serial monitor connection, and I get two monitors!
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:34 am
by i am red
ok, so that answers my multi monitor question. next is a processor, I have a 150 dollar budget for a processor, what do you recomend, also would it be better to shop on ebay for the more expensive things (graphis cards for the tri monitor support, motherboards, sound cards, ect.)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:07 am
by plope0726
i am red wrote:ok, so that answers my multi monitor question. next is a processor, I have a 150 dollar budget for a processor, what do you recomend, also would it be better to shop on ebay for the more expensive things (graphis cards for the tri monitor support, motherboards, sound cards, ect.)
Well if you check out the barebones systems you can usually get a case, mobo, processor and sometimes memory and a video card. It tends to come out cheaper when you buy the bundles like that. here have a look
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... ebone-Kits
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... 2000030003#
I've seen systems with mobo processor and case for under $200 and IMO these site are more reputable than ebay sellers and less of a hassle if you have a problem. of course I've never trusted really trusted ebay
Also you can get free shipping on a lot of stuff.