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Default Guide to Building a Computer, Part 1: Choosing the Right Parts

This is really a group effort, as I started this article 10 months ago and worked on it sporadically, the Blake, then a few others.....but full credit goes to Joe "Htiman" for taking the time to put this together into something worth reading....stay tuned for part 2 next week, the actual build....to be followed by part 3, Optimizing your system.

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While it's easy to recommend which parts to buy, not many people actually stop to tell you why, or bother to explain to you what the different choices are, or what they mean. First and foremost, planning out your system build will ensure you buy the correct parts, and that the parts you buy will not only work together, but will do so optimally. It would be easy simply to tell everyone to just buy the baddest and most expensive parts they can afford, but that's silly; the best way to do things is to shape your build to a budget, and choose parts consistent to your goals. You'd be surprised at the money you can save, and performance you can achieve, with a simple plan before building. Today, HardwareLogic presents the first in a three part series on system building.
Guide to Building a Computer, Part 1: Choosing the Right Parts



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So, wait, who wrote it?
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Thanks Simple. Rich put a lot of effort into it too, he did a real good job of sexing it up. It turned out pretty good. I sent the article link to my Dad, he told me "I didn't know you were that good of a writer." I didn't tell him it was severely edited LOL.




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That is a great article Hitman!!!!

And, that is pretty funny about the edititing



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Hardly, Joe is being modest, he did an oustanding job writing this up.....a fact that will become clear once we post the second part of the series......
I'm still looking for someone to write up the guide for installing windows, optimizing the system.....and maybe another guide covering overclocking....please contact me if you might be interested in contributing



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Great job on part one, hitman!! One question please? LOL Where's the chain hoist holding that cooling rig at? My god that thing is huge!



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Great job on part one, hitman!! One question please? LOL Where's the chain hoist holding that cooling rig at? My god that thing is huge!
That Turbine engine is in the rig now owned by Jokerswild, the proud Member of the Year. That photo is from Cappers Photo Archive.

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Wow Joe, This is impressive!!!!! All that experimenting around with computers is paying off.
My Mom makes me sound like Dexter. "Quickly, to the laboratory!"





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That cooler is actually the Zalman CNPS9500-AM2, and though it looks huge, its very light and a very good cooler



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