10-05-2009, 11:26 PM
Building your own PC gives you more bang for your buck. Remember to ground yourself. Get a video card made in the last few months to a year, I recommend Nvidia. Get at least 1GB of RAM, bare minimum. When buying RAM, faster RAM will be better than a larger quantity, but having faster RAM and a large amount is great if you can. I do not recommend using Vista, since you're going to be doing gaming. Stick to XP for the moment until you feel comfortable upgrading to Windows 7. If you can order parts online, check Newegg. Buy a quad-core or a high quality Dual-core CPU (I'm using an AMD Phenom). Remember to make sure all of your parts are compatible (I made the mistake of buying a 24-pin power supply without checking whether or not it had a 6 pin extension... Don't make that mistake.) Hard Drives, I wouldn't go below 100 GB if you're putting games on there. Don't forget the ever-important disk drives (CD-R is the minimum you need). The case, make sure it fits with the motherboard and PSU (Power supply unit) you choose to buy. Don't go buying a mobo suited for a Tower case when you buy a Shuttle case.
This is just random bits of information I remember from when I built my first computer. Good luck on the computer, and have fun. =P
This is just random bits of information I remember from when I built my first computer. Good luck on the computer, and have fun. =P