Comp Q

[JohnnyTAE]

If you're building your own comp hardware wise what else would you need besides the stuff that's already on my list?

Hard Disc:
RAM:
MotherBoard:
Case:
Cpu:
CD-RW:
Floppy Disk:
Network Card:
Audio Card:
Video Card:
keyboard:
Monitor:
USB:

Software:
Drivers, OS, ????

[Rurouni Storm]

You'll of course need an OS of some sort. Drivers should be included with the hardware.

Need a printer?

[RoboticSilence]

Some decent speakers... a laser mouse... a second CD drive...

[Rurouni Storm]

Keyboard ;)

and I'd personally put a second drive in as a DVD-ROM.

[drivehappy]

Power, usually comes with case though, but make sure it's enough.

Fans, if you have a lot of heat better get 1 or 2 in addition to any component fans.

[JohnnyTAE]

Thanxz for the help it's all great but right now I am just trying too direct my attention towards what belongs in the case not all the other peripherals and a little on the software that I don't want too miss out on (and is basically required for a common comp/ not included with os)

I am kind of on a budget so if some one could go into more detail about the Needs, the Would be nice too have in, and only buy this if you have parents like TacoX...

[drivehappy]

Well here's what I do when making my computers:

I usually goto www.tigerdirect.com, they have a large supply of computer components and it's a good source for quality stuff. They have motherboard/cpu bundles that save you some money and the good thing about it is that the cpu will work with your motherboard. But anyhoo.

I would get at least a 1.4g AMD, I don't like Intel that much since the AMD's go faster and are cheaper (Intel uses their logo to jack up the price).

Get a Radeon or Geforce video card, at least a 64mb.

Sound card, doesn't really matter.. I can't really tell the difference between the quality anyways.

Mouse- get a optical one.

Keyboard- internet based is nice.

Moniter at least a 17", make sure it will support the resolutions you might be using.

Harddrive- 60g at least, try for the 7600 rpm or higher.

CDROM 56x. CDRW anything above 10x write is good enough. Floppy drive. Zip if you use it a lot, get a 250- I've heard the new ones (750?) dont write to 100 discs.

Ram- at least 256k

Network card- 10/100 at least

Fan- At least one fan for the components, either attached to the back or on a HD.

Case- ATX is the standard, make sure theres a power supply with it. Also see if you can get one that has cooling components.

Cost for what I listed: about $600

[Grav]

Just buy a 386 then overclock that shit to 3.4ghz

[JohnnyTAE]

Thanxz Drive that helps a great deal :D

only thing is that your link doesn't seem to be working

[mightychicken]

um... tigerdirect uses some crappy stuff. heck, you'd generally find better stuff at pricewatch.