# What do you need to build a PC? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 19, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762 "2005-04-19T08:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/1 "2005-04-19T08:05:16Z")
What do you need? Where do you like to get your stuff from? What brands? I know you need a motherboard, hard drive, memory, etc. We’re talking about building our own PC’s at work to ship out with our instruments, instead of buying these shitty things from Dell (especially because I’ve been trying to order a PC from them for two weeks now and my sales rep won’t call me back! How the fuck can you be a sales rep for dell and not call your customers back, or return their emails!!!??? :rant: ) 40GB HDD is fine, Pentium 4 only (No Celerons!!). I looked at [NewEgg.com](http://NewEgg.com) and found a $56 HDD, Western Digital 80GB SATA. Looking to spend no more than $500 including Windows XP. ---
**Author:** ![BlackZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackz28/32/5932_2.png) [@BlackZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlackZ28)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/2 "2005-04-19T08:24:06Z")
i built mine through IKON PC. (google them and you’ll find it) almost 3 years and not one hiccup. good prices too ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/3 "2005-04-19T08:24:09Z")
what do you have allready that you can use. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/4 "2005-04-19T08:24:54Z")
i got an AMD64 w/ motherboard for $250 and reused my drives and memory. you can get a case for about 40. ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/5 "2005-04-19T08:27:08Z")
No no, we need to build them from scratch. We need everything. We want to get the parts in here and then build the computer ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/6 "2005-04-19T08:27:34Z")
just search for the other thread where whitey laid everything out nice and simple. ---
**Author:** ![raverjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@raverjames](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raverjames)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/7 "2005-04-19T08:27:34Z")
Go to [www.pricewatch.com](http://www.pricewatch.com) I also like newegg when they have specials. A $500 dollar PC would be like 2-3 year old stuff. 2500-3000 processor, Decent motherboard with sound, Pre FX Nvidia card, 512 mb good DDR ram or 1gb slower DDR ram. I would look for a 60-80gig HD and maybe a DVD drive/burner. Depends what you want it to do. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/8 "2005-04-19T08:28:05Z")
motherboard, chip, ram, drives, case, powersupply, os, cards ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/9 "2005-04-19T08:29:37Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > motherboard, chip, ram, drives, case, powersupply, os, cards misc screws, video card, sound card, monitor, printer, keyboard, mouse, etc… ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/10 "2005-04-19T08:29:44Z")
So far I found an Intel Chipset Motherboard for a Pentium 4, $59.99. Western Digital 80GB HDD SATA for $56.00. CD-RW is $35 at the most, even for a Sony one. (is Sony good?) Add $170 for XP Pro. ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/11 "2005-04-19T08:30:53Z")
> monitor, printer, keyboard, mouse Nope, don’t need them. We will be re-selling these so the customer can supply their own. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/12 "2005-04-19T08:31:55Z")
> [@77rednecktruck](#): > > just search for the other thread where whitey laid everything out nice and simple. ---
**Author:** ![raverjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@raverjames](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raverjames)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/13 "2005-04-19T08:32:14Z")
> [@huskysgrl](#): > > So far I found an Intel Chipset Motherboard for a Pentium 4, $59.99. Western Digital 80GB HDD SATA for $56.00. CD-RW is $35 at the most, even for a Sony one. (is Sony good?) > > Add $170 for XP Pro. I had a Sony break. I think Pioneer are the better company of the 2. Or just get something with a 1 year+ warranty. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/14 "2005-04-19T08:32:17Z")
I always liked getting a barebones sytem and just filling in the missing parts. you can get a good barebones for about $150 ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/15 "2005-04-19T08:35:06Z")
[www.newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com) or [www.zipzoomfly.com](http://www.zipzoomfly.com) only places i will buy desktop PC stuff from… they are the best on speed and quality ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/16 "2005-04-19T08:38:12Z")
jenn if this is for your company I would probably disagree with building them yourselves… most places would prefer warranty’s on their equipment but this is only my opinion, if it is a small shop, yeah go 'head and build, med-large place of business…go with dell, hp… ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/17 "2005-04-19T08:38:51Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > [www.zipzoomfly.com](http://www.zipzoomfly.com) I was looking for that earlier, I couldn’t remember what the link was. I’m going to end up printing out the price and stuff for everything we need, and then talking to the boss about it. ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/18 "2005-04-19T08:40:42Z")
> [@bobby311](#): > > jenn if this is for your company I would probably disagree with building them yourselves… > > most places would prefer warranty’s on their equipment > > but this is only my opinion, if it is a small shop, yeah go 'head and build, med-large place of business…go with dell, hp… Well, we provide the computers ONLY with our equipment. That’s the entire purpose of them. But the Dells I bought last time for $558 each were shitty (or so our software guy says… they were too slow to run our software), so I figured that we could build our own for cheaper and they would work better. The boss was talking to them the other day about “cutting corners” with the computers and stuff, and me and the other web guy here think this is the best way to do that. ---
**Author:** ![raverjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@raverjames](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raverjames)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/19 "2005-04-19T08:41:57Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > [www.newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com) or [www.zipzoomfly.com](http://www.zipzoomfly.com) > > only places i will buy desktop PC stuff from… they are the best on speed and quality Those are the places I go for processors, drives, and motherboards. I go to an overclockers hardware place for cooling stuff, video cards and ram. Then other stuff like cases can be found all over. I have had 2 power supplies fail from newegg and destroy motherboards, so I am not touching that stuff from them again. However, my processor and motherboard are both from newegg and have taken the overclocking for 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![raverjames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@raverjames](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raverjames)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762/20 "2005-04-19T08:44:38Z")
> [@huskysgrl](#): > > Well, we provide the computers ONLY with our equipment. That’s the entire purpose of them. But the Dells I bought last time for $558 each were shitty (or so our software guy says… they were too slow to run our software), so I figured that we could build our own for cheaper and they would work better. The boss was talking to them the other day about “cutting corners” with the computers and stuff, and me and the other web guy here think this is the best way to do that. I agree. I am working with Unigraphics and Solidworks at the lab here and it is on a dell with the best of everything. It is slow. My 2 year old home pc is alot faster with these programs. Dell uses some cheaper parts so the quality is not always up there with home built systems. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-need-to-build-a-pc/173762.md?page=2)