1. Motherboard for either an Intel or AMD processor
ATX or Micro-ATX form
2. Processor for either Intel or AMD motherboard-(ases is all up to preference if your building an extreme gaming system with multiple video cards you will want one with good cooling (2 120mm fans at least) other than that its looks and price that are the determining factor.)
3. Memory for motherboard (Do the same thing unless you are going to do some serious over clocking pretty much any memory will work good brands include Kingston, Crucial, Patriot, PNY, Corsair. The amount of memory will also depend on what the primary purpose of the computer will be usually 2 gigs is sufficient. If you plan on installing more than 3 gigs or more you will need a 64 bit operating system.)
4. Case to hold the motherboard CPU and Memory
Full tower, Mid-tower, or Micro
5. Power supply if the case does not include one-(Power supplies are an important part of the system and depending on the number of drives and the type of video card in the system you will want a good 400-500 watt power supply. Maybe more if you're going with a dual video SLI setup. Good brands include Cooler master, Antec, Thermaltake, and Rosewill.)
6. DVD RW Drive
7.Hard disk drive (AKA HDD)- you will want to decide on SATA (a little more expensive but faster) or IDE. Top two and most recommended brands include Western Digital (AKA WD), and Seagate.
8. Video card if your motherboard does not have integrated video or you plan on playing games.------it depends on what your building the computer to do. Playing games MMORPG (Mass Multi Online Role Playing Games [Everquest]), FPS (first person shooter [Crysis]) I recommend Nvidia cards. If you just going online and playing browser games (yahoo games) integrated video will work.
9. CPU Cooler AKA heatsink. if its not included with the processor (Retail box units include the cooler)-For a CPU cooler the unit included in a retail box is more than adequate for normal operating systems. If you are going to overclock or you purchased a OEM processor you may want to look at an aftermarket unit. Recommended units are MSI/Watercool Hydrogen (liquid cooling), Zalman Reserator, Coolermaster Hyper TX2.
10. Thermal compound for between the CPU and heat sink.
11. Operating system Normally Windows either XP,Vista, 7 or 8. 64 bit or 32 bit. There are also several versions of Linux to consider
12. Monitor
13. Keyboard and mouse
Depending on your budget and brand loyalty Intel is currently top performer in the CPU category so an Intel Core 4 or higher would be a good choice. AMD processors while slightly slower are MUCH cheaper. Motherboards I usually look for price and options I want and then manufacture. Stay away from low-priced, lower end motherboards. They can be a headache.
Source: Online
ATX or Micro-ATX form
2. Processor for either Intel or AMD motherboard-(ases is all up to preference if your building an extreme gaming system with multiple video cards you will want one with good cooling (2 120mm fans at least) other than that its looks and price that are the determining factor.)
3. Memory for motherboard (Do the same thing unless you are going to do some serious over clocking pretty much any memory will work good brands include Kingston, Crucial, Patriot, PNY, Corsair. The amount of memory will also depend on what the primary purpose of the computer will be usually 2 gigs is sufficient. If you plan on installing more than 3 gigs or more you will need a 64 bit operating system.)
4. Case to hold the motherboard CPU and Memory
Full tower, Mid-tower, or Micro
5. Power supply if the case does not include one-(Power supplies are an important part of the system and depending on the number of drives and the type of video card in the system you will want a good 400-500 watt power supply. Maybe more if you're going with a dual video SLI setup. Good brands include Cooler master, Antec, Thermaltake, and Rosewill.)
6. DVD RW Drive
7.Hard disk drive (AKA HDD)- you will want to decide on SATA (a little more expensive but faster) or IDE. Top two and most recommended brands include Western Digital (AKA WD), and Seagate.
8. Video card if your motherboard does not have integrated video or you plan on playing games.------it depends on what your building the computer to do. Playing games MMORPG (Mass Multi Online Role Playing Games [Everquest]), FPS (first person shooter [Crysis]) I recommend Nvidia cards. If you just going online and playing browser games (yahoo games) integrated video will work.
9. CPU Cooler AKA heatsink. if its not included with the processor (Retail box units include the cooler)-For a CPU cooler the unit included in a retail box is more than adequate for normal operating systems. If you are going to overclock or you purchased a OEM processor you may want to look at an aftermarket unit. Recommended units are MSI/Watercool Hydrogen (liquid cooling), Zalman Reserator, Coolermaster Hyper TX2.
10. Thermal compound for between the CPU and heat sink.
11. Operating system Normally Windows either XP,Vista, 7 or 8. 64 bit or 32 bit. There are also several versions of Linux to consider
12. Monitor
13. Keyboard and mouse
Depending on your budget and brand loyalty Intel is currently top performer in the CPU category so an Intel Core 4 or higher would be a good choice. AMD processors while slightly slower are MUCH cheaper. Motherboards I usually look for price and options I want and then manufacture. Stay away from low-priced, lower end motherboards. They can be a headache.
Source: Online
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