i'm new here and i just can't get it

[ahmed dawod]

hello pals

i'm new here and i want to know what do you mean with building a PC ?

do you mean gathering the individual parts then installing them ?

or making the parts from the beginning or what ?

thank you

[Force Flow]

Yes, purchasing and assembling the different components of a computer. Motherboard, CPU, PSU, RAM, video card, case, drives, etc.

[theyosh]

Welcome to PC Mech. It's all about purchasing individual parts and putting them all together. It's kind of like putting a car together. You wouldn't build your own engine, tires, transmission, etc. But you can buy all those parts and put it together to make it work.

theyosh

[Ali89]

Well like Force Flow and theyosh said, you buy individual parts and build your own PC. Compared to just buying a PC from sellers like Dell and Asus and other companys like these, you usually over pay for the PC and they usually undercut you with cheaper or no name brand parts. The only down side of building your own PC is the knowledge needed to build one and the knowledge needed to maintain it. With a Dell computer you can just give it back to the store you bought it from and they will fix what ever is needed to fix it both the Operating System(OS) and the parts if any are broken as long as you have the coverage, warrenty, for it. With your own computer you need to solve any OS problems you have through forums, other computer users or the company that makes the OS, e.g. Microsoft, Linux, Mac. Any OS problems are easy to find a solution so this won't be a big deal. Since most computer parts come with life time warrentys or 1-5 years of warranty you will be able to send it back if it become defective as long as you know the part is defective which requires a few test and elimanation of working and nonworking PC parts. Usually this is done with a second PC if you are not able to turn on the computer to see malfunction parts. But if you don't have a second PC you can Google the symptoms or post the symptoms on the many helpful forums which will lead you to the broken part. Don't let this discourage you, most computer experts and users who know a good deal of computers started learning the most about computers by building their own computer.

The easiest part is putting your computer together. Its the maintenance of a computer thats hard but you learn as you go.

[Force Flow]

Ali89, the place where you save money by building your own are with high-end machines, geared towards gaming, multimedia work, servers, etc.

If you simply want a generic desktop for just surfing, word processing, and email, a PC from Dell will vastly undercut the price of building. Remember, a retail PC not only comes with a tower, but also the keyboard, mouse, monitor, and operating system. If you built a PC, you'll have to get those seperately.

[Ali89]

Lol, I only build High end machines that usally cost over $1000 so I don't know nothing of low end vs a pre-built machine.