When building a comp...any comp...the 3 MOST important parts are these:
1. Case...whether you are air cooling or water cooling get a case with room for growth, great cooling, and case exterior connectors where you are going to want them.
2. Power Supply ...this runs the show...get a PSU that will easily drive w/e you have in comp or MAY decide to add to comp. Consider wattage AND amperage.
3. Motherboard ...EVERYthing ur comp does, it does on or thru the motherboard circuits...you skimp here, you WILL regret it, down the road, or from day one.
As you build ur 1st comp...take the time to write down: MAKE / Model Number / Serial Number of every part before you put it in comp...if it has a version number like some RAM and motherboards...write that down too. Then when you DO have questions to post...you can just copy paste your system build and save a TON of time...ALSO...some companies require the serial number before their tech support will even talk to you.....and some require the serial number to register the product, so your warranty is valid.
/e It's a whole lot easier to do this BEFORE assembling parts as you can easily read the serials on the devices themselves. After it's assembled, finding the serial number of some components...is a pain.
This post was edited by ghot on Jun 14 2012 11:47pm