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The 2008 PC Builder's Bible

Find the best parts. Learn to build a rig from scratch and overclock it to kingdom come. PC Gamer shows you how

Words: PC Gamer staff

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Internal Drives

Western Digital Caviar
SE16 500GB
Capacity: 500GB
Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
RPM: 7200
Cache: 16MB
Avg Seek Time: 8.9ms
Avg Write Time: 10.9ms
Price: $90
www.westerndigital.com

Seagate Barracuda
7200.11 1TB
Capacity: 1TB
Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
RPM: 7200
Cache: 32MB
Avg Latency: 4.16ms
Price: $220
www.seagate.com

Western Digital
Raptor X 150GB
Capacity: 150GB
Interface: SATA 1.5Gb/s
RPM: 10000
Cache: 16MB
Avg Seek Time: 4.6ms
Avg Write Time: 5.2ms
Avg Latency: 2.99ms
Price: $174
www.westerndigital.com

External Drives

Seagate FreeAgent
Go 250GB
Capacity: 250GB
Interface: USB 2.0
RPM: 5400
Transfer speed: 480Mb/s
Dimensions: .7”x4.8”x3.9”
Weight: 6.4oz
Price: $100
www.seagate.com

Western Digital My
Passport Elite 320GB
Capacity: 320GB
Interface: USB 2.0
RPM: 5400
Transfer speed: 480Mb/s
Dimensions: .6”x5.0”x3.1”
Weight: 0.23lb
Price: $160
www.westerndigital.com

Maxtor OneTouch
4 Plus 1TB
Capacity: 1TB
Interface: USB 2.0 /
IEEE1394a
RPM: 7200
Transfer speed: 480Mb/s
Dimensions: 2.5”x6.0”x6.8”
Weight: 2.5lbs
Price: $250
www.maxtor.com

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Cryose - 1 year 2 months ago

Cool. Too bad I bought the actual magazine for ten bucks a month ago.

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solidsnake_5552000 - 1 year 2 months ago

excellent article guys. Congratulations!!

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anything5767 - 1 year 2 months ago

Time to remember not to buy the builders bible next time.

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Alcyones - 1 year 2 months ago

Thanks!

I'm positive this is gonna help me in the future.

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Dibbz - 1 year 2 months ago

nicely done!

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Life - 1 year 2 months ago

Very cool

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Halo freak22 - 1 year 2 months ago

aswome totaly sweet

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JimMcDosh - 1 year 2 months ago

Excellent resource guide indeed. Very nice.

Jiff
www.anonweb.net.tc

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hellawaitsyou - 1 year 2 months ago

Is there a PDF version of this?

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HypherionWing - 1 year 2 months ago

I have a good rig using the Antec 900, but i dont particularly reccommend the 900 if your going for a bit of a crazy powerful build, which i unfortunately did.

The space in it is incredibly deceptive, any psu above 600w you have to CRAM everything right in there. ;)

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burningmunkey - 1 year 1 month ago

I would seriously love to have this on PDF! Is there any way?

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HyBriDFuRy - 1 year 1 month ago

I use the Intel Core 2 Quad core Q6600, it's still good isn't it? I bought it on newegg because it was a freakin' awesome deal for $200 and I overlocked this from default "2.4ghz" to what I now have "2.8ghz".

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invinciblechunk - 1 year 1 month ago

Wow, a section on LCD monitors that doesn't even mention input lag! The Dell 2707WFP is one of the worst gaming screens you can possibly pick! Its input lag is over 40ms, and newer firmware revisions are even worse. If you care about games at all, learn about the difference between TN, PVA and IPS panels, and learn about input lag.

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Lucretiel - 1 year 1 month ago

Tip of my hat to you guys, well done. My one annoyance is that there aren't any posted prices for accessories, just "Gamer with a budget" or "Deep pockets." Useful nonetheless.

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adrenaguy - 1 year 1 month ago

THANKYOU SO MUCH! this guide is going to be so helpful when i can get the money to build a sweet-ass computer, thanks again GR!

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dirt1996 - 1 year 21 days ago

You can get all the stuff listed above at newegg.com for half the prices listed for EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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dahudge8 - 1 year 14 days ago

here's the deal guys. I just downloaded the left 4 dead demo and it runs kind of choppy on my laptop. sometimes there's lag in combat intensive areas and sometimes there's lag when I'm just walking around. I was wondering if a new graphics card would remedy this? if so, can you even put new graphics cards into a laptop? I'd love to get an answer to this before I go by a nvida 8800.
Thanks!

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dirt1996 - 1 year 7 days ago

I was going to build it, but it doesnt help w/ the BIOs or anything else, and if this is the first rig youve built(like me) then this is impossible.

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glitchhunterLM4 - 10 months 9 days ago

i think its good that you teach people how to build a PC... but you should tell them about placing the standoffs...

LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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f2468l - 8 months 15 days ago

hi i just bought core 2 duo intel E7300 2.66 on a P5QL ASUS i had assumed alot more speed from this setup or did i goof up when i listned to the vendor feedback please
thanks

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