Good luck, I've never heard of a 13 year old building a computer. Hopefully someone is there to help you out.
If you're into doing lots of rendering, you might wanna check out a nvidia Quadro. They're mostly used by professionals and cost quite a bit. Although I think they don't play games that well.
thats a little extreme for me....im gonna get a six core cpu for all the rendering..and then get a DECENT graphics card for opengl operations and gaming
I have the Coolermaster HAF932 right now (not the black edition as linked, but the only difference is instead of a full side window, the lower 2/3rds is mesh with a 240mm fan, and mine doesn't have the GPU air duct). Great case, tons of room, lots of bays, toolless design, and excellent cord management. Pricey, but lots of space for large full-length, 2-slot video cards with room to spare, lots of front-mounted ports (audio, USB, FireWire, eSATA), watercooling-ready with top-fill area, and air cooling all over the damn pace. (3 240mm low-noise fans in the top, side and front, 120mm in the rear, plus space for extra fans in the bottom) Prior to this I had a Thermaltake Shark, which was good but kind of cramped inside.
how are the front mounted ports hooked up? Are they just connected to the motherbaord via a bunch of cables? And does the fans come with the case?
Yes, the case comes with 4 fans (the 3 240mm and the 120mm rear). The front ports plug into a standard USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) header on the motherboard. The audio has to be routed through a slot in the back and plugged in using normal 3.5mm jacks. EDIT: Here's a better link to the standard 932.
In case you missed it, here's a better link to the HAF932 standard. IT shows 2 120mm fans in the top, but when I bought mine it had 1 240mm. EDIT: Oh, I should note: Do NOT skimp on the PSU and buy a cheap one. Buy a name-brand. CoolerMaster, Thermaltake, Corsair, something decent, preferably modular and/or braided (for better air flow). I've never had a cheap PSU that lasted more than a year, and when they go, they can take other components with them. Spend the extra money and get a decent PSU, it'll last much longer, provide cleaner power, and usually has failsafes against surges spiking through the board.
haha..thanks to you im gonnna have to make a bit more money...but thats fine thanks for all the help. where would be the best deal for a monitor? I want at least a 20inch
Dell make some pretty nice ones for decent prices. I'm currently using a Dell SP2309W and it's very nice. Vibrant colour, fast response time, lots of screen real estate. My only gripe is that it doesn't have tilt adjustment.
Okay...I'll consider it. So what about graphics card? I may as well do some gaming I don't need extreme performance..just something that will play most recent or soon to be released games(blacks ops...etc)
Unless you're a serious graphics professional (in which case why are you asking here?) I wouldn't go totally balls out building any kind of system. The way PC components are priced you can build a "budget" system super cheap, a "pretty decent" system for just a little bit more money or a "high end" system for TONS more money. Honestly, I doubt anything you'd be doing would flat out REQUIRE the best parts money can buy right now, so just buy the previous-generation in processors, motherboards, graphics cards, etc. You'll save a TON of money, allowing you to upgrade way more often. The mistake I see PC builders fall in to way too much is rationalizing super high-end systems thinking "Oh, well this will last me five years!" when in reality, if you took the same amount of money, and spread it over five years, chances are you could either continually upgrade your machine to keep it reasonably fresh, or just flat out build new ones every 1-2 years. I've bought far too many $1000 processors and $500 video cards in my day just because they were 5% faster in benchmarks than the ones that literally cost half (or less) as much. If I had a time machine and could tell myself this shit, I would have saved so much money.
Also look around on Google, there are tons of sites that offer parts lists for several different builds and compare the performance of all of them. Here's one from Tom's Hardware- http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-cpu-gpu,2656.html
The site I linked to earlier www.slickdeals.net, occasionally has all sorts of computer parts and monitors that pop up on sale normally. Also, if you go to your nearby bookstore, you should be able to pick up a copy of the magazine "Build the Perfect PC", I got a copy for myself for when I get the money to build one just because it has a step-by-step picture guide for putting it together.
yah..somebody suggested sick deals...ill will proably get all my internal companents from newegg and for everything else ill look around slickdeals
