*How To Ask For New Build Advice*

Read Proximon's *Guide to Choosing Parts*. Also see the Build Your Own section of THG for suggestions.

Create a New Topic for your build with a descriptive title, such as "$1000 gaming PC" or "Need Advice on Budget HTPC", not just "Help" or "Building Computer". Do this by clicking the red "Ask the Community" button that appears on this page above this post.

In order to make things easy, copy and paste the following template into your post and edit the italicized examples to suit your needs:

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Approximate Purchase Date: (e.g.: this week (the closer the better))

Budget Range: (e.g.: 600-800) Before / After Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)

Parts Not Required: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS) **Include Power Supply Make & Model If Re-using**

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, ncix.com -- to show us selection & pricing)

Country: (e.g.: India) we need to know where these parts are being assembled

Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to use an AMD CPU & Biostar mobo with a 24" LCD and full tower case)

Overclocking: Yes / No / Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe

Monitor Resolution: (e.g.: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200)

Additional Comments: (e.g.: Need to have a window and lots of bling, I would like a quiet PC)

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Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts.

The easiest method is to paste the label on one line and then paste the link below it.
Example:
Logitech 920-000914 Black 106 Normal Keys Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126043

Looks like:
Logitech 920-000914 Black 106 Normal Keys Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126043

Links can also be created using the following format: [url= paste the url here ] paste the label here [/url]

The paperclip button on the toolbar gives this: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126043] paste the label here [/url]

Example:
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126043]Logitech 920-000914 Black 106 Normal Keys Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard - Retail[/url]

Looks like:
Logitech 920-000914 Black 106 Normal Keys Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard - Retail

Hooray. Maybe it will get used

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Send me a PM if you know a better way.

Finally i can get rid of this "favorite".... no more bumps

Especially using the [url] bbcode. Keeps things very neat

hi, i want a new gaming cpu as well too

i will be posting details later tonite

Sorry, wrong place

Make a thread instead.

Your best bet is to start up a new thread for that question. To be hoenst with ya it depends on what its for to say where to point you (Large Cooperation, small business, home use ...ect)

GREAT idea.

Added rebate and country suggestions.

Perhaps there should be a javascript popup asking them to agree to something like giving their soul away, maybe that would get them to read it all

Where do we input the "asking for a pc build" info..This thread?

Well, I'll give it a try.

Nice idea jb. Being we get a lot of under-educated or first time builders, they might not have a clue about which parts can/should be reused.

What about asking expected life of the system or time until next upgrade?

A lot of people don't seem to know how to get a link to their wish list on Newegg, so I thought I'd help them out. I just don't know where to post it, so move it to wherever it's most appropriate or delete it if obsolete.



Alright, first off we need something in our wish list.



In your wish list tick the box for the item(s) you'd like add, enter a name and click on Create New



Go to MY SAVED WISH LISTS, tick the box for the wish list(s) you'd like to share and click on Share



Once the page has reloaded copy the last string of the URL



Go to PUBLIC WISH LISTS and click on whatever list you fancy the most



Once the page has reloaded mark the last string of the URL again, paste your number and hit enter



Et voilà!
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/ [...] er=9960134

Here's something that might be missing from many discussions. I'm from the shameless marketing point of view. I don't recall seeing in any of the forums and replies suggestions to use links from tomshardware.com to buy the recommended products. I didn't even think to click links from Tom's when I made my Black Friday purchases at Newegg.com last week. Does Tom's have links to stores from which they generate revenue which in turn would assure the future existence of this magnificent site? I am truly sorry if they do and I didn't use them since I depend on Tom's and the many people who share their knowledge in its forums to guide me to the products I need.

I'll make this one short. Would having someone provide the info from Belarc Advisor about their current system help with system build recommendations?

Hello from a newbie... Just signed up and was reading the rules and what not... .Just wanted say "whats up" I am in the process of attempting to put together my second build... and really need some advice.. like alot of the other posts I have read... I will be posting my list of goodies soon.... Love this forum.. very informative.. One quick question.. Is there a wap site for this forum ?
Thanks again....

Nice guide.
One way that I think it can be improved is to encourage users who are asking for build advice, and have come up with their own suggested build already, to put a price next to each individual component and then at the end how much all of those components come to. This will make it easier and quicker for "advisors" to be able gauge how much of the budget has been taken up and how and what can be potentially be changed to either improve the build or get it back into budget.

Great help thanks....

Question here from a new PC builder. If I have no real idea on what parts I want (ie: brands, etc.), but know what kind of specs I want (ie: want to run a SSD and HDD, running two 24" monitors, etc.), would that be appropriate to post? Or should I do more research and come back here when I have a more definitive idea of the exact parts I want?

@washcaps008 I'm sorry no one replied to your thread. We aren't going to reply here, but if you could edit your post to put a link to the thread you opened I will look at it and see if I have any ideas.

@nydoc re-post using the 'ask the community' button at the top of this page. Off the top of my head, I think that it would help people who were replying to the new thread if you told them what OS you were using and what you were using it for (I know you said not a power user but even some games would change the recommendation). Thanks

Sorry if anyone's already suggested this, but another useful option would be to ask how long they expect/want the build to last.

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