Topic: how do i build a pc

[white fly]

ok , sandra , thanks , so i should look out for somthing with enougth room to work with , a good number of bays and expansion slots , thanks        WF  

[white fly]

by the way , my dads pc is becoming really slow at loading , im not guite sure whats the matter , any ideas ( i know this thread is only ment to be for building pc's but im not sure whats a matter ?? )           WF

[Sandra]

Also a decent PSU rated at a minimum of 300 watts, although these days I would be looking for around 400 plus especially if you may be adding extra fans and making full use of all the IDE drives that you can run  

[Sandra]

Do you mean on its initial boot up WF ?
Which OS is he using and has it been gradually slowing down over a few days or weeks ?

[white fly]

also , im sure you have all seen my dancing MEGAMAN underneth white fly , but unfortunatly he is getting a bit tired , so i wondered what do i have to do to upload my own moving pics off the net as my profile pic                              
                               WF

[white fly]

it's been slowing down after a few days

[Sandra]

Is that on its initial boot or loading progs already installed ?

[white fly]

sandra , the initial boot is fine , it's just loading programs and loading pages on the net , for example , i was waiting at least 10 mins the other day to send a reply on here  

[white fly]

sandra , other problem aside , you still havent ansewed my question on page 4 agout the profile pic ?

[Sandra]

Slowness on the net is usually not related to your PC, its usually problems with the server thats hosting the sites or possibly the ISP or your telephone exchange or anywhere in between those 3 and your pc.
A slow pc is faster than the net is.
Slowness opening and loading programs and using your pc is usually down to something using a lot of your CPUs processing power.
This can be unwanted/unknown programs running in the background, usually brought in through downloaded adware and such like.
If you havent got it download and run Adaware or similar to eliminate that possibilty and get back to us  

[Sandra]

 you still havent ansewed my question on page 4 agout the profile pic ?

Sorry about that I was answering what I thought were the most important questions first  

Go into Your Profile and there is a section for Personal Text, tick the box where it says I have my own pic and put your own animation or pictures link to your webspace in the box at the side of it.

It can only be a .jpg or a .gif and I think it has to be a maximum size of 100 x 100 pixels and please keep the size in KBs as small as possible as it will slow the page loading down for non BB members  

[Simon]

It actually has to be exactly 100 x 100, no larger or smaller.  

[white fly]

s'ok simon i got me pic now ,

have you lot seen the case with a fish tank on the side , it looks really cool , i saw it today in me mates pc shopper mag .
not gettin anything like it ever , i know it sounds stupid , but what it gets cracked or starts to leek , it would ruin everything  

[white fly]

anyway , i went to a computer fair the other day , and figured out that i could get a decent system already put together , for the price of me building a standed one , it has some expansion slots so i could upgrade later on if i wish , but thanks for all the help you guys have given me on this thread , i will keep all the info in mind for a later date , as i say ,

i will keep you all posted

much appriciated  

WF

[Sandra]

So what did you get WF and did you get and run adaware on your dads pc ?
If so did it speed it up again ?