I would recommend reading the system guide from Ars Technica here http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guid鈥?/a> . It details various configurations based on intended budgets, and makes choosing parts for your new system a lot easier (gives a nice base system).
As for a good, free OS, I would highly recommend Ubuntu, http://www.ubuntu.com/ . You can give it a spin by downloading an installation CD and running it as a ';live cd'; (you run the whole operating system off the CD without using the Hard drive).Any advice on how to build my own comp the best way and where to get the cheapest yet still good hardware?
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newegg.com and tigerdirect.com are probably the best places to buy computer parts.
As for tips? There is pretty much a standard procedure on how to build a computer so google around.
Building your own computer is easy and you save a great deal of money. what you put in your comp depends on what you wanna use it for! If you are editing video you will need a hefty machine. If you are building it for audio production you will wanna spec it out! i have a 1.7 ghz p4 with 512 kingston memory and it has been a work horse! Maybe slow for today standards but faster than my mac 2hz duo with 1,ooo ram. It has a duel video card and i added 3 drives to it! Just be sure to use a good power supply that will supply enough juice for you comp. The motherboard i have a ASuS tech p4t-e and has been nothing but great. You can also go into bios and tweak this baby to game! If you are doing high graghics work make sure to get a really good video card , if you don't you may not get to run some programs.
As far as os, it is hard to find free ones. You may find some open source one if you are lucky. Just keep looking.
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