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Good and Friendly online forum to help me build a computer?

Does anyone know of a good and friendly online forum on which I could ask some questions so they could help me build a computer? Here is the history: I'm getting myself a new gaming computer, but I don't live alone, and the other people that live with me need to use a computer and they are not computer savvy, because of past experiences I don't want them touching my computer so I'm going to build them one with some spare parts that I have, a pretty good computer that only has the motherboard broken and I'm going to try to use the same processor, memory and everything that I can salvage. The problem is that I've been out of the game for too long, and by that I mean that I haven't touch or learned anything regarding hardware in a long time (last time I was messing around with 486s and pentium IIs) So I need help finding out what king of motherboard I need to buy and if the components I have will work with it and stuff like that. I know how and I can build it, but I just need someone to do the thinking and I'll do the trained monkey stuff :D sooooooooo ... Do you know any good and friendly online forum with some hardware gurus that could lend me a hand? Thanks for answering... The link you gave me gives information on how to assemble and work on a computer, That I know how to do it, but I need help figuring out what is the name of my motherboard and which motherboard I should buy to replace it to make sure that my processor and memory will work on the new motherboard. And the forum looks like nobody uses it :(

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1. it is good to build your own and it is fun. go to http://startbuildingpc.110mb.com there's a step by step guide and a sample set up that you can choose from, if you have questions go to the forum page or chat with me if you have some difficulties. my ym/email add is noliebucago@yahoo.com I'll be happy to help you.
2. If you still have the broken motherboard you can inspect it carefully for the name and model. They can sometimes be a little hard to find but are almost always on the board. See the first link below for help. If you no longer have the motherboard and want to reuse the cpu and ram you can find out which motherboard will work with a particular cpu. The second link will let you select your cpu and also memory and any other relevant specs and tell you which motherboards are compatible with them. You can also go to the website of the cpu maker (intel or amd), and they have a utility that will tell you which motherboards are compatible with their cpus. Sorry I don't have a direct link to the utility but have used it in the past. The third link has a good forum. My experience has been most forums are helpful if you ask good clear questions and are appreciative of the time people spend trying to help you. Good luck