What engineering method did you need to use to develop a clone PC?
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Read!  Search the web and talk to friends who had built one.  Website like Sharkyextreme.com and pricewatch.com really help out a lot too.  And don't forget those Sunday flyers.  When I built my first PC years ago, I remember it was a little scary.  But every one after that was nothing but fun.  You don't need much skill, just basic knowledge of how a computer works, how to install software, and how to setup BIOS.  :)
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Figure out what you want first:\nNoise levels\nhttp://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-2104030.php\n\nGaming\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com/\n\nCAD\nhttp://www.cadinfo.net/scripts/hardware-categories.cfm\n\nVideo\nhttp://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/24609792/m/646000871831\n\nImaging\nOperating System\nYour Software requirements\netc\n\nEach one has somewhat different needs to be optimum for what you do.\n\nLEARN TO BUILD A COMPUTER. Components Explained. Computer Cases. Floppy Drives. Motherboards. CD-ROM \nwww.buildyourown.org.uk\n\nwww.buildyourowncomputer.com\n\nGuide to Building an ATX PC  Step by step illustrated guide.\nwww.daileyint.com/build\n\nIncludes advice and instructions for how to build your own personal computer.\nwww.buildpc.net
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Your question is very vague.\n\nGive more description as what you want. or contacta  hardware engineer.
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Here are a few:\n\nhttp://www.pcmech.com/byopc/\nhttp://www.daileyint.com/build/\nhttp://www.waterwheel.com/Build_A_PC/build_PC.htm
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Your best bet is to contact a company that specializes in this sort of thing. I've got a number of websites below that you could start with which would explain and provide links to helpful information.\n\nThere is software, but hardware is also needed. It is available in the USA, but I can't speak for the rest of the world.
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Your question is not very clear, are you rebuilding it by adding and removing hardware or rebuilding from (almost or completely) zero or just want to rebuild the current system without adding or reducing anything. Please modify the instruction as suitable.\n\nREAD THE INSTRUCTION UNTIL THE END FIRST, BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DO THE ANYTHING.\n\n1. Backup data from old Computer.\n2. Burn CD or Floppy with installer of firewall, make sure it's the most recent version.\n2. Scrap the old Computer for hardware that is not so old and is still good to use\n3. Choose the motherboard first, this is the most crucial part of a computer.\n4. Choose a suitable processors for the motherboard,\n5. Choose other parts, such as: \n- internal storage (harddisk)\n- Power Supply (PSU)*3,\n- basic input device (keyboard and mouse)\n- basic output device (speaker and monitor)\n- video card*1 (VGA)\n- sound card*2\n- network card and/or modem card\n- casings\n- peripherals (like printer, scanner, etc) \n- external storage (like CD Driver, DVD Driver, Floppy, etc)\n6.  Make sure the parts are not incompatible with each other esp. with proccessors and motherboard before paying for them\n7. Build them together, sometimes you can ask the vendor to assemble them for you\n8. Bring the computer home\n9. Plug all the devices to power as needed, plug monitors, keyboard, mouse, peripherals, etc to the computer. DO NOT plug modem cable or network cable yet.\n10. Turn on the computer. Go to BIOS Setting*4 and change the boot order to CD first. Restart computer.\n11. Boot from CD. Format the harddisk first, then install Windows.\n12. After installing Windows, install hardware drivers as needed, look at the device manager on what should be installed. If you don't have the driver CD for some reason, don't download it yet.\n13. Install the firewall from the CD you make earlier. This is the most basic requirement before connecting to internet\n14. Plug network cable or modem cable, setup modem and network as neccessary.\n15. Connect to the internet.\n16. Download and install Windows Update at Microsoft.com, you should ONLY install the HIGH PRIORITY updates. Repeat this step as necessary since sometimes Windows Update need the computer to be restarted before able to continue updating.\n17. Download and install basic security software like antivirus, antispyware, etc. Update them just after you install them, sometimes the latest antivirus/antispyware installer don't come with the latest signature database.\n18. Download and install the remaining of the drivers that you don't have at earlier time. Restart as needed.\n19. Optional: Use alternative browser like Firefox, Opera, etc early, download and install them at this step. Only use IE for updating windows and downloading the alternative browser.\n20. You can start using the computer now.\n\n*1. most motherboards provide standard video card, if you're not planning to use the computer for graphic intensive applications like games, photo-editing, image creating, or CAD, you may save some money on these parts. Remember that you can always add this part at later time.\n*2. If you're not an working a lot with sounds or not an audiophile, this part may be skipped since most motherboard provide a good quality sound card functionality.\n*3. Most casings are sold with an average quality power supply, this power supply often has voltage leakages, which might shorten the life span of other hardware, so most of the time it is needed to buy a power supply. Note though, some casing's power supply are not that bad either.\n*4. Repeatedly press delete after pressing the on button. Note: sometimes it is not possible to do this on USB keyboard, since the driver needed for USB is not yet loaded, use a normal keyboard instead.\n\nNOTE:\nSome of these instruction may be leaved out if you take some of the old computer's part or not going to use some functionality like modem if you're not an internet surfe
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c. Supercomputer\n\nTop500 supercomputer list is now full of culster systems.\nMany of them are cheap and definitely much cheaper than classic supercomputer solutions.
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You will probably need to purchase an extra IDE controller.  You can find them cheap online at sites like TigerDirect or NewEgg.\n\nMake sure to get one with it's own BIOS.  It will cost a little more than the non-BIOS ones, but will save you $$ versus buying a new PC.
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You may email me.  Although I am not a Computer Hardware Engineer YET, I am studying to be one.  I am halfway through my sophomore curriculum.  I can probably help you out.  email me at bdecker202@yahoo.com
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Rate your level of expertise:\n1- Computer Dude.  I can handle anything.\n2- Experienced. I don't know it all, but I've fixed a few in my day.\n3- Unafraid Novice.  I'm not technical yet, but I want to learn.\n4- Joe User.  I can browse the web, send e-mail, and play games, but I don't want to mess around with the thing.  It should be easy and just work.\n5- Total Newbie.  The insides of a computer might as well be the insides of a nuclear reactor.\n\nIf you put yourself anywhere from 1 to 3, then go for a clone.  You get more machine for your money, but you will have to handle the tech support yourself.  If you are a 4 or 5, then buy branded.  Anything that goes wrong will be backed up by a decent warranty, web support, and updates.
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I suspect there is an open-source product that would be free and pretty competitive to CAD.  Give http://www.sourceforge.net a try to see if such a product exists.\n\nEdit:  found this http://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/
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You should build the computer yourself. You can get many parts that you need from garage sales and the like. The parts that I would still buy would be: ATX Case w/power supply (nothing fancy now, just a case w/400 watt power supply), a CPU, a Motherboard, a SATA 250GB-300GB HDD for security reasons, a OEM copy of Windows XP Pro ($140). Unfortunately, CPUs are expensive! You'll have to save your pennies for that!  DVD/CD drives can be found on most recent computers at garage sales. Just ask them if the CD or DVD drives are working. Strip the memory out of the old ones too, it may work in your build. There is usually a sticker on the memory that gives the info on it for that stick. If you put it yours just make sure that it is the right type for the mobo and CPU. This could become a family project, have the kids help you out! They have lots of friends looking to rid themselves of old computers. You can make use of those parts! Go to the library and borrow books on how to build computers. There are a lot of them out there! Shop at Newegg.com on the weekends for parts, they have weekend sales on new parts every weekend. This isn't going to be a $200 computer, but it WILL be what you want! You also can buy parts as you can afford them, and there's no finance charges on cash!
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You need the tower, power supply, a motherboard, a cpu, sound card, dvd rom, hard drive, graphix card, computer software and windows or other and you asmble then program then your done.
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which ones? there are quite a few built in system ones then you can also make your own. are you looking for examples?
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If you go to PCB Express on-line, you can download some simple graphical type programs to design a schematic and do a board layout for a prototype board.  You enter credit card information and in a few days, you will have three prototype boards mailed to you.  You then populate them and solder it up.  This is only one of several services to do this.  It works pretty well, assuming that you are willing to do the work yourself.  \n\nIf not, I would make a flowchart on paper of what you want the circuit to do and submit it to an electronics or robotics on-line site or message board for help, go talk to a teacher or professor, etc.
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Find one on eBay! You'll probably want a branded one if you are not much of a computer person. They also come with technical support and really they are quite cheaper than if you had someone build you one from scratch. This is because a giant like Dell gets their parts in huge quantities and therfore pays MUCH less than a small computer shop would. The savings is passed on to you. And, if you ever decide to sell your PC and get a newer one, you'll find it easier to sell a branded and modeled unit versus a no-namer.
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one the greatest you can find is silicon graphic workstation you can check it in www.sgi.com\nif you want configure your own you can use a doul core prossesor AMD (X2) with a quad sli support motherboard and 4 sli 512MB video card with at least 4-8GB ram , 4*SataII hdd configured as strip raid (from 250GB to 1TB)