Dear good ppl of O/Cers forum land,
I currently have a Dell, but i would like to get another computer and build on my own this time. So bare with me as I am total new at this. I already got a good gripe on how to build the bloke...but im not to sure about the different hardware.
--And by the way, i dont plan on overclocking anything. I know it can be done safely...but i have friend who is 10 times more computer savy than me and he fried about $1000 worth of hardware after attemting to oc a few times. and i cant afford that lose AT ALL. !!plz forgive all mighty overclokcing gods!!--
1)CASE-The look of a case isnt terribly important to me-i just want a quality product with compatibility. I have been looking at the-Enermax, FS-710B. Black, 10-Bay, Enermax 330W P-4 PS, Server Tower Case-and it seems to be exactly what im looking for but then again you ppl know best so plz gimme some feed back. And since it comes with 2 rear case fans installed and a front case fan isntalled i would guess an AMD Athlon XP with the retail heatsink/ fan that comes with it would be good enough for cooling but i could be wrong.
2)CPU- im sure i want an AMD Athlon XP for cost reasons. I've been looking around at the 1800s for around $89. However, i have discovered that i could nearly get a 2000 for about $90!! But the porcessor come in OEM packaging. If anyone can recommend either retail packaging or OEM i would like to hear from you. I sort of iffy about OEM since you really dont know where the thing CPU is comming from. Also what type of fan should i go for with my AMD. Like i mentioned b4 if i dont plan to overclock it would the heatsink/fan that comes in a retail package be good?
3)MOBO-i found an-ASUS A7V8X AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Socket A, Processor Mother Board-it seemed like the right choice to me since im looking to put in 512mb Corsair DDR400 PC3200 RAM. I wanted the fastest RAM possible and this mobo was the most reasonable price that could support DDR400 RAM. Has anyone ever tried this mobo or something very similar cuz i would like to know if it is any good. Also i saw an Intel D850EMV2 mobo had a plastic mount for the cpu heatsink/fan. Are there any mobo's like the ASUS i described that have the mount....or is the mount worthless??(i have never installed an heatsink/fan on a cpu)
--bare wit me guys....i yap up a storm--
4)MEMORY-As i said b4 i dont plan on overclocking ANYTHING
I currently have a Dell, but i would like to get another computer and build on my own this time. So bare with me as I am total new at this. I already got a good gripe on how to build the bloke...but im not to sure about the different hardware.
--And by the way, i dont plan on overclocking anything. I know it can be done safely...but i have friend who is 10 times more computer savy than me and he fried about $1000 worth of hardware after attemting to oc a few times. and i cant afford that lose AT ALL. !!plz forgive all mighty overclokcing gods!!--
1)CASE-The look of a case isnt terribly important to me-i just want a quality product with compatibility. I have been looking at the-Enermax, FS-710B. Black, 10-Bay, Enermax 330W P-4 PS, Server Tower Case-and it seems to be exactly what im looking for but then again you ppl know best so plz gimme some feed back. And since it comes with 2 rear case fans installed and a front case fan isntalled i would guess an AMD Athlon XP with the retail heatsink/ fan that comes with it would be good enough for cooling but i could be wrong.
2)CPU- im sure i want an AMD Athlon XP for cost reasons. I've been looking around at the 1800s for around $89. However, i have discovered that i could nearly get a 2000 for about $90!! But the porcessor come in OEM packaging. If anyone can recommend either retail packaging or OEM i would like to hear from you. I sort of iffy about OEM since you really dont know where the thing CPU is comming from. Also what type of fan should i go for with my AMD. Like i mentioned b4 if i dont plan to overclock it would the heatsink/fan that comes in a retail package be good?
3)MOBO-i found an-ASUS A7V8X AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Socket A, Processor Mother Board-it seemed like the right choice to me since im looking to put in 512mb Corsair DDR400 PC3200 RAM. I wanted the fastest RAM possible and this mobo was the most reasonable price that could support DDR400 RAM. Has anyone ever tried this mobo or something very similar cuz i would like to know if it is any good. Also i saw an Intel D850EMV2 mobo had a plastic mount for the cpu heatsink/fan. Are there any mobo's like the ASUS i described that have the mount....or is the mount worthless??(i have never installed an heatsink/fan on a cpu)
--bare wit me guys....i yap up a storm--
4)MEMORY-As i said b4 i dont plan on overclocking ANYTHING