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Plz help check my parts for first PC build
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I'm about to order all the parts to attempt to build myself a new PC Would really appreciate some help!! Please.. I'm really worried about a few things, mainly, will everything be compatible, especially the Motherboard, CPU, RAM, and HDD. I'm also worried about what cables i may need, and if I have everything for the BFG graphics card that I'm planning to get. The system requirements for it are confusing me as to whether i will need to order extra cables etc, and even get a bigger PSU. BFG System Requirements: A minimum 480W system power supply, An AGP 2.0 (or higher) compliant, motherboard. Some motherboards violate the AGP specification and therefore this card may not physically fit in some systems. A vacant PCI slot adjacent to the AGP slot. This board occupies two slots: one AGP and one PCI. Two available hard disk drive power dongles (smaller floppy disk drive connector is not sufficient). For instance, it says 2 available hard disk drive power dongles?? Where do I order these from? or will they be included with my PSU? Also, will my Mother board be AGP 2.0 compliant? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The parts i have ready to order: Motherboard: Abit AV8 SKT939 K8T800PRO 800FSB 8xAGP SATA Sound GIG LAN Retail Box from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=64800 More info he http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=175 PSU Antec PSU True Blue 480w Blue Led Fan from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=43567 Will it be powerful enough and have enough cables for the BFG and everything else??? MEMORY I'll be getting this: Kingston 1GB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL3 (3-3-3) DIMM (Kit 2) From: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=49296 As far as i can see, it will be compatible with the motherboard. CASE The case I will be getting is this: Antec Plusview 1000 4x5.25 5x3.5 ATX Tower Case with Side Window From he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=44356 It says compliant for AMD so i'm hoping it will be ok. CPU Athlon 64 3500+ S939 512Kb Box From he http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...n%2064%203500# HDD Western Digital WD2000JD 200GB Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache- OEM from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55240 Cables so far: 1x Belkin Serial ATA 2.0 7-pin Cable - Red 18" for the hard drive. Will i need any more? 1x Ebuyer AC Power Lead (Kettle Type) Suitable for ATX PSU 1x Ebuyer 6" Internal Power Y Splitter Cable I'm worried i'm going to receive all the parts, and then have to order more.. By the way, how good will the sound be on the motherboard, would it support dolby 5.1? I'm going to order some 5.1 speakers. Also, i'm wondering about will i need any ports? usb like at the back of my existing system? Or do they come with the case or motherboard? Ive also got on my list to order, a monitor, anti static wrist band, windows xp software, disk drives, sound card etc etc, but its the above that the most important. Many many thanks for any help. If everything looks fine i'm going to order it as soon as. Chris |
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"Chris" picturesofengland(on wrote in message ... Hi. I'm about to order all the parts to attempt to build myself a new PC Would really appreciate some help!! Please.. I'm really worried about a few things, mainly, will everything be compatible, especially the Motherboard, CPU, RAM, and HDD. I'm also worried about what cables i may need, and if I have everything for the BFG graphics card that I'm planning to get. The system requirements for it are confusing me as to whether i will need to order extra cables etc, and even get a bigger PSU. BFG System Requirements: A minimum 480W system power supply, An AGP 2.0 (or higher) compliant, motherboard. Some motherboards violate the AGP specification and therefore this card may not physically fit in some systems. A vacant PCI slot adjacent to the AGP slot. This board occupies two slots: one AGP and one PCI. Two available hard disk drive power dongles (smaller floppy disk drive connector is not sufficient). For instance, it says 2 available hard disk drive power dongles?? Where do I order these from? or will they be included with my PSU? Also, will my Mother board be AGP 2.0 compliant? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The parts i have ready to order: Motherboard: Abit AV8 SKT939 K8T800PRO 800FSB 8xAGP SATA Sound GIG LAN Retail Box from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=64800 More info he http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...es=1&model=175 PSU Antec PSU True Blue 480w Blue Led Fan from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=43567 Will it be powerful enough and have enough cables for the BFG and everything else??? MEMORY I'll be getting this: Kingston 1GB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL3 (3-3-3) DIMM (Kit 2) From: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=49296 As far as i can see, it will be compatible with the motherboard. CASE The case I will be getting is this: Antec Plusview 1000 4x5.25 5x3.5 ATX Tower Case with Side Window From he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=44356 It says compliant for AMD so i'm hoping it will be ok. CPU Athlon 64 3500+ S939 512Kb Box From he http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...n%2064%203500# HDD Western Digital WD2000JD 200GB Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache- OEM from he http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55240 Cables so far: 1x Belkin Serial ATA 2.0 7-pin Cable - Red 18" for the hard drive. Will i need any more? 1x Ebuyer AC Power Lead (Kettle Type) Suitable for ATX PSU 1x Ebuyer 6" Internal Power Y Splitter Cable I'm worried i'm going to receive all the parts, and then have to order more.. By the way, how good will the sound be on the motherboard, would it support dolby 5.1? I'm going to order some 5.1 speakers. Also, i'm wondering about will i need any ports? usb like at the back of my existing system? Or do they come with the case or motherboard? Ive also got on my list to order, a monitor, anti static wrist band, windows xp software, disk drives, sound card etc etc, but its the above that the most important. Many many thanks for any help. If everything looks fine i'm going to order it as soon as. Chris Hi Chris, I gather from your post that perhaps you haven't built a PC before? If so, don't be too worried about it - its really not that difficult and providing you are careful I am sure everything will go smoothly. You can debate all day long about whether Component A is better than Component B, and I am sure you will have other posts saying "get this Power Supply instead or get that motherboard instead. I am not going to do that. The list of components you have put together seems pretty fair and I am sure it will all work just fine. The pointers I would offer you however a 1. Double check on the cables etc. I would think the sata cable (for example) will come with the motherboard and therefore you probably won't need to buy one. Similarly, you don't need to buy a power lead. One will come with the PSU. Likewise the y-splitter: I suspect the Antec will have enough outputs to eliminate the need for that. Google should help you find the information you need. Or you can always ask specific questions on newsgroups such as here. 2. For a first attempt, buying a retail CPU is not a bad idea. But the heatsink and fan that comes with them are usually pretty ahem average. You may want to replace that in due course with something better. But I would strongly recommend some Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound, instead of the thermal pad supplied in your AMD CPU retail box. Thermal pads are pretty dreadful and for only a few £'s you can get a tube of AS5 that will do a much better job. 3. USB ports. You need to check exactly what ports are on the motherboard backplate, and which are just pins on the motherboard. I would guess its 4+4, but I don't know without checking. I would also guess that your case will have (2?) front mounted USB ports. You may or may not need a bracket for the spare 2 usb ports. But this may come with your motherboard. Its easy to check- search for reviews of your motherboard and see what they say about what it comes with. Or perhaps download the manual and see if it has a parts list. In any event it doesn't really matter - you can always buy a bracket later and "only" 6 usb ports to start with will hardly compromise your early system-building efforts. Good luck with it all and do let us know how you get on. Cheers Chip |
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Chris wrote:
CPU Athlon 64 3500+ S939 512Kb Box How about overclocking the S939 3000+? Use the money you save to get a better cooler and faster memory. Read this: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242 |
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