That Windows Compatible stuff just threw me off and I am so paranoid I'll do something wrong and buy a wrong part. I'll do some more price research tonight and I'll check out that mwave place.
You are fine. He meant that the AMD Athlon 64 CPUs are the only CPUs right now that you can buy and run Windows on. There are other 64bit chips but they can run windows and not for desktop use.
1 GB Corsair PC 3200 DDR RAM (two sticks of 512MB).
60GB Hard drive for 30 bucks (from CompUSA, black Friday sale)
Memorex CD-RW (52x32x52, 40 bucks from CompUSA black Friday sale)
PNY GeForce 6800 128 MB AGP ($200 after rebate)
Logitech keyboard ($10 after rebate)
Samsung 712 17" LCD Monitor ($250 after rebate)
And I suggest the Antec Sonata case....very good case. I also bought an extra case fan (10-20 bucks).
Total, my PC cost around $1100. If you want, you can probably skimp on on some things to save money (downgrade to the GeForce 5000 series saves you about 100 bucks, skimping on the CPU can save you about another 100 bucks, going with a CRt monitor can save you about 100 bucks). The more I think about it, the more I wish I downgraded to something like an Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 to save some $$$. But I'm still happy with my PC.
Also, I was wondering if it would be wise to add a fan and how much of a pain it is to do that?
Nothing to it, assuming you get the right size fan for an existing mounting point in the case. The fan comes will need four screws (usually included) and will take about two minutes to install.
Hmm..I was just noticing that motherboard has 4 front USB ports and that case only has 2 front ports.
The four extra ports not built into the back of the board are connected by a "dongle" - an extra plate with wires leading to the motherboard. You should be able to wire two of the extra ports on the motherboard to the front of the case, then use the dongle in the attached picture (it comes with the board) at the rear of the case.
check out www.zipzoomfly.com also. They are like neweggs rival in prices and shipping and products. www.pricegrabber.com also can let you search for many products and stores.
Also, if you havn't already, check your local adds for sales on hard drives, you will always find better deals at your local stores, and they won't be oem either. But if you want a speedy WD Raptor then you probably will have to look to the internet.
Yeah I placed the orders the night before last and I just recieved my CPU, motherboard, Win XP, CPU glue and free AMD t-shirt from Mwave. Living in California cost me about $130 extra because of sales tax but the plus side is most of my stuff is coming from California. Unfortunately, the case isn't one of them...lol.
The motherboard box says it comes with Windows XP 64-bit Edition (beta version)...Do I dare try it?
Do you try Win XP 64? not just yet cos there aren't many apps that run in 64 bit & finding the right drivers can be problematic. All its good for is browsing atm. When you gott it up & running then may be have go with Win 64.
OK everything is here now. So I've been talking to people and reading some of the documentation.
One person mentioned making sure all the jumpers are set properly before I turn it on. So I'm looking in the motherboard manual and the only thing I see about jumpers is "Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1" Do they not use jumpers and multipliers for setting the CPU speed anymore or would I find that information in a different manual?
hey, does that samsung drive have extra cache? I bought a samsung cd-rw/dvd combo drive with 8mb buffer instead of the typical 2mb buffer and to date I havn't made one bad cd off it, I love it! It's also the only drive I've ever payed more than 20 dollars for hehe.
I have a pair of wires labeled "PSU Fan Monitor Connector" that are coming from the powersupply. The documentation for the case makes no mention and neither does the mobo docs. Its a 3-pin connector that looks like it would fit an the motherboard fan pins. Any ideas?
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Thanks a ton, folks.
What you have is good and looks like a killer PC.
I purchased my PC separately and I have the following:
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS" NVIDIA nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 754 CPU -RETAIL
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-259
AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-426&depa=1
1 GB Corsair PC 3200 DDR RAM (two sticks of 512MB).
60GB Hard drive for 30 bucks (from CompUSA, black Friday sale)
Memorex CD-RW (52x32x52, 40 bucks from CompUSA black Friday sale)
PNY GeForce 6800 128 MB AGP ($200 after rebate)
Logitech keyboard ($10 after rebate)
Samsung 712 17" LCD Monitor ($250 after rebate)
And I suggest the Antec Sonata case....very good case. I also bought an extra case fan (10-20 bucks).
Total, my PC cost around $1100. If you want, you can probably skimp on on some things to save money (downgrade to the GeForce 5000 series saves you about 100 bucks, skimping on the CPU can save you about another 100 bucks, going with a CRt monitor can save you about 100 bucks). The more I think about it, the more I wish I downgraded to something like an Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 to save some $$$. But I'm still happy with my PC.
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ RETAIL BOXED 64-BIT SOCKET 939 W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY) $199.50 mwave
MSI K8T NEO2-FIR VIA K8T800 PRO CHIPSET SERIAL ATA150 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xAGP(8X)/5xPCI/4xDDR W/SATA,RAID,LAN(Gb),1394,USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON 64 - SOCKET 939) $105 mwave
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only $71.19
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM nVIDIA nFORCE 250 CHIPSET SERIAL ATA150 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xAGP(8X)/5xPCI/3xDDR W/SATA RAID,LAN(Gb),1394,USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON 64 - SOCKET 939) $136.50 mwave
Also, I was wondering if it would be wise to add a fan and how much of a pain it is to do that?
Nothing to it, assuming you get the right size fan for an existing mounting point in the case. The fan comes will need four screws (usually included) and will take about two minutes to install.
The four extra ports not built into the back of the board are connected by a "dongle" - an extra plate with wires leading to the motherboard. You should be able to wire two of the extra ports on the motherboard to the front of the case, then use the dongle in the attached picture (it comes with the board) at the rear of the case.
Also, if you havn't already, check your local adds for sales on hard drives, you will always find better deals at your local stores, and they won't be oem either. But if you want a speedy WD Raptor then you probably will have to look to the internet.
The motherboard box says it comes with Windows XP 64-bit Edition (beta version)...Do I dare try it?
One person mentioned making sure all the jumpers are set properly before I turn it on. So I'm looking in the motherboard manual and the only thing I see about jumpers is "Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1" Do they not use jumpers and multipliers for setting the CPU speed anymore or would I find that information in a different manual?
Can you post a list of what you actually bought?
Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 –OEM
ANTEC Life Style Series Black Case With 380W Power Supply, Model "SONATA"
Samsung 16X DVD±RW, Model TS-H552B/WRCH Black, Retail
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ RETAIL BOXED 64-BIT SOCKET 939 W/COOLING FAN
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM nVIDIA nFORCE 250 CHIPSET SERIAL ATA150 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xAGP(8X)/5xPCI/3xDDR W/SATA RAID,LAN(Gb),1394,USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON 64 - SOCKET 939)
Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys
I/O Magic 1.44MB 3.5 Inch Internal Floppy Drive, Black Bezel, Model IFLP02
Maxtor Ultra Series Kit 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model L01M080
ATI AIW RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/CATV/VIVO, 8X AGP, Model "ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO"
Logitech X-530 5.1 Black Speaker System
SAMSUNG 910T-Black 19" LCD Monitor –RETAIL
All the wires and connectors coming from the front of the case are labeled except 2. I have them marked in the picture below. Any ideas?