Members MalcolmTex Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 CodeBlue and Herald Of Light, you guys both seem to know a lot about putting machines together. I have a stupid question: do all the components go together easily? What about USB and firewire ports, mouse and keyboard plugs etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members code_blue Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 CodeBlue and Herald Of Light, you guys both seem to know a lot about putting machines together. I have a stupid question: do all the components go together easily? What about USB and firewire ports, mouse and keyboard plugs etc? You can figure everything out pretty fast using the motherboard's manual. The motherboard usually has all of those ports (USB, Firewire) right on it and they don't need to be connected. Some cases have extra ports up front, sometimes there will be issues with those connectors not having a spot for them to plug in on the motherboard, but having four USB ports instead of six isn't too big of a deal. If there are four memory slots the motherboard manual will say use slot one and three if you are using two sticks blah blah blah you will have the info you need. The harder things would be connecting power, and the heatsink/fan for the processor. You may need to look at diagrams and use adapters to connect the power supply to everything correctly. And the processor will need a very thin even layer of thermal paste put directly on it, the stuff is stickier than tar and can ruin the processor if you put too much on it and it spills over the edge. The four prongs that hold the heatsink down also need to be pressed in securely, but in a way that won't disturb the thermal paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted December 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 Faster RAM is dumb. Don't fall for that trap. They increase the price, but give you nothing for it. Almost all DDR2 is pretty much the same thing. If you REALLY want to run the clock speed higher, then just do it manually. But in reality, it doesn't mean jack crap. I'd just save the money and get this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134730 At the risk of sounding like a noob, how do you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted December 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 After a lot of deal hunting and price bouncing.. This is the final configuration I've decided on ( pending input from the wise ): DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168111290422x 320GB HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136098Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009145PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168171390084GB RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134730Intel DG35EC mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121336Intel E5200 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 Everything look solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members code_blue Posted December 28, 2008 Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 After a lot of deal hunting and price bouncing.. This is the final configuration I've decided on ( pending input from the wise ):Intel DG35EC mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121336Intel E5200 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072Everything look solid? That motherboard is a little pricey...Get this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130127R And the CPU is VERY underpowered, you want a Core 2 Duo at least. Get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115206 Don't worry about only two memory slots on the motherboard, 2GB x2 should work fine. I can't stress how important the CPU is, it is number one on your list of important parts, even my grandpa has a Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members code_blue Posted December 28, 2008 Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 At the risk of sounding like a noob, how do you do that? You would find this useful if you had 30 programs open and felt the need to play a game or three at the same time, and wanted everything to be 4% smoother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted December 28, 2008 Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 They are cheap, but they're retarded huge. For me, the edges sit in my peripheral vision, which drives me nuts.What I would get for a higher resolution is a newer 22" or 21.5" that is 16:9 and 1920x1080. There are a lot of those coming out.But he's using integrated graphics in this case, so that resolution could be hard on the motherboard's GPU if he ends up using it for anything remotely demanding. Of course, you can just turn it down, but why spend more for a higher native resolution that you aren't going to be able to use? Even my friend's Macbook's Intel GMA X3100 worked just fine with my 1920x1200 resolution monitor and that graphics chip is considered to be pretty crap. 1920x1080 makes no sense for a monitor because there's less vertical resolution. Most programs need more space vertically than horizontally so the 1920x1200 resolution has its place. 1920x1080 has no benefits over 1920x1200. When it comes to monitors, there's no such thing as too big unless the resolution and size are out of balance (I feel for example 26" is too much for 1920x1200 resolution whereas 24" is just perfect and 22" is just slightly small). At the moment I've got a 21" 1600x1200 res monitor, a 22" 1920x1200 monitor and a 40" 1920x1080 HDTV on my table and already I'm contemplating moving to a 30" 2560x1600 monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Say Ocean Posted December 28, 2008 Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 Once you get everything going... post a thread on how it went. I wanna put together a budget recording pc also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted December 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 That motherboard is a little pricey...Get this instead:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130127RAnd the CPU is VERY underpowered, you want a Core 2 Duo at least. Get this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115206Don't worry about only two memory slots on the motherboard, 2GB x2 should work fine. I can't stress how important the CPU is, it is number one on your list of important parts, even my grandpa has a Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz lol. Thanks for the advice! Is there anything different from the Core 2 Duo processors and the Pentium dual core that makes it that much more expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SBF3000 Posted December 28, 2008 Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 during the first few posts in this thread I thought you were talking to yourself. you two could be related! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mparsons Posted December 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2008 Maybe its time for a new avatar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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