first build any advice?

[zulicious]

is everything compatible? and if anyone has any comments i'd love to hear them


Motherboard
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

Case/power supply
Antec LifeStyle SONATA II

Hard drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JB 200GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

ram
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory

cpu
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor

video card
eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

[glc]

I'd recommend a SATA hard drive instead of a IDE, but everything else looks good.

[786ARS]

looks good, except, no OS, dvd drive, or monitor/keyboard and mouse. Also, you have an sli board, if you are not planning to go sli in the future, then get a cheaper non sli board

[glc]

No, that's not SLI.

[larry38]

Originally Posted by zulicious is everything compatible? and if anyone has any comments i'd love to hear them Motherboard ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard Case/power supply Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Hard drive Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JB 200GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM ram CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory cpu AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor video card eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

I wonder about the Corsair ValueSelect Ram you have selected for this board. I am going to be building a similar computer with my grandson and I looked in the manual (ASUS website since I didn't have the mobo yet) at the QVL for the RAM. As I read the table, I didn't think your (and my first choice) selection was in that list i.e. the B column for the support isn't checked. Does anyone know if this is the case or not? Basis this table, I chose two sticks of Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512 for 1 GB. Hope this was a good choice. Any comments?

[glc]

Both the CAS 2.5 and CAS 3 value select kits show up on Corsair's configurator for that board - you shouldn't have any problems.

[zulicious]

ok, thanks for you help

i bought all of these parts, and so far have installed the cpu and heatsink without incidence

but now im trying to install the RAM and it won't go in so far as to have the ejector clips snap into the last notch on each side of the stick of ram

and yes, the little plastic bridge in the middle does match up with the mother board

i think i'm pushing as hard as i can without breaking anything

any help?

[Alaron]

Are both clips pulled back and out of the way?

You should need to use a bit of force, they dont slide in too easily, but if anything bends, that is too far. Make sure the stick is straight in, pushing straight down.

Good luck.

[zulicious]

yeah, thanks

i just pushed on 1 side at a time until the whole stick was in, before i was trying to push the entire thing in all at once, if that makes any sense

[zulicious]

well, i'm having trouble finding out where the cd/dvd-rom and the hard drive scrwe into... i know where they're supposed to be... but i just dont see how it would be possible to screw it into place there...

anyone with this same case can help me? - the hardware im using is listed above

[glc]

I believe you have to screw the mounting rails onto the drives then slide them into the racks.

[zulicious]

woot, thanks a bunch, i feel pretty stupid for not realizing that

well i've installed everything, and everything is working, fans on, hard drive, cd rom, cpu

thanks so much for your help!

i have one more question though: in the tutorial, the "system disk" is not the same as the operating system? would the system disc be the cd that came with the motherboard, or what?

edit:nevermind... i just installed xp