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03-27-2006, 12:51 PM
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need help with cables...
i'm a beginner in byopc's and i started buying some of the hardware that i need. i forgot that i bought some OEM stuff which doesn't include cables. i don't know what cables to use for the ff:
SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900XTX 100150 Video Card - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814102671 a couple of these hdd's: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822144701 and this fdd: MITSUMI Black Internal Floppy Drive Model D359M3D/D359M3B - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16821104101 and plus i bought this optical drive and got it earlier and it didn't came with the power cord (not the big cable but the smaller one), the other drive i bought came in with it... LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHW160P6S04 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106013 please help. thanks. 
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03-27-2006, 12:54 PM
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The motherboard will come with cables for connecting the drives. The PSU has cables for supplying power to the drives and to the graphics card unless the PSU is old. What cables are you looking for exactly?
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03-27-2006, 01:09 PM
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to tell you the truth i do not know. this will be my first build and i'm gonna start from scratch. the mother board and the psu I'm gonna buy are the ff:
ASUS P5LD2 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retailhttp://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131538 Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103931 the cables i'm lookin' for are the ones you use to connect the drives to the motherboard and the psu. i do not know if there are other cables you need to use besides this. |
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03-27-2006, 01:12 PM
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That PSU has the right PCI-E power cable, and the motherboard comes with the necessary cables, so you are good to go unless you want special cables like round, glow-in-the-dark or whatnot.
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03-27-2006, 01:28 PM
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nah... "fancyness"- out of the question lol. oh and two more things... i'm planning to get maybe 3 hdd's... a 40gb for OS, maybe a 100gb for programs/games/etc. and maybe a 250 for storage like mp3's and stuff. is my mobo built for 3 hdd's or it's upto the ide cable? and plus i'm also planning to get a liquid cooling system... you think my psu can handle this?
these are the hardwares i will be using for my build: :::newegg.com::: motherboard: 116.99 (retail) ASUS P5LD2 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131538 cpu: 277.00 (retail) Intel Pentium 4 650 Prescott 800MHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 EM64T Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116196 ram: 189.99 (retail) CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145098 sound card: 121.99 (retail) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102188 video card: 579.00 (oem) SAPPHIRE 100150 Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102671 psu: 89.99 (retail) Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931 hdd: 96.00 x 2 (oem) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144701 os: 93.95 (oem) Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837102059 fdd: 7.99 (oem) MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model D359M3D/D359M3B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16821104101 ide: 41.99 + 20.99 (both retail) [burner]LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106013 [player]LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SV http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827131417 hdd cooler: 17.99 (retail) AOC UHDC-BK UHDC HARD DRIVE COOLER (BLACK) W/DUAL 40X40X20MM FANS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835888311 |
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03-27-2006, 01:32 PM
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Yes, that motherboard can handle 3 hard drives...it could handle a whole lot more if you wanted. That list of components looks good. The only thing I'd hold off on is the sound card: I'd see if the onboard sound was good enough before I bought a separate card.
I don't know much about watercooling, so I don't know if that PSU is strong enough to power it. |
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03-27-2006, 01:36 PM
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oh... so about the sound card... you really think i should? how will i know if the onboard sound is good?
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03-27-2006, 01:38 PM
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 Honestly, it's a matter of personal preference. That looks like it's going to be a gaming computer, so the question is whether the sound in the games you play is up to your standards or not. |
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03-27-2006, 01:44 PM
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 it's gonna be 50% gaming, 15% editing (photoshop... just playing around with it) and 34% sound tripping... 1%turned off what would you suggest i use for a sound card if in case i didn't like the onboard one? |
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03-27-2006, 01:46 PM
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The card you have on your list now is more than up to the task if you want a separate sound card.
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03-27-2006, 01:48 PM
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oh ok... thanks... uhm... back to the topic again and maybe my last question... does a SATA hdd have a different ide cable or all of 'em are the same?
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03-27-2006, 01:50 PM
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Yes, SATA cables are different. If you take a look at the third picture of the motherboard at the Newegg site, the small red cables in the middle are SATA cables, the wide flat black ones on the right are the floppy and IDE cables.
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03-27-2006, 01:56 PM
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ohhhh... so my mobo has a sata cable... alright!!! well... i guess that's about it.... thanks for the help DOC... i really appreciate it! PCMECH kicks a$$ big time!!!
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