My parts list Vol. 1

[Foosa]

After a year of saying i was going to do it, finaly i have the need and the chance. I started college again today and will need it more and more in my major so i talked myself into it. It also helps that my girlfriends brother is getting an amd 5000 system gotta keep up with the Jones

hard drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136009

dvd rom- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058

ram- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145566

mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131028

power supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931

cpu- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003

video card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130015

i have viewsonic 2025, lian li pc61, keyboard and mouse.

Suggstions and changes let me know. I was going to order tommarow but, e6600 went out of stock to fast...figuars.

[minsonngo]

Everything looks good to me.

One thing though. The board needs the 24-pin main PSU connector + the 8-pin EPS12V (2 x 4-pin ATX 12V) power connector.

The current PSU you have listed only has 1 ATX12V connector.

Here is a good alternative:

Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103932

[Mr.Ferrari]

That motherboard is not a good choice as far as bang/buck goes. Youd be better off with a Intel BadAxe rev.304 975x, Asus p5wdh, or if your not looking at any of the wifi or dual card capabilities, A normal Asus P5B or Gigabyte DS3 or DS4 would be a much much better idea.

Go for a 250gb. Very little price difference between the two versions, and trust me its worth it.

Btw E6600 is being a bit MIA. But Id suggest you not buy from newegg when it does come in stock. Horrible price gouging. Id suggest www.tankguys.com or www.zipzoomfly.com instead.

Another good choice on the psu if you can bump up a few bucks is this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817163112

[Foosa]

i swithed out the ps to the Antec TruePower 2.0. thank you minsonngo

I am going with the 250 gig hdd as well. But Mr.Ferrari is this the board you are talking about? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121016

i also also am ordering floppy drive and a copy of windows xp.

[Foosa]

i was looking at some cheaper video cards as well. I don't game that much, but i want to be able to play oblivion. (I was a big morrowind fan for the xbox) How will a 7600gt fair? and any othe suggestions?

[minsonngo]

This is the suggested minimum hardware setup for Oblivion:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card


So the 7600GT should be able to handle it okay. Maybe not at the highest settings though.

[Foosa]

it will be better than not being able to play it at all, like on my current computer...

What about this motherboard, Intel BOXD975XBXLKR. I was looking into overclocking one day in the not so distant future to see what the core 2 can do.( just to do it, maybe not for keeps just to see what i can get it to do) Or stick with the asus i have at the top?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121016

[Mr.Ferrari]

Well I would realllly try to get that asus p5wdh over the p5b deluxe you currently have. For 10 bucks more it is a MUCH better choice. However, p5b deluxe will be fine as long as you dont plan on a crossfire setup in the future. Its not a bad board, p5b deluxe is actually quite good, but the price doesnt justify. If I had to choose, I would choose the Intel Bad axe. It is not reasonable to pay such a high price for a 965 board, and especially one that doesnt do anything special.

Badaxe is somewhat overclockable. I say somewhat because inorder to unlock the full oc features you need to do a small modification on the motherboard. So keep that in Mind when your making you choice.

[minsonngo]

Either board is good.

I don't think you can overclock with Intel boards though...

[Mr.Ferrari]

Yup and this is still true with the badaxe. However there is a exception. If you do a quick circuit mod on the motherboard, full overclocking features are unvieled. However this isnt something that should be the reason you look at **or should** be doing when buying this board.

P5wdh deluxe should be in stock very soon. If you can wait that would be good as your money will be better spent, otherwise go for p5b deluxe or intelbadaxe.
If you really have no use for the special wi-fi or other features that the deluxe version offers I would suggest the normal P5B over it.

[Foosa]

Well i ordered it all last night. By some stroke of luck as i got on to check the forums and such newegg got the e6600 in stock. Now i play the waiting game. I opted for the ASUS P5W DH DELUXE as was suggested by Mr. Ferrari. 10$ more and has a remote? sounds cool enough for me

The only thing i am worried about is installing windows.(i know kinda silly but that is all i really dont know. Hardware wise i am good to go thanks to the forums and myself) How do i go about doing this? And how big should i make the partition for it?

[minsonngo]

Just go into the CMOS/BIOS setup and set the CD/DVD drive as the first boot device.

Pop in the OS CD and boot from it to run the OS installation.

You can create a small partition for the OS and any other applications you want to install. I usually create a 10 to 20 GB partition for this purpose.

[Foosa]

How do i go about formating the Hdd before i get started? And do i need to?

How do i make a partition? For general usage 10-20gb will do just fine?

and the inner noob is released. Like i said i am not worried about putting it together its just the software thing that gets me...

[Spirit]

Originally Posted by Foosa How do i go about formating the Hdd before i get started? And do i need to? How do i make a partition? For general usage 10-20gb will do just fine? and the inner noob is released. Like i said i am not worried about putting it together its just the software thing that gets me...

I just found out, the Windows XP install will format your hard drive for you.

[Foosa]

Just got my first shipment in. Dvd burner, floppy drive as well as other things, and they are oem and it didnt cross my mind, but they dont come with cables. Will my motherboard have cables for them both and any other cable i will need?

[jayb1234]

Probably.

If not just grab what you need at Radio Shack, Best Buy, or whatever retail place is close by.

[Foosa]

radio shack is and office max and wal mart is all i gots.

But hopfully all will be well.

[Foosa]

will i need drivers or anything for my dvd player so i can load windows up?(it is an oem...)

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by Foosa will i need drivers or anything for my dvd player so i can load windows up?(it is an oem...)

No. Just set the DVD as the first boot device in the BIOS, stick the WinXP CD in the drive and Save and Exit the BIOS. The computer will reboot and the installation process will begin.

Cricket

[Foosa]

thats what i wanted to hear. Much thanks. All my parts will be at my house some time on the 23. but i think i will wait till friday after class to start building.( i say that but know good an well i will be up all night wend. building it.)

[Foosa]

I have a kinda dumb question, i got my case used so i have no instructions or anything, and i dont know what a part is for. I have been pondering for months what its purpose in life is and still am perplexed. Its a lian li pc61 and this is a link on newegg to a pic of the part.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...ase+%2D+Retail

thanks for the help.

[Foosa]

got my parts today, a day early, thx newegg. And as we speak im formating my hdd.

But my Psu is just sitting in the case it is not locked down or anything and slides all over the place, i see no was of attaching it.

and if somebody could tell me what that part is above as well.

[Mr.Ferrari]

There should be a bracket which (in my case) came preattached with thumbscrews on where the psu should be. All you do is remove that bracket and attach it to the psu, the attach the bracket to the holes in the psu bay. Using the screws which came with your psu.

[Foosa]

i see what it is, and i dont have one... does anybody know where i can pick up a psu bracket for a lian li pc61?


what is this link what is in the 2nd to the last picture?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...ase+%2D+Retail

[Mr.Ferrari]

Look at the 5th from last pic. See that thing where the psu opening is? With 4 small thumb screws on it? Thats your psu bracket. Remove the thumbscrews, Reattach bracket with the thumbscrews onto the psu, and then insert the psu into the bay, and use the screws that came in the Powersupply package to fix the bracket into the case itself.

[Foosa]

I don't have the bracket thats the thing. I just ordered a new one. So all is well

[Foosa]

Im checking my temp with speed fan, and they show as follows

temp1: 36C
temp2: 39C
temp3: 127C
temp: 0c
HD0: 28c

127C? should i be worried? and what is this 127c like is it my video card or what?

I have been play oblivian for the last 3 hours but it stays that high almost all the time.

[Iniamyen]

The temp readings of zero and 127C aren't real, they are probably disconnected sensors. If something was 127C the computer wouldn't be on long.

[Foosa]

good to know.

Now, something else. When i restart my computer it will hang and the asus screen where i can enter the bios, if i push tab it will continue and load up windows no problem. What is cause this and how can i fix it?