Hello ! First Time to build and Post !

[wesley_of_course]

Wesley here ;
Hello all and Good Evening ! This is a first for me but present 'puter is showing
its age ! So thought I'd try to build one ! Whew , decisions decisions ! Anyway here
goes ; www.newegg.com , most everything

PSU - not a clue , maybe the case will have one ? $100 or less

MOBO - ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$139.99

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
$316.00

HDD - Seagate Barracuda ES ST3320620NS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

$99.00

RAM - CORSAIR XMS2 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Retail

$134.00

Video Card - PNY VCG76512SXPB GeForce 7600GS 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

$132.99

FFD - Need one , not a clue tho ! MITSUMI Beige 2.0MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader and Floppy Drive ,Black Bezel Replacement Included Model FA404M BG - Retail

$19.99

O S = LINUX - Ubuntu & Sabayon FREE!!!!!!!


Primary OP = LITE-ON Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner - Retail

$31.99

Have the rest , still need case , (no door), I've got a Maxtor 200 GB
I could use instead , (SATA) , to put $$$$ elsewhere if needed
maybe a new 17" or 19" flat screen ?????

Thanks a heap and am looking forward to reading the results if anyone is interested
in this setup ! Thanks again .

$873.96

Trying to stay around $ 1000.00 give or take a few dollars if at all
possible.

[Mr.Ferrari]

-Swap that motherboard out for P5B. Sli is not gonna happen on intel unless u go with a high quality 680i board, and even then its not gonna be perfectly stable.

-Skip the ES and go for the regular drive.

-You can save some $$ by switching off for some Corsair Valueselect Ram.

-PNY isnt the greatest brand, but spend as much money possible on your videocard if you plan on gaming. In which case I suggest you drop the processor down to a E6300 and get something like a X1950PRO videocard.

-Get any floppy drive you wish. Its not all that important.

[rjfvillarosa]

Power supply's are the most commonly over looked component and are possibly one of the most important parts of your machine.
Do your self a favour and buy a good quality power supply.
Most of the best makes are listed here:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195

[wesley_of_course]

Wesley here ; Thanks people and I apologize for my tardy reply.
That 4-letter word , ( work ), has me busy .
As this will be a Linux only box , my concern is the P5B.
And that chipset being supported. Again Thank You all !
Still waiting on Income tax return for now but thought I'd
get a jump on spending and see what was / or I could do
the first time . Memory downgrade , ok , is it tunable ?
Thanks again !

[glc]

If you are concerned about Linux, maybe a 975X board may be more compatible. If you are planning on overclocking, then stick with the 800 speed ram.

[newbuilder14]

I built a box using an Intel brand 975x board and it runs 64bit Linux (RC4?) with no problems at all. I may not have the version of Linux right since it was a while back but I know for sure the customer was satisfied and everything was working. I did it using an Intel 975x board, 2gb of Patriot DDR2-667 (Stick with Corsair, they are great), a Raptor hard drive and an E6600.

[glc]

I was thinking an Asus P5W DH.

[LeftyAce]

If you're using Ubuntu, you're presumably not doing heavy gaming, right? So I would stick with the e6600 and get a lower end vid card. At least when I was playing around with Ubuntu (about a year ago), nVidia had much better graphics driver support in linux than ati did. The "general use" video card recommended around here is the geForce 7600GT.

[wesley_of_course]

Wesley here ;

WOO HOOOOOO !

Disk Boot Failure insert system disk and press ENTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'D BEEN WAITING TO SEE THAT FOR AWHILE !!!!!!!!!

Just booted ,first time , my new machine and it was sweet , no flames or burn'in smell
yet !!! Hence my post ; what is recommended burn-in time before install of an OS ?

It post and went thru its checks just fine ,
installed memory 1024 MB
usable memory 1023 MB !!!!!!!!!!


Woo - Hoo ! Here's the goods ; Lian Li case PC-7 Plus

Twin Sticks , matched set, Corsair 512 x 2

Seagate 320 gig x 2 , yes I pulled the jumper

EVGA e - GeForce 7600 GT

ASUS P5N-E SLI

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600
replaced stock cooler with an

ASUS P5A2-8SB3W

and a Brandy New Monitor = Staples 19 " LCD which turns out to be a Toshiba


SP9106 , thats what Ubuntu calls it and it has an awesome PICTURE !
16" crt previously !

Don't know if I'll sleep a wink tonight ! I realize I'm not out of the woods yet
but with this FORUM and all the DOCUMENTATION it will be a welcome challenge and a whole lotta fun besides ! After posting I get the ASUS Welcome Screen and asking if I 'm ready to do some configur'in , but I wait and see , I mean its only ran maybe 4 or 5 minutes which brings me to my original post ; is there Burn-In time ? , if so How long ?

Both SATA drives where detected and memory too , didn't play with it till I get some advice
from you all first . Will do some surf'in in the meantime and cut this long - winded post
down for now. Thanks ALL !

Any and all suggestions and criticsms are Welcome - Don't be shy , trying to learn here .

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[The_YongGrand]

If you have just assembled a new computer, you might not need a burn-in - just install the operating system first, and then the drivers. I did that before, and I just need to burn in after doing all the installations. I left the comp to turn on for a few hours.

[glc]

Nobody does burnins any more - just install the OS, then if you want, run some looping app that will exercise everything for a while, keep an eye on temperatures, voltages, and stability.