Need help building a PC please

[pa]

also Tarmenion if u need any os`s(os=opperatings system eg windows,linux) i might just leave a copy of them lying around i have windows 2000 pro,windows 98 second edition,linux,beos and windows me

[Tarmenion]

Thanks once again all, I think I am done

Smoke, I have a total of 5 distributers, the big one is Mwave for everything else that I am not listing, the miscellenous is Crucial for memory, Googlegear for the Processor, Provantege for the Antec case and Inflowdirect for the heatsink and fans.

PA, Thanks for those helpful sites. As far as building my own well, I am not sure if I am ready but thats not going to stop me from finding out and if worse comes to worse I will have a friend of a friend finish the job for me

Ok, this is going to be my new system and I havent purchased anything just yet except for the case.

To wrap this up I will ask if you guys can just confirm one more time that I have everything right and to make sure that everything you see here is compatable with one another so I dont have any problems. Also let me know if I am missing ANYTHING with the Exception of the Monitor and Network Card.

Here we go

HEATSINK, FANS & COMPOUND
GlobalWin FOP32-1 for Socket A/462/FC-PGA 370
Two Sunon 80x25 42.5CMF Case Fans (4 pin) High Speed
Artic Silver II (Premium Silver Thermal Compound)

CASE
Antec SX1030B

MOTHERBOARD
MSI K7T266 PRO-RAID VIA PRO 266 CHIPSET ULTRA ATA100 ATX FORM
FACTOR 1xAGP(PRO)/5xPCI/1xCNR/3xDDR W/RAID & AUDIO

PROCESSOR
AMD THUNDERBIRD K7 1333MHZ(1.33GHZ) 266MHZ 3D OEM

MEMORY
CRUCIAL 2 x 256MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM, 184-pin DIMM

HARDRIVE
IBM 2 x 40GB ULTRA-ATA/100 7200RPM 8.5MS 2MB BUFFER (Bare Drive)

CD ROM/DVD
TOSHIBA SD-M1502T 16X-DVD/48X-CDROM EIDE INTERNAL (Bare drive)

CD WRITER
PLEXTOR 40X-READ/16X-RECORD/10X-REWRITE EIDE INTERNAL REWRITABLE
W/SW

VIDEO CARD
ASUS V7700 PURE 32MB VGA GeFORCE2 CHIP/DDR MEMORY W/GAMES(Retail)

SOUND CARD
TURTLE BEACH SANTA CRUZ PCI

FLOPPY DRIVE
SONY 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE (Bare Drive)


Well thats about it, I will purchase everything on tuesday if everything is ok (when I get back from my weekend) with the excepetion of the case which is on its way.

Once again I want to thank everyone for helping me and a special thanks to Smoke and Pardegt

Hehe I cant wait to get all my parts now and start the next set of questions
Ummm, where does this wire go??

[glc]

ahem - "sharing" "copies" of commercial software is piracy, which IS illegal. We have a strict policy about that in this forum.

[Tarmenion]

Sorry GLC,

I was not aware of this and it was not my intentions to break any policies, I was only trying to get help and advised for building a PC, nothing more.

Again my Apologies

[glc]

Tarmenion: My comment was directed at pa, not you. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Your best bet to keep everything legal and above board is to see if any of the vendors you are getting components from will sell you an "OEM" copy of Windows - it's half the price of the full retail version, expect to pay about $90 for 98SE. Try the vendor of the motherboard, processor, or hard drive, they are your best bet. OEM software can only legally be sold with the purchase of "qualifying" components (because it's to be sold with "purchase of a new system only"), and this is truly a gray area. You are certainly buying a new system - and you should be entitled to the purchase of an OEM operating system from *someone* here. Please note that you cannot get direct support from Microsoft on OEM software, if this makes a difference.

[pa]

glc,
i knew it was piracy.i do it all the time but i was unaware of the anti-piracy policys of "pcmech" so i will refrain from posting piracy related info. i was on ocuk and they sell OEM os`s without the purchase of hardware is this illegal?

[glc]

pa: Thanks for understanding. What OCUK is doing is technically illegal, but many vendors do it. Microsoft could theoretically cause problems for them if they wanted to.

[Smoke24]

Tarmenion,
The list looks good to me, Don't let any of these guys comments get you down and go for it. There is a first time for all of us to build our own and this time it's yours. Sure, you may need help on your first but you'll learn and later be helping others. Two years or so ago was my first and I'm still learning but it's great to learn something new at almost 50 years old.

[PardeGT]

I again second Smoke24 about going for it. I came as a newbie about a year ago and have learned a great deal from this site and still have a great deal to learn. Don't be afraid to ask during your build. When your system is complete you'll fell really great about it, much more so, I believe, than any set-up you could buy from a store. Glad I could be of help.