building a computer

[jac006]

Nah, my friend has one that's similar though.

 

[kevin o.]

do they just sit in an empty drive bay

 

[jac006]

Yeah, just make sure you connect them properly and there you go.

 

[kevin o.]

i bet just looking over at the little screen is a lot easier that downloading different programs to find that stuff out.

and what exactly is that called

 

[kevin o.]

ok here is my list of parts im gonna buy so far:

Cpu-
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor

mobo-
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

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

hard drive-
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150

dvd drive-
NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A

vid. card-
eVGA 256-P2-N537-AX Geforce 7800GT Video Card with Battlefield 2 full version

case-
Logisys Phantom Case with Window (Silver)

lcd-
ViewSonic VA702b Black 17" 12ms

heatsink-
ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU 120mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan

mouse and keyboard-
Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical 967320-0403 Black PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included

PSU-
Sky Hawk/Eagle Tech ATX-GM620SC ATX 12V, EPS 12V, AMD ATX-GES 620W Power Supply

and this-
http://www.frozencpu.com/bus-27.html

 

[kevin o.]

does this look okay to everybody

 

[kevin o.]

it must be fine then

 

[Computergen1]

Looks like a nice system! I would get a better motherboard as not many are fond of asus, but alot of people seem to be getting that motherboard.

 

[kevin o.]

so is my mobo bad or what?

 

[Computergen1]

Well no its not bad its just that I'd get the Abit Fatal1ty hehe....prolly out of ur price range tho about 210 bucks