Sorry I'm gonna sound like a repetitive newbie, but I just ordered a PC and the specs are:
# CAS: X-Cruiser Mid-Tower 420W Case W/ WINDOW, MultiMeter Display & Control
# CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Pentium® D 940 Dual-Core CPU @ 3.2GHz 800FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
# FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit + 2 EXTRA CASE FANS
# HDD: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
# MONITOR: ViewSonic VA1912WB WideScreen 19" Color TFT Active Matrix SXGA LCD Display Monitor [+26]
# MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5ND2-SLI nForce4 Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA RAID Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio,GbLAN,&USB2
# MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 PC6400 DDR2 Twin2x 800MHz 5.5.5.12 latency
# NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
# OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
# POWERSUPPLY: NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply [+49]
# VIDEO: NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
Question 1: I am planning on getting a Conroe E6600 and I checked out the Conroe MoBo thread, but I had no idea what I was looking at, or which chipset I had. What would be the easiest way to get a Conroe processor after my PC arrives? In other words, which motherboard would fit my computer's specs and be Conroe compatible?
I checked the site which I bought my computer from and they don't have any of the Mobo's that are Conroe compatible, so I'll have to buy it from Newegg.
Question 2: Check out my RAM and my Mobo; will they work together? I got RAM separatly, so I just wanted to make sure theyll work without problems.
# CAS: X-Cruiser Mid-Tower 420W Case W/ WINDOW, MultiMeter Display & Control
# CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Pentium® D 940 Dual-Core CPU @ 3.2GHz 800FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
# FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit + 2 EXTRA CASE FANS
# HDD: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
# MONITOR: ViewSonic VA1912WB WideScreen 19" Color TFT Active Matrix SXGA LCD Display Monitor [+26]
# MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5ND2-SLI nForce4 Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA RAID Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio,GbLAN,&USB2
# MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 PC6400 DDR2 Twin2x 800MHz 5.5.5.12 latency
# NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
# OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
# POWERSUPPLY: NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply [+49]
# VIDEO: NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
Question 1: I am planning on getting a Conroe E6600 and I checked out the Conroe MoBo thread, but I had no idea what I was looking at, or which chipset I had. What would be the easiest way to get a Conroe processor after my PC arrives? In other words, which motherboard would fit my computer's specs and be Conroe compatible?
I checked the site which I bought my computer from and they don't have any of the Mobo's that are Conroe compatible, so I'll have to buy it from Newegg.
Question 2: Check out my RAM and my Mobo; will they work together? I got RAM separatly, so I just wanted to make sure theyll work without problems.