(If you're dying to know here's what I am getting -- case, memory, mobo, and processor.)
Everything should be arriving on Monday or Tuesday (my big online poker nights, but what are you gonna do). I plan to put them together when they arrive. I have not constructed a system since 1994 or so (although I have added numerous componenets over the years, especially in my 2001 Dell I am replacing).
Are there any big issues I should be preparing for in the installation process that won't be intuitive or printed in the instructions that will come with the components? Since I won't be overclocking, will the standard heatsink/fan plus the three fans in the case be sufficient for cooling? Are there any tools I should have other than a screwdriver that I might not anticipate needing?
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The retail fan will be perfectly fine as long as you don't overclock.
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Mortious got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
The retail fan will be perfectly fineas long as you don'teven if you overclock.
The OEM intel cooler is pretty good. If you don't go more than .250 over stock voltage you'll be fine.
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Blindy. had this to say about Cuba:
The OEM intel cooler is pretty good. If you don't go more than .250 over stock voltage you'll be fine.
I wouldn't even know how to overclock, so that won't be an issue I don't think.
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Gydyon attempted to be funny by writing:
I wouldn't even know how to overclock, so that won't be an issue I don't think.
Hit F2 or DEL on startup, whatever goes into bios, go to "Frequency/Voltage Control" set your AGP/PCI Bus to 100/66/33, then change your front side bus to higher than stock.
Voila.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Everyone wondered WTF when Karnaj wrote:
You spent your $500 clams!? But those were collector's clams!
They were starting to smell funny.
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The propaganda machine of Gydyon's junta released this statement:
They were starting to smell funny.
That's the smell of collectability!
And rotten clam insides, but mainly collectability!
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj said this about your mom:
That's the smell of collectability!And rotten clam insides, but mainly collectability!
Don't worry, I kept two. One is in your sock drawer!
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No, Really. Bite me.
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So quoth Burger:
since you're going to a new motherboard and such, you'll probably have to do an O/S re-install. Even if it does work, it'll be much more stable and quicker after a fresh windows install. So back up your files before you tinker with it, then start fresh after you get the hardware put together.
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Really? That's a gonna suck. All of my source files, games, etc. etc. etc. are in various places in various boxes in my house. I was hoping to avoid such pain.
Can I do a fresh install without losing everything on my drive? See how dumb I am?
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Gydyon had this to say about Duck Tales:
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!Really? That's a gonna suck. All of my source files, games, etc. etc. etc. are in various places in various boxes in my house. I was hoping to avoid such pain.
Can I do a fresh install without losing everything on my drive? See how dumb I am?
You can indeed. It's called windows repair, but it's really just a reinstall. All you lose is the service packs/updates you've put on since install.
Assuming Win XP. Waisz fucked around with this message on 12-09-2004 at 05:13 PM.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Burger said:
since you're going to a new motherboard and such, you'll probably have to do an O/S re-install. Even if it does work, it'll be much more stable and quicker after a fresh windows install. So back up your files before you tinker with it, then start fresh after you get the hardware put together.
Strange, I've taken a hard drive with WinXP and put it in a completely new box on several occasions without having to reinstall. Sure, I had to re-register with Microsoft but it didn't change any of the data on the drive.
That said, making a backup before you tear up your PC is a really good idea; just don't worry too much about having to reinstall everything.
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Blindy. thought about the meaning of life:
The OEM intel cooler is pretty good. If you don't go more than .250 over stock voltage you'll be fine.
1) OEM Intel processors don't come with a fan
2) If you get a retail boxed Intel processor and use a different fan from the one boxed with it, you technically void the warranty, however you can just bullshit tell them you were using the original fan. In-warranty exchanges for retail boxed Intel processors MUST include the original fan.
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ACES! Another post by Maradon!:
1) OEM Intel processors don't come with a fan2) If you get a retail boxed Intel processor and use a different fan from the one boxed with it, you technically void the warranty, however you can just bullshit tell them you were using the original fan. In-warranty exchanges for retail boxed Intel processors MUST include the original fan.
well it's a good thing he got a retail box then isn't it?
40 degress in the processor area, 27-35 elsewhere on the board. Not bad considering the computer is under a desk near a radiator. Plus the board came with the Norton Security Suite, which is pretty cool. And it's much faster and everything is running much smoother.
Just a matter now of re-installing my core programs, and I have most of those.
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