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[Whitee]

hey guy... i'm new here... well new to postings... LOL... so yah i'm off to building a pc... its my 1st time... but i'm gonna spend at least 1K if not more... right now i oredred a case and probably this week i'm gonna buy a 600 W power suply and 2 more 80mm fans. i'm not gonna go with water cooling because i dont know about them and there expensive... comments and tips would nice



case spex... * Case Type: ATX Mid-Tower
* Compatible Motherboards:
- ATX
- MATX
* Drive Bays:
- 4x External 5.25" Drive Bays
- 1x External 3.5" Drive Bays
- 6x Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
* Expansion Slots: 7
* Front Media Ports:
- 2x Front USB Ports
- 2x Front Audio Ports
- 1x Firewire Port
* Cooling System:
- 1x 120mnm Fans
- 1x 140mm Fan
* Power Supply: Not Included
* Material:
- Steel Chassis

[Batman12Fish]

It'd be good to have a pro supervise you while you do it.

[Captain Morgan]

true to what he said. but when i buit my first pc the only experience i had was watching a guy do it like 6months earlier.

Gimme a link for that case...is that a big ass fan on the front? if so i want it.

[TEB]

I have written a guide for building your own pc located here, Im in the process of updating and reqriting it.

http://techsomething.net/CustomComputerBui...ildingGuide.htm

[HeadBeard]

Im not sure where he found it but it's on xoxide.com link-http://xoxide.com/aerocoolcase.html
Also it might not be a bad idea to invest in a static bracelet if this is your first time and even if it wasent. When i built my pc, First my power supply fucked it self, So i had to get a new one. Then once i got it to post, my motherboard demagnatized so i had to send that back to newegg and order a replacement so once i had my motherboard and i pluged everything in and my vid card had somthing wrong with it and i coudlnet get the video card drivers to install without the computer going insane and blacking out and then giving me a screen with a bunch of white lines and some other wierd shit. So what should have taken a day to build and get working took 1 month and a week or two. So for the sake of saving yourself the trouble buy a 5-10$ static bracelet from Radio Shack. Nice choice on the case by the way. What other hardware do you plan on geting? AMD, Intel? Nvida, ATI?

-Doc-

[Whitee]

yah... thx for the tips guys... ass far as supervision by a pro... i'
m building it in my school cuz my first two periods are ocmputer classes so i can have the teacher help me out and some other grade 12 students so i guess il be good if i run into trouble... my teacher said the 600 w powersuply is too big he said your enough with a 400... but i think the pc i'm building witch is a monster gameing pc... will be to little...

[evol262]

It'd post with a 400. A 500 is big enough, even if you're planning on SLI, though. I used to run 4 optical drives (CDROMs), 8 hard drives, and a GF4 Ti on a 300w. 600w is overkill without dual core/SMP/massive RAID.

[TEB]

For the static bracelet, Its really not necessary, just ground yourself on your case and dont drag your rubber shoe soles all over carpet while working and youll be fine.

[D3NA]

case looks uber does it come in black??

[HeadBeard]

yes the case comes in black http://xoxide.com/aerocool-aeroengine-2-black.html And though the static bracelet is not necissary it's not like it costs an arm and a leg to get it, though it would be up to him

-Doc-

[ghostridersol]

god damn tht case owns

[Weiman]

hol crap that case pwns...have you check if it has enough air holes and everything even though i don't really doubt that.....

[Whitee]

Im not sure where he found it but it's on xoxide.com link-http://xoxide.com/aerocoolcase.html
Also it might not be a bad idea to invest in a static bracelet if this is your first time and even if it wasent. When i built my pc, First my power supply fucked it self, So i had to get a new one. Then once i got it to post, my motherboard demagnatized so i had to send that back to newegg and order a replacement so once i had my motherboard and i pluged everything in and my vid card had somthing wrong with it and i coudlnet get the video card drivers to install without the computer going insane and blacking out and then giving me a screen with a bunch of white lines and some other wierd shit. So what should have taken a day to build and get working took 1 month and a week or two. So for the sake of saving yourself the trouble buy a 5-10$ static bracelet from Radio Shack. Nice choice on the case by the way. What other hardware do you plan on geting? AMD, Intel? Nvida, ATI?

-Doc-

well... so far i been thinking about a p4... and nvidia graphics car but id have to reaserch in it 1st... but right now... i ordered the case today... il check it out when it arrives and nex i'm gona buy a 600 dollar power supply and 2 more 80mm fans for the side... il keep you guys updated on how its going and such... maybe some pix too... thx for the info too...

[evol262]

Strongly recommend against the P4. DDR2 is nice, but SLI solutions are subpar (nForce4 isn't particularly stable on socket 775) and the price/performance ratio just isn't there...

I hope you meant a 600 WATT power supply and not 600 DOLLAR.

[Whitee]

case looks uber does it come in black??

yes it does... i baught it form tigerdircet.ca... well my teahcer ordered it for me... and i payed him... it should be here by thursday the latest i';m guessing

[Whitee]

Strongly recommend against the P4. DDR2 is nice, but SLI solutions are subpar (nForce4 isn't particularly stable on socket 775) and the price/performance ratio just isn't there...

I hope you meant a 600 WATT power supply and not 600 DOLLAR.

lol not 600 dollars... and i think il be getting 500W i was looking at a mother board and it socket 478 ATX

here is a link... http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...=515536&CatId=0
this is the one i'm thinking about.

[Whitee]

oops wrong link...

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...1020258&CatId=0

there you go...

[Whitee]

yes the case comes in black http://xoxide.com/aerocool-aeroengine-2-black.html And though the static bracelet is not necissary it's not like it costs an arm and a leg to get it, though it would be up to him

-Doc-

will see... il look into the bracelet... but i guess il be fine cuz there isnt carpet and the pc will be gonna be grounded... lol

[evol262]

The PC's not grounded unless it's plugged in (bad idea) and even then only the PSU and power rails are grounded. Static bracelet is a good investment for $5.

[HeadBeard]

Though most gamers are against Intel completely, I am totally for them. And yes 600 dollars is a bit overkill for a powersupply,hopefully you ment WATT. You should go with a 500 it would be more than enough, This is one that I would recomend- http://xoxide.com/x-connect-500-uvblue.html it also comes in orange and green. But that would be up to you, Though 600 watt is still over kill unless your going to run like 4cd drives 2 floppys, 2 vga's and like 6 hd's, Then maby you would need it but from what it sounds ike.. your not going to be runing that. I have a p4 prescott 540j 3.2 intel cpu and it's very nice, Good for gaming though no one on here will agree because all any of them have ever used is AMD and although they say they have used intel they really havent and if they did then it was a 2.4 or somthing crappy. Also i would suggest going ATI, I have some friends who run Nvidia and they are always having problems with their cards. Up to you though. Make sure you reasearch all the parts you are buying before you pay for them.

-Doc-