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Assembling a Desk Top: How To?
Recently i contemplated of Assembling A Desktop instead of buying a preassembled one. This i figured out that i'd have more buying power & control over what needs to go in.
However I am not familiar with most of the Hardware jargon going rounds these days, since iam basically a s/w person.
what i've in mind is a 333mhz/256mb/8GB system with the standard peripherals. so i toook a copy of the computer shopper & started browsing round, however after going through the component configurations & specifications , I got more & more confused.
So can any one point me in the right direction. Say a web site or something which explains what the component configurations mean & compatibility options & expansion etc
Also a site which gives info about how to go about assembling would be an additional help.
Thanks
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However I am not familiar with most of the Hardware jargon going rounds these days, since iam basically a s/w person.
what i've in mind is a 333mhz/256mb/8GB system with the standard peripherals. so i toook a copy of the computer shopper & started browsing round, however after going through the component configurations & specifications , I got more & more confused.
So can any one point me in the right direction. Say a web site or something which explains what the component configurations mean & compatibility options & expansion etc
Also a site which gives info about how to go about assembling would be an additional help.
Thanks
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www.anandtech.com
www.tomshardware.com
these sites are helpful. I also get a lot of information from the web sites of the particular manufacturer of the device I'm curious about. Like, for video cards: www.stb.com.
www.tomshardware.com
these sites are helpful. I also get a lot of information from the web sites of the particular manufacturer of the device I'm curious about. Like, for video cards: www.stb.com.
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email:mrorange41@hotmail.c
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Iam Accepting mrorange's answer, cause it's definitely more informative.I've used infoseek & hit some good links too.
Also my thanks to leew & kinkajou.
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Also my thanks to leew & kinkajou.
regards
IUnknown
Motherboard Styles/Case Styles
AT
An AT case uses the old 286/386 style keyboard connections. If you have a machine already that's not too new, an AT style motherboard is what you'd want.
ATX
ATX is newer. These incorporate many of the peripherals on the motherboard (Serial Ports, Parallel ports, USB, PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse, and sometimes Video and Sound and they are usually in a sort of "block" attached to the motherboard next to the expansion slots. You need to make sure you have the right case for the motherboard type
One word of advice, if you're going to go with a 333MHz CPU, make sure the motherboard you get will support the 100MHz bus speed and CPU speeds above 333. I've grown quite fond of SuperMicro motherboards and most of them that support Pentium IIs will support speeds in excess of 333 (and thus a bus speed of 100MHz).