zorton Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Well, people, I've spent the last couple of months reading about how to build your own computer...I gathered up the "stuff", put it together and today, I pushed "The Button".......and it worked!!! I have never built a computer before, actually, the most I've ever done was to add some RAM and a couple of fans to my Gateway. I'd like to thank the folks here for the help and advice that I got and also thanks to the "Guy-in-charge" for putting this site together. This is the system that I wound up with; Case..................... Lian-Li PC65 Power Supply...........Enermax EG465 Hard Drive............... Western Digital 80 G Video Card.............. ATI Radeon 9500 Pro Sound Card..............Sound Blaster Audigy2 Processor .............. AMD AthlonXP 2600 Memory................... Corsair TwinX 1024-2700LL Motherboard........... Asus A7N8X Deluxe Network Card.......... Lynksys 10/100 Lan Card Floppy Drive.............Mitsumi 3.5 CD/DVD Rom........... Sony DDU1621 CD Burner................Sony CRX220A1 Software.................. Windows XP Home Misc..........................$100.00 Total price..just over $1500.00 Xanax and Tums...$20.00 I do have to say, I was very proud of myself when I hit that button today. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Congrats... I was pretty proud too when I built my first computer last year. Where you a little bit nervous about putting the processor fan on? I was nervous for that part from all the people saying, "The slightest mistake and you will fry your processor." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 The first computer I built (actually I did about 5-8 that day) was for my school and they all worked It was kinda fun though because we had a mini-LAN party that day and I kicked everyones @$$ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 Good job! I'm glad its working fine. B) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trakfast11 Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 ya, congrats. i remember those times. zorton. just curious, if (when you bought the Linksys 10/100 lan card) you knew that the a7n8x deluxe had dual lan ports built-in. if ya didn't know, its cool. if you planned on doing something with it, i would be interested in what you're doing. you like to network computers? or planning on making a computer into a router or something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 Congrats and welcome to the addiction.... Nice setup... but give it a week or two and you will wnat to upgrade something... You don't need to at all...but it is just an addiction!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 (edited) Congrats and welcome to the addiction.... Nice setup... but give it a week or two and you will wnat to upgrade something... You don't need to at all...but it is just an addiction!!! Yep hes right - It just sux when u cant afford to upgrade Edited May 23, 2003 by Kevin Cramer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 You know your mobo has dual onboard lan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassdude1000 Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 thats a really great first comp. when i built mine i had no idea what i was doing, so i asked my friend for help. I sent him links of an ebay auction, and he didn't really care so he was just like "sure whatever". so i ended up with a cyrix700 on a motherboard without an agp slot... man i hated that peice of crap.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 so i ended up with a cyrix700 on a motherboard without an agp slot that probably meant that it had onboard video just in case you didn't know that and went out and bought a PCI card. unless it was before AGP even came out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
battery Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 i've never owned a cyrix and crapit i never will unless somehow amd muerges with them and they cut there prices in half=) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorton Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 ya, congrats. i remember those times. zorton. just curious, if (when you bought the Linksys 10/100 lan card) you knew that the a7n8x deluxe had dual lan ports built-in. if ya didn't know, its cool. if you planned on doing something with it, i would be interested in what you're doing. you like to network computers? or planning on making a computer into a router or something? Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Actually, I bought the card before I had decided on a board. Although, I most likely would have bought the card anyway, 'cuz that's how I am. My first comp has that card and the router is the same brand, so I just stuck with it. I'm the kind of guy that won't put Goodyears on the front and Michelins on the back. Please be prepared for about a million dumb questions from this address. Thanks... MIke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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