PC Question

[stan4993]

I plan on building a new pc this summer, but i dont want to have a lot of trouble configuring the BIOS and jumper settings. I dont really know much about these two parts.

final specs

1. Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe Retail
2. AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ "Barton" 333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- RETAIL
3. Crucial Micron 512MB 64x64 PC2100 DDR RAM, 184-Pin, CL=2.5-Unbuffered 2.5V, 6-Layers
4. Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Model # 6E040L0 OEM, DRIVE ONLY
5. ANTEC SOLUTION SERIES MODEL SLK3700AMB w/ANTEC SMART POWER 350W P4/AMD POWER SUPPLY ATX12V - RETAIL
6. LITE-ON XJ-HD166S/XJ-HD165H 16X DVD ROM Drive - Retail
7. EVGA GeForce FX5200 ULTRA 128MB DDR TV/DVI
8. Speeze - Socket A Cooling Fan up to XP 2800+
9. Thermal pad.

Thanks.

[thePh@r@oh]

kick of that thermal pad and get some arctic silver III and you'll be in business

[jmebonner]

Get two sticks of 256 ram so you can utilize the Dual Channel capability of the MB. I have the same one, the BIOS settings are easy enough. If you did run onto some problems, that's what we're here for!

I also second that about the pad, get some arctic silver III or something like it.

[stan4993]

is there anywhere else that the shipping would be cheaper on Arctic silver 3. newegg its five bucks!!!

Thanks.

[jerrygarcia]

You should also increase the speed of your ram, 2700-3200.

[jmebonner]

I know, that stinks, but consider this. I did the same thing, got my paste from somewhere else and it took 2 extra days to get it. It doesn't get any better than newegg for reliability afaic.

Good catch JG, I totally missed that.

[JayMan]

Are you going to be overclocking the PC? From the sounds of it you wont be... In that case i would not worry about getting #8 or #9.... Your buying a retail CPU, it will come with a heatsink+fan & thermal pad already applied.

And yeh, you will be wanting PC2700 ram to match up with the 166/333 FSB of the barton AthlonXP.

JayMan

[jerrygarcia]

Crucial x2

CT3264Z335

[stan4993]

no im not going to be overclocking it

[bill1971]

Nice rig,stan:

Looks like you'e put much thought into it, which is good planning on your part.
Yeah, that's the only thing I dislike about Newegg, is that the small items are so expensive to ship, and you don't get a break on that item even if you order other stuff.

Try www.Case-mod.com for the ASIII. If that's the only item, you will have a minimum shipping charge no matter where you buy.
I usually try to coordinate smalll item purchases so I order several items that I need or will use somewhere down the road, like extra case fans, fan extension cables, etc.

Good luck with that build.

- Bill