Time to assemble a new pc!

[Chewy]

don't worry about amd's reccomendations, they are spotty at best, look
for lot's of good reviews

most of the nf4 bugs are worked out but you might still get an old cd

as a rule of thumb I just make the serial floppy and load xp w/sp2 and then load whatever drivers get rid of the exlaimation marks in device manager

I look at the cd and check dates for drivers against the web and go for the latest

for more choice you might go for the am2 socket mobos and ddr2 memory
and the am2 cpu's

you'll have the sata 2 but watch out for those damn ide chipsets that don't
support atapi dvd burners right

[jm1647]

@Chewy good a good hsf for the venice and decent non gamer video card for the mobo ? Thanks

[Chewy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106068

I got mine refurb, quiet and good for overclockers

not sure about pci express chipsets, anything with 256 megs of ram and 50$
should more than do

[jm1647]

Thanks I already ordered the Venice and the mobo your son got

[doctorhardware]

I would let windows xp take care of that first. That is what I did when I built my son's computer and what did not loaded I found the online.

[katzdvd]

Chewy - good choice for dual core? I can't find reviews on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103774

Do I want ddr2? I guess the latency issue has been resolved w/ ddr2, from what I have read. Will I see a major, noticable performance boost?

[Chewy]

socket 939 takes ddr only

am2 takes ddr2

no significant performance difference

[jm1647]

@Chewy this is the 1GB RAM recommended in the mobo online manual, good enuff??? I figure I start out with a GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141307&ATT=N82E16820141307&CMP=OTC-pricegrabbermerch

[Chewy]

Cas Latency 3

I would rather have 512 megs of cas 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144114

looking thru this list

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2010170147+1052407862+1052508679+1052308476&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147

this would be my choice

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148007

cas 3 ram can bottleneck any intensive operation and cost a ~20% performance hit

[jm1647]

I would rather have 512 megs of cas 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144114

looking thru this list

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2010170147+1052407862+1052508679+1052308476&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=147

this would be my choice

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148007

cas 3 ram can bottleneck any intensive operation and cost a ~20% performance hit

Thanks I'll go with the crucial, I probably won't need more than a GB anyway

[katzdvd]

Ok, looks like I will forgo the Dual Core & get the mobo/processer (overclock)you recommended. As far as memory, go with the Crucial Ballistix 1GB that you listed in the prev. post?

[Chewy]

any good cas 2 name brand memory will do

course the best deals seem to stay out of stock

[katzdvd]

any good cas 2 name brand memory will do

course the best deals seem to stay out of stock

My son has been looking at the wild "Alienware type" cases, he seems to want me to get one of those

[Dan]

Just don't buy one of those fancy ones and then shove it under the desk and never see it again,lol.

[Chewy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?Image=11%2D108%2D051%2D01%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D02%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D03%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D04%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D05%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D06%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D07%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D08%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D09%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D10%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D11%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D12%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D13%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D14%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D15%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D16%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D17%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D18%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D19%2Ejpg%2C11%2D108%2D051%2D20%2Ejpg&CurImage=11%2D108%2D051%2D01%2Ejpg&Description=IN+WIN+IW%2DF430%2ERL+Red+0%2E8mm+SECC%2F+Japanese+Steel+ATX+Mid+Tower+Computer+Case+%2D+Retail

start you engine, w/sound effects