Building a Computer

[wowy7]

@Italian_guy299

These are the requirements for that hardrive listed on the page:

Requirements:
Serial ATA controller
Serial ATA data cable
Serial ATA power cable

Why do I need these?

The sata controller i believe is built into the mainboard,the data cable is for…well…Data transfer of course,and the power cable apply’s power to the hard drive.

[wowy7]

Here is the power cable :
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid … -1&cat=CBL

[italian_guy299]

@wowy7

Here is the power cable :
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid … -1&cat=CBL

So i dont need the rest of that…welll…crap?

[wowy7]

@Italian_guy299

@wowy7

Here is the power cable :
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid … -1&cat=CBL

So i dont need the rest of that…welll…crap?

Well,you do need the power cable and the data cable,just not the controller

[italian_guy299]

So which is the data cable?

[wowy7]

@wowy7

@Italian_guy299

Can you find the product on geek.com, thats where I want everything to be bought from, not from 600 million websites

Yes,i will find one in a minute.

EDIT :
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid … TA&cat=CBL

This is the Data cable.

[italian_guy299]

Alright to that power cable and the Data cable will enable me to use that hardrive, sounds good. All I need to do now is pick out a new audiocard and RAM and im good to go

[italian_guy299]

@MattPower

@Italian_guy299

Im not sure if there are certain hardrives this board can take or if any kind of brand is good. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Abit UL8 boards have 2x SATA and 2xATA. They’ll take either SATA or PATA HDD drives and they also support RAID 1 (mirroring), which is a nice thing to have if you can stretch to a second drive.

Brands of HDD are largely up to you. I’ve had every brand of drive fail at some point, and I tend to buy a good brand name on $/Gb ratio. IBM/Segate/Maxtor/Hitachi/Samung/WD are all solid brands. Again, how many GB really depends on how you use the PC. If you’ve got a decent music collection (or a lot of games), definitely over 250gb.

Sound cards… I haven’t had any complaint with Sound Blasters since the SB2. They just work.

You seem to have covered all the bases with the list of parts. If you’re going to be gaming on it, you definitely want a sound card rather than on-board sound. I found it incredible the difference it made to Flight Sim. Frame rates jumped up, and stuttering air traffic controllers became a thing of the past.

I find Vista runs quite happily with 2gb of ram.

You might find you want a bigger PSU if you’re planning to upgrade the video card later.

For PC hardware, both NewEgg and TigerDirect are quite good - and they both have some excellent specials. Definitely worth poking about there, you can save quite a bit if something you want is in their clearance sections.

MattPower, I found a great soundblaster soundcard for only $19.99! Thanks for the tip, im sure it will work better than integrated.

[italian_guy299]

Is this memory compatible with my computer system?

tigerdirect.ca/applications/ … =O261-8080

2GB for a good price.

[cwkoehler]

NO

DDR2 is 240 pin and DDR is 184. In short you still need to look at DDR

These

tigerdirect.ca/applications/ … CatId=1352

directron.com/991373.html

[italian_guy299]

Thanks.

[italian_guy299]

I ordered everything and it should be here before 6 weeks! Very close to having that new computer This project might still give me something to do since my LM order is still pending

[wowy7]

Hey,don’t i get a thank’s?

[italian_guy299]

@Italian_guy299

Thanks.

this was to everyone who posted advice

[wowy7]

@Italian_guy299

@Italian_guy299

Thanks.

this was to everyone who posted advice

[sn96]

you ordered already?

I was going to tell you to get at least a 450watt PSU (power supply unit) because if you plan to use any kind of high speed graphics card, it requires a PSU that can handle the extra load. More is better with PSUs.

My Compaq has a 300 watt PSU and I can’t use any of the higher end Graphics cards with this low watt PSU. Most Cards require a minimum of 350watt, but that’s still to low. You going with 8x AGP? or PCI-E?

Also low latency memory is a good idea also.

[italian_guy299]

@SN96

you ordered already?

I was going to tell you to get at least a 450watt PSU (power supply unit) because if you plan to use any kind of high speed graphics card, it requires a PSU that can handle the extra load. More is better with PSUs.

My Compaq has a 300 watt PSU and I can’t use any of the higher end Graphics cards with this low watt PSU. Most Cards require a minimum of 350watt, but that’s still to low. You going with 8x AGP? or PCI-E?

Also low latency memory is a good idea also.

hehe, way ahead of you Mike! I got a 480 Watt power supply Unit specially for Gaming and graphic cards which guzzle a lot of juice.

Check this badboy out: 8)
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PSOM480&cat=PWR

[wowy7]

@Italian_guy299

hehe, way ahead of you Mike! I got a 480 Watt power supply Unit specially for Gaming and graphic cards which guzzle a lot of juice.

Check this badboy out: 8)
geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PSOM480&cat=PWR

Wow,thats nice.
hey i was looking at this really cool motherboard,i just wanted to ask if it was realy good,my opinion is it look excellent,it supports up to 8GB of RAM,I’m also saving up for the Intel Quad Core.
EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Socket 775 Quad-Core Supported ATX Motherboard - 122-CK-NF66-T1
buy.com/retail/product.asp?s … caid=17194

[italian_guy299]

It seems pretty good by the specs however, looking at it I only see a few USB and Audio ports on the back of it. If you are to purchase it and need to use it for robotics, I’d suggest getting some external serial and USB ports to hook up your devices to that way these ports are free for your computer’s peripherals.

[wowy7]

@Italian_guy299

It seems pretty good by the specs however, looking at it I only see a few USB and Audio ports on the back of it. If you are to purchase it and need to use it for robotics, I’d suggest getting some external serial and USB ports to hook up your devices to that way these ports are free for your computer’s peripherals.

No,its not for robotics,its just for fun to build it
This computer is going to have a total of : $600.01

Oh,and it has four USB ports on it