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Ok, maybe not so n00b? I got an Apple II when I was 8 and havent looked back (I'm 30 now). This IS my first complete build from the top down though, rather than just upgrading something I got on the cheap. Did reuse some older but still good hardware.
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo
Athlon II X2 255 Regor @ 3.1GHz
4GB of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333, 7-7-7-21 @ 1.5V
500GB WD Caviar Blue SATA
250GB WD PATA
DVD Combo PATA
Belkin Wireless PCI Card
Older but nice generic brand fullsize case, couple of Thermaltake fans.
Corsair 400CX PSU
Win 7 x64
About $364 not counting Win7, $543 with.
Def a huge upgrade from my old Athlon XP 1800+, and a welcome workhorse in the stable next to my Acer Netbook. Transcoding on an Atom gets old!
Currently, its all stock with the exception of BIOS adjustments to accomodate my RAM. I came out 12 hours stable on Memtest98+ and just about everything seems to be in order. I installed Win to a 60GB partition on the SATA drive to keep things tidy and snappy, for now. Once I rearrange some fans in the case I'm going to overclock the onboard HD4200 from 500MHz to 700MHz. Of course this is only a holdover until I go discrete. For now it serves me well via HDMI on my 32" LCD. After I get done playing with all the settings and get completely comfortable with the new AM3 stuff, I'm going to do a fresh re-install of Win7 x64. I've installed/removed alot of software lately while experimenting and I'm sure the registry is a mess, among other things.
When I get brave enough, I'll start OC'ing the CPU and pushing the RAM a bit but I'm just researching and learning for now. I know the board is old now, but I think theres plenty of headroom to tweak and grow. What do you guys think?
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo
Athlon II X2 255 Regor @ 3.1GHz
4GB of G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333, 7-7-7-21 @ 1.5V
500GB WD Caviar Blue SATA
250GB WD PATA
DVD Combo PATA
Belkin Wireless PCI Card
Older but nice generic brand fullsize case, couple of Thermaltake fans.
Corsair 400CX PSU
Win 7 x64
About $364 not counting Win7, $543 with.
Def a huge upgrade from my old Athlon XP 1800+, and a welcome workhorse in the stable next to my Acer Netbook. Transcoding on an Atom gets old!
Currently, its all stock with the exception of BIOS adjustments to accomodate my RAM. I came out 12 hours stable on Memtest98+ and just about everything seems to be in order. I installed Win to a 60GB partition on the SATA drive to keep things tidy and snappy, for now. Once I rearrange some fans in the case I'm going to overclock the onboard HD4200 from 500MHz to 700MHz. Of course this is only a holdover until I go discrete. For now it serves me well via HDMI on my 32" LCD. After I get done playing with all the settings and get completely comfortable with the new AM3 stuff, I'm going to do a fresh re-install of Win7 x64. I've installed/removed alot of software lately while experimenting and I'm sure the registry is a mess, among other things.
When I get brave enough, I'll start OC'ing the CPU and pushing the RAM a bit but I'm just researching and learning for now. I know the board is old now, but I think theres plenty of headroom to tweak and grow. What do you guys think?