I just want to thank all the regular posters on this site for helping me make my build decision's. It's been almost 4 years since my last build. After relearning all the basics and some advanced stuff, I'll be upgrading in pieces from now on instead of all at once. Everything will be here Friday the 1st. If any body can think of stuff I might need or knows of a good site to prepare for the build, let me know.
Here's the short list. I got this around $600, if I get my mail in rebates. I'll be using stock CPU fan and sink for now but I did order some Arctic 5 paste. I will be building in the kitchen, as everywhere else is carpeted. My current HDD is backed up on an external and I have a copy of XP Home. I also already have a monitor, keyboard, etc.
Case: XION Onyx XON-303 Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower
MB: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 (which btw is on sale, the day after I ordered, for $89.99)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128059
CPU: Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz. I will be OCing for the first time thanks to this site.
GPU: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W Power Supply
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
So if you have built with this board drop a helpful post please. Or just wish me luck.
Here's the short list. I got this around $600, if I get my mail in rebates. I'll be using stock CPU fan and sink for now but I did order some Arctic 5 paste. I will be building in the kitchen, as everywhere else is carpeted. My current HDD is backed up on an external and I have a copy of XP Home. I also already have a monitor, keyboard, etc.
Case: XION Onyx XON-303 Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower
MB: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 (which btw is on sale, the day after I ordered, for $89.99)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128059
CPU: Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz. I will be OCing for the first time thanks to this site.
GPU: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W Power Supply
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
So if you have built with this board drop a helpful post please. Or just wish me luck.