New Guy here

[sean126]

Hey peoples

My name is Scott, also from Indiana. Found this forum my accident and was very relieved to find a place where the posts are current and not a year or so old.

I've ordered parts for my first computer build. My sony vaio is about ready for the grave yard and I was tired of messing with it. I'm currently using Ol' faithful until I build my new one...an e-machine Intel 1.4 celeron D that I bought about 5 or 6 years ago. Never a problem out of it.

Here's the parts I should have by this weekend....then I'll use a few guides I've found to help put it together:

Antec 900----I'm buying the 2 extra 120 fan's also for a total of 6
2 Gig of OCZ platinum revision2 DDR2 800 4-4-4-15
Asus P5W DH Deluxe board
150mb raptor for my apps
I already have a seagate 320mb that I will use for storage
Intel core 2 duo E6600
Sapphire radeon X1950 Pro 512mb (it was only a few bucks more than the 256mb)
Zalman 9700 cpu fan/hs
artic silver paste
2- lite on dvd/cd burn (20x)--cd/dvd rom's
Thermaltake 700w psu

I never game, I do alot of dvd copying/burning and I like to do video editing from things I've taken with my camcorder. I do plan to over clock a little, just enough to bring my cpu up to 2.8 or perhaps a 3.0. From what I've read so far...if I leave the voltage alone then all will be well and I won't have to go out and by another one in a year or two. Yes?
I've never done it before, so I'll definitely be needing some help.

I've read quite a few threads here....looks like one of the best, if not the best site I've found so far. Feel free to critque what I'm getting. Thanks for reading.
Have a good day, all

[stinger608]

Well first

Welcome to HardwareLogic

Second, man, that looks to be one sweet, sweet build!!!!

And third, We feel that this is one of the best, if not best communities on the internet, and we are a very tight nit bunch, and hope you will join in on the fun!!!

[Jokerswild]

Welcome indeed !!!!!!! Stinger is our local beer taster or should I say tester anyway that looks like a great system your building. One question though, why not a DX10 video card?

[sean126]

Jokerswild,

You know....I'm not smart enough to answer that. I just looked at what would go with my board and tried to get something that was affordable, but yet not a piece of junk. The guy at the video store told me with my motherboard....an ati card was what i needed, and I guess I looked at those and sapphire's and tried to get something decent that didn't cost too much. Short answer----I don't know.

[onebxr]

Well Sean stick around and we will teach you!:)

[Dread]

That X1950 Pro 512 will do you just fine for what you state will be using the system for. No gamer = no need for a DX10 card.

I thing that oc'ing what you have will pay dividends no problems at
all.

Agree that you'll have no real need to change the thermal paste on the chipsets. And you should be able to hit 3 GHz without breaking a sweat.

[qazwsx]

welcome sean. nice build, puts mine to shame :(

[Quakindude]

A very big welcome to you and yes, that is a nice build.

[ladyjailbird]

Welcome to you too!!

[Yellowhello]

Great build, Scott. Welcome. If you are overclocking, why not get an E6420 or an E6320? Those overclock purdy well, too. Save some cash. My two cents.