never built one..hows these parts??

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I have never attempted to put together a computer but I think I'll give it a go,what do you guys "in the know" think of these selections?
Thanks,Jim

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...details.asp?EdpNo=4283281&sku=MBM-P45SG-Q8200

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3319620&sku=ULT40125

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4387021&sku=P450-4350

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2932372&sku=T925-1178

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3127377&sku=S457-1116

basically an intel dp45sg core 2 quad q8200 mobo and cpu combo with full tower,video card psu and 2 gig memory.I have a 320 gig hard drive already and a purchased windows xp disc. For me I have to have at least 3 pci slots to utilize (2) UAD cards and (1) motu pci424 card,this should do it.I'm wondering how much more power a quad core will give me.I'm usde to my old Dell 2.8 single processor w/2 gig memory.I can still run 50 tracks at a time on it but it's time for new.This old one likes to crash and go blue screen.
 
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That should be a beast. More than I've ever spent on a computer though.
I'd look into getting back up harddrive(s).

On my main machine at home a have my regular drive, then an internal backup drive and an external backup drive. The internal backs up every night while I sleep. The external gets backed up every few weeks when I get around to plugging it in and hitting the button.
I use syncback to back up (free :)).

Oh yeah, you need a case, ram and cd burner. :p
 
case is there....now, I had 2 video card shortcuts for some reason.I have plenty of backup with 5 external drives and a bunch of extra dvd burners plus external burners for now. I have done everything to a computer except put one together.How big a deal is it? Not the mechanical,thats easy. I have scrapped computers and went from scratch with new hard drives and fresh load of xp but never from ground up.
 
that's a pretty nice setup. Should do you fine.
 
If you can look inside a computer and identify the parts, you shouldnt have any trouble building your own.

Just make sure the processor is seated properly before you put the heatsink on. You dont want to break any of that stuff. The rest is cake. :)

go fer it. :D
 
That looks good.

I just made the jump up from a PIV 3.0HT with 2 GIG of DDR400 to the Q6600 with 4 GIG of OZC 1066Mhz

As you might imagine the difference is :eek: WOW!!

I had some pretty intensive projects (running Cubase S4 with a Yamaha N12) going on, I'm talking 80/90% on the aiso meter...biggest project is hitting 12% :eek::D:p

I went for the ASUS P5Q 3PCI, 2PCI-E 1x, 1PCI-e 16x so plenty room for my UAD's and room for a couple of UAD-2's (wife is gonna kill me)

Windoze installed in 20 minutes, it's been rock solid. Getting core temps of 29C with the stock fan on the q6600. Feeling a bit silly about ordering a £35 heatsink that hasn't arrived yet...ah well. I was surprised how quiet the stock fan on the Q6600 was too, very surprised, it was quieterthan my zalman flower on my old PIV
 
kremitmusic said:
If you can look inside a computer and identify the parts, you shouldnt have any trouble building your own.

Just make sure the processor is seated properly before you put the heatsink on. You dont want to break any of that stuff. The rest is cake. :)

go fer it. :D
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Yeah, I know what all the stuff is insiade. I just worry about things like having to mess with bias...never done that!
 
jmorris said:
Yeah, I know what all the stuff is insiade. I just worry about things like having to mess with bias...never done that!
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They pretty much setup themselves nowadays. You may have to do some simple things like shifting round the boot order in the BIOS, but other than that it should be wire it all up and go. Not like the good ol' days where you'd have to manually set the FSB and memory clocks, multipliers, etc, even if you weren't overclocking! I remember the first computer I built with my dad when I was much younger; took two hours, only for the big anticlimax of turning it on only to be faced with a load of POST errors. My current computer took me 40 mins to build from scratch and 'just worked'.

Looks like a nice config. Enjoy! :)
 
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