Here are a few sites i use when specking out a system. http://www.motherboards.org/ http://overclockers.com/ http://www.pricewatch.com/
At 11:06 AM 9/8/2006, you wrote: >Hi guys, > >I am thinking about building my own machine and want to know if anyone out >there has reasonable resources for information about motherboards. > >The only reason I am thinking of building my own machine is that I have a >brand new 250 GB hard drive, a pretty new CD RW, I already have a monitor >that is good enough, mouse and keyboard, sound card, Windows XP Pro, blah >blah blah. I would like to pick up a bare bones system, case, power >supply, motherboard, processor, and some memory, but it is pretty >difficult to find that. So, I started poking around looking at >possibilities. > >It is amazing to see just how many different motherboards there are out >there and how many different issues you need to be aware of. I saw lots >of issues with people saying things like this mobo requires 1.8 volt >memory and I only had 2.2 volt memory. Hell, I didn't realize that memory >even ran at different voltages. You have to be willing and able to flash >the bios when you get a new mobo. Not easy to do if you can't get it to >boot first. There is CAS 4 and 5 and blah blah blah memory. If the front >side bus is running at this speed you need this and that of that speed. > >So, I am pretty sure some folks on here have built computers from the >ground up, Trouble? victor? does anyone know of a book or web site that >can walk a novice through some of this stuff? > > -- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > From Various List Members At The Following Address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Tim trouble Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
