well the only thing i don't know is what the different cases look like and what mobo's can fit into em and stuff like that. I really want to build my own computer and the only thing i don't know already is mobo and cases. This would just be to have a computer in my room again (the last one decided to die on me...stupid ibm aptivas)
-Gage --------------------------------------------------- Promote Bands: http://www.teamiag.com/go.cfm?id=451&promo=11 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Mobo Question > begin: Gage_006 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > Okay, i got some questions with motherboards and cases. I really need to > > know like everything, like different types of motherboards and cases, what's > > the diff, how they connect, etc., > > you've got alot of reading ahead of you. this is absolutely not something > anybody could ever possibly answer in an email. it took me about a month > to familiarize myself with AMD CPU's, technology and mobos. > > the best anyone can do is to give you loads of URL's to read. foo gave me > slota.com which was very good. anandtech and tom's hardware were also very > good, but sometimes give too much info without covering the basics. i kept > reading about "south bridge" for the longest time before finding an article > that described what a "south bridge" was. > > i also seached for "pc tutorial" on google. there's alot of good > non-intelligence insulting tutorials. > > if you have *specific* questions, we might be able to help better. > > Also if anybody knows where to get a > > really cheap computer (like 100$ or less, at 166mhz or more) i'd really > > appreciate it. Thanks for the help, bye. > > is this for a firewall? there's a 486 selling for 4.95. the auction ends > in 4 minutes. > http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&Sort Property=MetaEndSort&query=486 > > looking through ebay, they seem to have pentium I mobo/cpu for about $20, > pentium II mobo/cpu for about $50. i'm even seeing a PIII mobo+550MHz cpu > for $90 (that's a great price!). that auction for that ends in 11 minutes, > so it can't go up too much. i did a search on "pentium". > > i'd say for "cheap" ebay is a good bet! :-) > > good luck! > > pete > > > > -Gage > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Promote Bands: http://www.teamiag.com/go.cfm?id=451&promo=11 > > > > > > -- > "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages > Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ..." > -- Clause from license for FrontPage 2002 >
