In the looks department i was talking about so when i see it, i'd know what it was *shrugs* now how do mobo's connect to the case? is it screws, soldering or what?
-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 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Mobo Question > begin: Gage_006 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > 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. > > don't worry about the looks. that's the last thing to worry about. > recall the millenium falcon. "she doesn't look like much, but she's got it > where it counts". i was able to hijack every phone switch in western florida > with an apple ][+ that was painted in holstein black and white and had a > bunch of holes drilled in the side because i kept guessing the length of > cable for the NMI card wrong. that was waaaay before there was ever a > company called gateway. :) > > there are 3 form factors, but you'll probably see only one of them. get an > "ATX mobo" and an "ATX case" and you'll be fine. some modern ATX mobos are > wide, so they might be tight in a small case, but should still fit with a > little coaxing. > > one last thing you'll want to look at is power requirements. if you go with > AMD, get an AMD rated power supply (often comes with a case). don't get > anything less than 300W. i have an 400W enhance electronics power supply, > and never regretted the 40 bucks i paid for it. > > > 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) > > i have a suspicion it's more complicated than you're thinking, but keep > asking questions -- i'll try to answer as best as i can. it's a topic with > ALOT of terminology, ALOT of TLA's and ALOT of minor details. without people > like foo lim henry house and chris lupo, i would've been completely lost when > i did my AMD research. > > pete >
