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My first 100% from scratch build.......

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mattthemodder

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Im about to order heres what I have so far?

-Crucial 256 DDR266 PC2100 DIMM
-AMD DURON 1600 266FSB CPU - OEM
-Antec Thermal Grease x3 for CPUs in between Fan and CPU
-PcChips SIS741 8xAGP DDR Onboard Video Sound LAN USB 2.0 Retail Box
-JNC 8676 300W ATX Case With Side Window Front Firewire/Usb/Audio
-Western Digital Caviar 40Gb 7200rpm IDE Disk Drive
-High Quality Round IDECable ATA133 60cm in Yellow
-Coolermaster CP5-6J31C Socket A Upto XP3000 AMD Approved
-LED 8cm Case Fan Blue LEDs

Anything i've missed, (apart from OS, speakers keyboard n' mouse)
:D
 
Not sure where your purchasing from, but at NewEgg, they have an Athlon XP 1800+ for $49.00 w/ free shipping. I would suggest spending the extra couple bucks and getting that over a 1600 duron, i think you'll regret the duron in the long run, and it's only a matter of $10-$20.
 
Well, I don't know what you'll be doing with the comp, so I'd say it's okay for most things (gaming not one of them, nor high end video editing).

I think the Durons are the actual speed the chip says it is; they don't follow the Athlon style of speed ratings.
 
Ok so 1.8 and 1.6, I know im moving off topic now but would I be able to overclock to the 2Ghz boundry with the 1800 Duron?
 
While it's possible, I don't know if your combination of parts would make it possible.

The RAM you're buying is not really designed for overclocking (crucial RAM is usually used for stability and stock speeds), and your motherboard; well, I've never had a PcChips (never heard of them).
 
lol, have you ever read a Dell catalogue, theres a chart that shows which Pc will be able to do high speed internet, word processing, games haha
 
that computer looks perfect comparied to my crap below. upgrade the ram to see some proformance with the althon.
 
Save yourself the headache and don't get the PC CHIPS board. Anything but them. And I second that you should go for the 1800+.
 
PC Chips=eee-vil!

It's much better to spend a little extra money for a board that is less likely to give you headaches IMHO. MSI and Gigabyte both have some cheap KT600 and KT400 boards that would work just fine and won't break the bank.
 
Originally posted by Master [H]
PC Chips=eee-vil!

It's much better to spend a little extra money for a board that is less likely to give you headaches IMHO. MSI and Gigabyte both have some cheap KT600 and KT400 boards that would work just fine and won't break the bank.
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I have a Gigabyte GA7VAXP and it hasn't given me any problems yet. You should be able to find it for pretty cheap, too...
 
recently bought an amd chip

was gonna get the 1.6 duron but instead got the athlon xp 1800+

the reason i decided to spend the extra money was for the extra cache which will benefit me in the long run
 
Im on a tight budget and im only really using it for msn and schoowork.

I went with the Pc Chips mobo:confused: , there were alot of good reviews about them at the site. What is generally wrong with them, drivers???
 
Originally posted by mattthemodder
Im on a tight budget and im only really using it for msn and schoowork.

I went with the Pc Chips mobo:confused: , there were alot of good reviews about them at the site. What is generally wrong with them, drivers???
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I don't know about PC Chips, but the motherboard is more important than most people give credit. It ties everything together and you don't want a cheap and crappy motherboard. Bad things happen, stability problems, blown caps and god knows what else. Those are a few of the things that happened to my friend when he bought this really cheap mobo against my recommendations. Can't remember who it was made by now.
 
PcChips isn't a name I'd associate with mobos (then again, I haven't heard of it, so that's probably a good reason why).

Think about it: the motherboard is probably the most important part in the entire comp, next to the PSU. Sure, without a CPU or RAM, comp wouldn't work very well, but what are you connecting them and everything else to? That's right: mobo. You can get very affordable mobos from reliable companies (i.e. Asus, MSI, Abit, Intel, Gigabyte) for not that much these days (low end mobos), and I'd trust them more than, say, some company that's relatively unknown.
 
Our suggestion is simply don't buy that motherboard. You might not be smiling in a couple months.
 
Originally posted by mattthemodder
Bit late now, i've ordered it. Whats wrong with it?
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We already told you why you might want to avoid noname motherboards. They're simply one of the most important parts in the computer. Everything depends on it. Read the thread, take the advice we give you, otherwise don't ask for it.
 
I also live in the UK and order from eBuyer. Personally I would have gone with an MSI or ASUS All in One board but PCChips seem to make some of eBuyers best selling motherboards, I think you'll be OK just make sure that when you receive the board that the CMOS jumpers aren't set to the reset position, that seems to be the biggest 'problem' with the PCChips boards which eBuyer sells.
 
Yeah I know, from pretty much every other review on Pc Chips at Ebuyer is good apart from the Cmos jumper thing
 
You went with the beat-up Yugo brand of motherboards...one on blocks in the Detroit ghetto.

I guess you can always send it back and purchase something a little better. Actually, you really should, unless you want a better chance of a frustrating first PC build.

It's kinda frustrating to give advice and then find out the stuff's been ordered after the fact.
 
Yes. Plus, it's got SATA. MSI or Gigabyte is a good choice if you're looking at a board for cheap without going to a cheap-o brand.

Those reviews on places like eBuyer, Newegg, etc. aren't typically ones that have gone through a plethora of benchmarks and testing. PCChips/ECS/Matsonic...it's the same. It'll probably work fine, but you can still get a better designed/manufactured board with better components.

You could also get this.
You'd have more expansion slots that way.
 
Originally posted by mattthemodder
Yeah I know, from pretty much every other review on Pc Chips at Ebuyer is good apart from the Cmos jumper thing
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Read the Poll: WORST mainboard ever. thread.

PC-chips is the number ONE company in it.

They use substandard capacitors, cheap PCB designs, substandard cooling, shitty layouts...

Just a disaster waiting to happen.

NEVER trust reviews from a buyers site. Always trust an impartial third party, and there is a reason that PC-Chips is NEVER reviewed at these places.

We've all used them, we've all sworn to never use them again.

Most of those people wouldn't know instability if it bit them on the ass.

Get a real mobo. Asus A7N266-VM is my recommendation.
 
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