Help-A-Noob with his first build

[KGB]

Originally posted by: Baelzar
Noob no more!
Frankenputer Slideshow

Thanks for all the help, gang. Oh, and I hate snap locks. I thought I was going to break the mobo in half trying to snap that cooler into place.

It works like a dream. Now, where do I start with the overclocking and BIOS tweaking?

Good job. Everything looks great. :thumbsup:

Go HERE and have fun.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Baelzar
Noob no more!
Frankenputer Slideshow

Thanks for all the help, gang. Oh, and I hate snap locks. I thought I was going to break the mobo in half trying to snap that cooler into place.

It works like a dream. Now, where do I start with the overclocking and BIOS tweaking?

Great Mobo. I have the same as well except with the monstrous 9800GTX+. I only have my e6300 @ 2331 until I get some better ram. It feels good having a good system doesn't it?

 

[pugh]

Give Vista a try on your main rig now. I'd say on your laptop it was probably under powered to run it. next year I would have been running Vista 64 for 2 year and it had been smooth sailing. That system you putting together would run it without a prob.

 

[Baelzar]

I ended up with Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

I have run into some compatibility issues (mostly firewalls, other older proggies I've come to rely upon) but otherwise it's slick.

How does Vista 64 handle memory compared to plain ol' Vista, or XP? What's the big differences?