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| boogieman:
The short story, I had an older p4 2 ghz I thought it had pciE slot and it didn't. I can't use it since I cant use my arcadeVGA. I decided to build my own computer. I have never built a computer before, is there anything that I seemed to miss? I just ordered these components: motherboard/processor/ram combo 1 Gig Ram Cooler case/power supply I also already own a SATA DVD drive (to load stuff onto computer). Also I have a PCI USB card with 5 usb ports. I have a 20 GB hard drive with XP on it to use. I will probably need a bigger drive, but they seem to be much cheaper elsewhere. I have a pciE arcade VGA and a JPAC already. Sooooo... what did I miss? |
| lanman31337:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153073 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103196 processor - you can always upgrade to an x2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098 ram For about the same price, you'll have 2 gigs dual channel ram, 64 bit setup, and you can always put in a faster processor. the one you showed, that's the fastest processor that board can take. |
| Turnarcades:
That's pretty much everything. You don't even need a disc drive if you have USB as you can do updates using a flash card or external HDD. You could also do without a case as long as your mobo doesn't depend on case fans or security switches etc. |
| reko19:
don't you need AGP slot to use Arcade VGA? |
| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: reko19 on June 16, 2008, 04:56:39 pm ---don't you need AGP slot to use Arcade VGA? --- End quote --- Not necessarily -- version 2 comes in both AGP and PCIe flavours (and OP has PCIe). |
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