iMoose
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Ok, folks! Moose here AGAIN.
I now have a good AGP card, so getting ever so closer to finally putting all my crazy old stuff together and actually building my first PC.
It's an Asus P4S800D-X socket 478 mobo (don't laugh!)
with an Asus N6600TD 128Mb AGP card that I just got today.
And I'm bidding on an Audigy 2 ZS sound card, but it's not really necessary. Just thought it looked cool with the gold connections and all. lol
But what wattage PSU should I be looking at? Can ya have one that's TOO powerful?
They aren't cheap. And unlike most of the other components I have aquired, I just don't trust used ones. I'm going to bite the bullet and buy NEW hard drive, PSU, and DVD burner. Maybe even a floppy drive! (I've noticed how sometimes it's the only way to get SATA drivers on this particular mobo, at least for a few people in newegg reviews for this mobo)
So what wattage should be ok. I'm not a gamer, but might do a lil' someday.
Are the cool one's that light-up any good? Or are they just a gimmick to attract *****s like me?
I know the mobo is a 20-pin, and the AGP card has a 4-pin connector.
And since I'm buying a new HDD, should I get IDE or SATA? And what's the real difference? Besides price. Is one more reliable than the other, or something?
Ok, any advice will be appreciated! Thanks for looking!
And I'm attaching pics of what I have so far. Even included the Pc2700 Crucial RAM I got for this build. (2x1GB right now, but I'm getting 2 more as soon as newegg has them on sale again)
I now have a good AGP card, so getting ever so closer to finally putting all my crazy old stuff together and actually building my first PC.
It's an Asus P4S800D-X socket 478 mobo (don't laugh!)
with an Asus N6600TD 128Mb AGP card that I just got today.
And I'm bidding on an Audigy 2 ZS sound card, but it's not really necessary. Just thought it looked cool with the gold connections and all. lol
But what wattage PSU should I be looking at? Can ya have one that's TOO powerful?
They aren't cheap. And unlike most of the other components I have aquired, I just don't trust used ones. I'm going to bite the bullet and buy NEW hard drive, PSU, and DVD burner. Maybe even a floppy drive! (I've noticed how sometimes it's the only way to get SATA drivers on this particular mobo, at least for a few people in newegg reviews for this mobo)
So what wattage should be ok. I'm not a gamer, but might do a lil' someday.
Are the cool one's that light-up any good? Or are they just a gimmick to attract *****s like me?
I know the mobo is a 20-pin, and the AGP card has a 4-pin connector.
And since I'm buying a new HDD, should I get IDE or SATA? And what's the real difference? Besides price. Is one more reliable than the other, or something?
Ok, any advice will be appreciated! Thanks for looking!
And I'm attaching pics of what I have so far. Even included the Pc2700 Crucial RAM I got for this build. (2x1GB right now, but I'm getting 2 more as soon as newegg has them on sale again)