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Pity The Newbee!!?
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Posted by: PHAZER
Hello : all the techies of : open tech! Being a newbee means being a pain sometimes ; why am i here? I am building my first pc build(lil knowhow!) But a lot of determination to, "do it right the first time!". Sys. To be raid) gigabyte ga7dxr mobo; amd 1400mhz ; gainward"golden sample" gf2 vivo mx400 card;256mb crucial cas 2.5 registered (till sys. Is stable); 2x ibm 60gxp x 7200 hdd;dragon orb3; pioneer 16x dvd; older philips cd/rw;newq plat. Equalizer and digitaldoc5 thermal monitor. Yep!! I don't know much,but intend to get all these parts out of their boxes and, throwing bits and bytes around the room,till they all stick in one place!! As i,was released from hospital 2 days ago,for back/spine surgery,i may be slow to get up to speed. But was happy as a new born nerd,to find your site!! Hope you pros will help steer me toward, putting a new raid sys. Up and running!! Nuff 4 now gotta crawl back to bed, befor the nurse catches,me at the pc. Thanks and hello! Phazer
Posted by: Bishop
one word.
caps.
Posted by: EOT(US)
 rubs eyes and agrees with Bishop 
Posted by: TheeMon
yes plz dont use caps 
Posted by: PHAZER
wow this IS a tough group! 3 responses to my original (hello:to the site regulars) and all 3 were only to comment on my inadvertant use of caps! no comments about -anything- i said in my introduction.surely thought this would be a great site ,to get advise on building, my first pc self-build ,seems like a grammer class,where are the techies? good grief charlie brown !is caps the only thing you have expertise in?
Posted by: Bishop
well now that your post is actually readable, I'm sure someone will comment.
Posted by: Chako
If you haven't already looked at this sites very good "How to build a Thunderbird" article...you can do so here .
Likewise, over at SharkyExtreme is another good step by step newbie article on how to put all those pieces together. You can get it here.
Here is another article to get you started.
Once you have read those, if you have any questions, many people in these boards will be more then happy to help you with specific problems..or even hardware discussions.
Oh and if you didn't know...Caps = shouting on the net.
Posted by: EOT(US)
Much better now, thanks Mem for getting rid of the "caps"
and welcome PHAZER ... honest we don't bite, well errrrrr ..... but some of us just don't know the answer to your question, hang in there someone will be with you in a moment
Posted by: Shalome
..... and some of us just like to argue.
Welcome, PHAZER.
-Shalome
Posted by: Canis Lupus
Anyway, welcome to OTS, Phazer ... give us a chance, we're actually pretty knowledgeable behind our confrontational facade
RE: Your planned raid system...
gigabyte ga7dxr mobo
amd 1400mhz
gainward "golden sample" gf2 vivo mx400 card
256mb crucial cas 2.5 registered (till sys. Is stable)
2 x ibm 60gxp x 7200 hdd
Dragon orb3
pioneer 16x dvd
older philips cd/rw
Newq plat
Seems a pretty decent setup (I haven't used a Gigabyte mobo so I couldn't really tell you much about it). I assume you'll be getting PC2100 DDR SDRAM (which are pretty cheap at Crucial right now). I dunno bout the Orb ... might wanna try a GlobalWin heatsink instead... NewQ Platinum is kinda like a built-in EQ system for your computer - what soundcard are you gonna match it with? Or are you gonna stay with the integrated audio on the mobo (eewww  ) ...
In any case, you might wanna post more details at our Hardware forums, and I'm sure the techies will give ya a hand on how to do it.
As Chako suggested, check out the guide I wrote here. It's pretty dated now, but the procedures still apply.
I guess the first time when you wrote in CAPS, people thought you're just another spammer. I and sure you (and we) know better this time 
Posted by: pakenney38
I own the Gigabyte board in question, and I will say that it is a mighty fine product. It's not for overclockers though, but I didn't buy my system to tinker with it. I'm probably the only one of this bunch that will claim that right now, but I'm pretty content that my system will rip through most anything without a problem.
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