Couldn't of done it without you.

[davidcl]

Your first name (no last names).

David

Your state or country.

Washington, DC, USA

Month and date of completion.

August, 2007

Operating system used (example: Windows XP Home).

XP Home

Motherboard brand and model used (example: MSI K8N Neo Platinum).

MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Processor brand and speed used (example: AMD Athlon 64 3400+).

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX

Video card brand and model (example: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB).

MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Amount of system memory (example: 1024MB).

4,096MB

Hard drive brand and size (example: WD 120GB).

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Thanks so much for the very detailed and easy to follow guide. I'm finally released from the bonds of DELL and the like! :D

[Jamie Nixx]

Nice Rig :)

[tumbleweed357]

1st of all: Congrats on your new rig!!

Now my question: Did you experience a non-post screen(my monitor went
into power-save mode) when you initially put in your 4 GB of RAM? (Read my
post under 1st Boot Problems) I see you used the same MOBO as I have.
One thing I might add is when I did install all 4 sticks in and pressed the Power Button I noticed the Video Card fan went full speed. But when just
two sticks were in the Video Card fan speed dropped to at least half of that and went into POST screen. I suspect my Video Card doesn't like 4 GB at this
point in the build and I'll wait until the OS is installed (VISTA) before I try again for 4GB of RAM.
Anyway thanks.

[Rob]

Thanks for the good words! And congratulations on building your own computer!