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So I call up Abit tech support to soo what they have to say about the intel E-7200 processor upgrade. A mostly chineese speaking worker checks out the board (Abit IP-35E) and says that it is not...

By the way, one of the reasons for choosing the E7200 chip, besides price, was that the Penryn chips contain the SSE4 instruction set which will speed up rendering in the next gen of video processing...

I already have the cpu and video card and am set to go. I'm sure that I'll be back for advice when I run into trouble.

I plan to use the Celeron cpu and video card in a small form factor pc and...

Hi,
Last fall with your help I built my first computer. Thanks again. This build was as follows:

Case: Rosewill
PSU: Rosewill 600w
Motherboard: Abit I35-E
CPU: Intel Celeron 420
RAM: ...

Hi, Just a quick update. Two days after ordering this card for $200 after rebate, Newegg had it again for $185 with a free game, the Witcher. Unfortunately they were out of stock. I will refuse...

Thanks Jamie,

The card is ordered! Rebate form printedand ready to go. Thank you for the info.

In May or June when I install the new cpu and video card I will have the Celeron 420 and geforce...

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In December you were very helpful with my first build. Thanks again. It was a low budget project since I wasn't sure that I could produce a working pc.

It used a Rosweil case and 600w...

Nice article! I had looked at a few others which either assumed too much experience or were writen poorly. This one was rather clear.

I still have to flash the bios update. The automatic mode...

It's hard to believe but everyhing, except for the bios update, is installed and working properly. I just built a new computer...and it works. Rob's book was a great help, and your advice was...

ok...while awaiting reply I went to Abit webpage and downloaded the BIOS update and instructions onto another computer. The file is zipped and I dont have a floppy drive but I can write it to a cd....

Well so far so good. I think. This mb (abit IP-35E) doesn't seem to have an onboard speaker so there was no beep---but on pressing del key I arrived at the BIOS setup utility where I followed...

Perfect!!! I really appreciate your help ...jp

Sorry for being so thick. Perhaps because I bought oem units I have no way to connect the four pin molex connectors, of which the psu has many, to the sata connections on the drives other than the...

Thanks, I'll take a look. Since I am brand new at this I really don't know an extender, from a 4-pin moles, but then this (learning about building) is why I started out to build my own unit in the...

Well, I started the build using a Celeron 420 chip, and a geforce MX4000 vga card.

The Rosewill RD600N PSU has two SATA connectors and I have three devices (2 Seagate 500 gb hdd's, one Samsung...

That sounds like a great idea. The Allendale E4xxx was featured on Tom's Hardware's mid price gaming rig I think I'll give it a try!

Thanks for the good advice. I'll check back next week when I...

I know that you are right but on the other hand the components are sitting upstairs with the exception of the chip and dvd writer. I am antsy to do something.

Are the components I outlined in the...

Jamie,
It's Doom 3, so wont be playing it til I upgrade in the spring. Since I am really just doing the current build to get some experience I am now considering one of the Intel Cedar Mill...

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I'd like to try some gaming and have a copy of Doom from a year or so ago. Gaming is another "new" thing I'd like to try.

I will read the indicated sticky, order the E2140 chip and a dvd...

Thank you for the response Jamie.

Yes I am anxious to begin putting things together and learning what the pitfalls are. Since I am at ground zero in building I want to get going asap.

I think...

I am retired and thought that I would like to learn about building a computer. I currently have an HP M400y mcpc which I use for video editing (Adobe Premier Elements, Roxio EMC9) and photoediting...