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Old 11-16-2005, 10:56 PM
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So for I have a Shuttle Motherboard and this Sunday I will buy the CASE, 2.4GHz P4 Processor, 100GIG HDD, and 512MB Memory. What else should I buy.

this is the info on my Motherboard.
General Features:
VIA PT800 + VT8237 chipset
Supports Hyper-Threading technology
ATX form factor
Socket 478
PCB version 1.3B
Supports 400/533/800 MHz FSB
Supports up to 2 GB DDR RAM (DDR200/266/333/400)
Two (2) Serial ATA (SATA) controllers
Two (2) UDMA/66/100/133 IDE controllers
One (1) floppy controller
AC'97 integrated audio CODEC


Expansion Slots:
One (1) 8x AGP slot
Four (4 PCI slots
Two (2) 184-pin DIMM slots

I/O Ports:
Two (2) PS/2 ports
One (1) 9-pin standard serial port
One (1) 25-pin standard parallel port
Eight (8) USB 2.0 ports (four on back and four via header)
One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet jack
Line in, Microphone, and line-out jacks

Supported Processors:
Intel Pentium 4 or Celeron processors with 400/533/800 MHz FSB
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Re: I'm buliding a Computer What should I get.

If you know how to build one wouldn't you know what you need?? I'm confused! Don't tell me you're just going to start reading the manual as you go!
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Old 11-17-2005, 01:21 PM
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Re: I'm buliding a Computer What should I get.

TV/PVR card. Haupauge makes good ones that are Linux compatible. Or get one of the ATI All in Wonder cards (not sure about the Linux compatibility for the TV features).
IEEE1394 (firewire) ports
80211a/b/g wireless network card
Linksys wireless router/access point
DVD-R/CD-RW
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Double the memory. Install lots of fans.

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I finished Building the computer about 4 days ago, and I only sent $350,
Following:
Motherboard - $40 - Prescott
Processer- $116 - P4 2.4A GHZ Prescott
Memory - $40 - DDR 400 (512mb)
Case - $50 - XBLADE
Sata HDD - $65 - 80 GIG (although I could of got a 100 GIG for $50)

WINDOWS XP PRO w SP2
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