Building my own PC

[Ramrod]

Hmmmmm............my mobo fan has suddenly become a bit louder (for the last couple of hours or so) ....wonder if it's thinking of giving up the ghost? How easy are these things to replace?

[AndrewJ]

Cannot wait for my rig as I have HL2 and Cs-Source with my Steam account.

Have to join you guys I was pretty good at CS-Source last time I played breifly at my mates. I only died every 15seconds

[Roy MM]

Gonna do a transfer to a new tower/case next week, my 1st attempt at getting my hands inside my PC, but i was a dab hand at panel jockeying when i had my TV shop, so i can't see it being much harder, or am i missing something?

I don't know that much about computer's, but would this seem like good value ?

If so I might try it

If that has been posted before, apologies in advance

You want a kit? whats your max spend? onboard graphics is a no no if you want to play games but if you just want to build an office pc then you will be fine,or you could add a better gfx and more memory,it all depends what you need the machine to do,I would always spend top end of your budget as this ensures you get the best you can


this is one from over clockers no case or graphics

AMD Athlon "Mobile" XP2500-M Barton 266FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM (CP-076-AM) (very overclockable)
Akasa AK-827 Ultra Quiet Copper Base CPU Cooler (Socket A) (HS-013-AK)
Abit NF7-S v2.0 nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-028-AB)
Corsair 512MB DDR Value Select PC3200 CAS2.5 Kit (2x256MB) (MY-043-CS)
£138.94 £138.94
Subtotal £138.94
VAT £24.32
Total £163.26

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Hmmmmm............my mobo fan has suddenly become a bit louder (for the last couple of hours or so) ....wonder if it's thinking of giving up the ghost? How easy are these things to replace?

Very easy, but you might have to remove the motherboard to get the clips out from behind, I'd recommend replacing it with a passive Zalman heatsink (if your video card doesn't obscure it that is)

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Very easy, but you might have to remove the motherboard to get the clips out from behind, I'd recommend replacing it with a passive Zalman heatsink (if your video card doesn't obscure it that is)

Thats what I was thinking.........already been onto quietpc.com regarding which heatsink is appropriate...........of course, this morning the fan sounds fine

[Ramrod]

Just got my zalman zm-nb47j northbridge heatsink today...........now to fit the bugger

On another note--I just connected another case fan and bios can see it's spin speed but the asus utility cannot

[Ramrod]

Here we go.....northhbridge exposed, cleaned, heatsink fitted, old fan bits
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Currently at 31 C

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Here we go.....northhbridge exposed, cleaned, heatsink fitted, old fan bits
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Currently at 31 C

Taking photo's of fitting a northbridge heatsink .. you're going to turn into Professor Frink too.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Taking photo's of fitting a northbridge heatsink .. you're going to turn into Professor Frink too.

That was just for information purposes....It's been at 32 C for the last 3 hours so I think it's been a success

[Richard M]

Run Far Cry for 3 hours and see how well it does then.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Run Far Cry for 3 hours and see how well it does then.

nice stress test for it

Originally Posted by Bifta

Taking photo's of fitting a northbridge heatsink .. you're going to turn into Professor Frink too.

i think GOING TO is a bit late

[Gareth]

Rammy, any chance you can run through the spec of your new machine and how much it cost in total? This thread's become so long, I've forgotten on which page it's all detailed. Cheers.