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Subject: Re: question for people who build their own computer

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 07:13:14 05/23/04

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On May 23, 2004 at 07:40:32, Uri Blass wrote:

>Did you get help from somebody in doing this task and I am not talking about
>help in advise in the internet but about help in meeting persons who have some
>experience in it or learning some special course that help you to do it?

Most motherboards come with a manual that has detailed instructions on hooking
up components. Many places will also sell you a "bare bones" system that has a
case, power supply, motherboard, and power supply. So you just need to add
drives and memory. This is less work.

If you are building from scratch it helps if you get a case like this one -
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-029&depa=0 -
that has a platform you can screw the motherboard to and then just slide into
the case .. saves you from having to work so much in a tight place. It is a
little expensive but this case also looks cool ..

Mounting the heatsink on the CPU can be a little tricky and require some force.
I had an older AMD heat sink that so hard to get on I took the MB back to where
I bought it and had them do it. But the last AMD box I built I had no problems.

Caveat: I've been doing this for 20 years so it may seem easier to me than it
would to you.

--Jon




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