Recent content by mlewis

Just finished setting up the new system this weekend (my 1st!) and it looks like this: ASUS p4C800-E deluxe Intel P4 3.0C ATI 9800 pro 2 SATA drives (i just want to run them as seperate drives with NO RAID configuration) 1 Gb mem, etc. When i turn it on, it says "searching for device..." or...

I'm right in the middle of a build here (my 1st... can't you tell? ;)) and i'm having a delemma. I purchased a Zalman CNPS7000A-CU cooler for the 3.0C P4 i'm putting into the Asus P4C800-E deluxe mobo. The coolwe came with thermal grease, (CSL 850). I don't have time to order Arctic Silver or...

Great link!! Thanks guys. Really appreciate the responses. I thought i heard somewhere that the mobo reuired a special power adapter or something when i was researching what board to get, but now i can't seem to find it. Anyone heard of this or know better than I what it's all about? Thanks...

Just wondering if there were any hints or tricks anyone could lend a 1st time builder on the entire process or specific hardware pieces. I'm mainly concerned with the mobo and case... i assume everything will mate right up. Ideas? Known areas to watch for? Special adapters needed? (i only...

I'm a beginner to computer building, and i'm a bit worried about an antec 430W truepower supply powering some of these hogs: ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE" i875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL Intel...

Thanks!! :) Any other opinions?

Kind of a double post from the video forums, but i need overall opinions on the system, and advice on whether or not i'm underpowering the system: I'm currently involved with a number of high demand programs such as Vegas 4 (video editing), everything macromedia (including their new Flash...

Hello all, my 1st post to these forums. If i were an old timer i'd probably be PO'd with a noob question like this, but i'm looking for public opinion from those more in-the-know than me, so i'm going to test the waters with my question, hope to draw some good input w/o causing too much wasted...