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OK...Thanks.

See the 3 pictures for reference. http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/board.jpg http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/switch.jpg http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/manual.jpg I'm building my new PC and am in the process of assembling all the components. I'm a little confused about the reset switch. It...

I tried them once and they seemed to be out of stock on a lot of items......

Thanks. I'm just nervous about buying the mobo and buying the wrong thing. Suddenly finding out when I install it that it was Type A when I needed Type B and such.....

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? The items are: MSI K8NNeo4 Platinum nVidia Socket 939 Motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor Corsair Value Select 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory eVGA GeForce 6800 GT / 256MB DDR3 / PCI Express / SLI / Dual DVI / TV Out / Video Card

Hello all. I"m building my first PC and am ordering just a few pieces at a time. I just received my new Thermaltake Tsunami case and my 500W Ultra X-Connect PSU (very nice). So I now have the case and PSU. I'm now ready to purchase the mobo, CPU, ram and video. This PC will be built for...

Thanks everyone. I will probably get Corsair RAM and reconsider the CPU....

Would home video editing be considering multi-tasking? I know it's stressful on the system resources but is it actually doing multiple things at once? I'm wondering if I can save a little $$ on a CPU by opting not to get the dual core.

Yeah....that'll do it I guess. ;-)

Why is that? Is Ultra considered pricey?

Considering I'm about to spend $3K on components to build my own, I'm a little nervous after reading this thread. How exactly would one "fry" his mobo other than doing something totally stupid? Don't the PSUs and Mobos come with instructions?

Hello all. Today is the day. I will start puchasing the components. I will be building (hopefully) a high end machine that will be used for business, database and web development, and home video editing. It's important that this machine has plenty of juice and video power. What do you...

OK...then is there any particular socket I should look for when building a machine for high end business and video editing?

What's the significant differences in all the various socket types when considering a motherboard and CPU? Thanks

Well.....I am looking for lots of muscle too. I plan on doing a lot of video editing. Sorry - I should have mentioned that. Even though it won't be a "gaming" machine, it will need to be beefy!