Just put together my first system using E4300 on DS3 rev 3.3 board. When I turned it on, the CPU fan wouldn't come on. I was scared but then read online that CPU fan would come on only when needed. It did come on for short time when I was installing WinXP. But it remained off when I was updating...
Do I just connect it to the PS or to the SYS_FAN connector on the MB? My case Cool Master Mystique has an additional fan on the front for hard drives. Where do I connect that? Sorry if these questions sound stupid. Building for the first time.
Trying to put together my brand new system but the power supply seems bad. The fan doesn't turn and my system didn't boot up. So I disconnect the PS and and tried turning it on couple of times. The PS fan still won't turn and when I measured voltages they all read 0 volts. So I am assuming PS is...
Going to order this DVD drive for my new system
Samsung
Will I be able to install windows XP by just installing the XP CD into this drive? I keep hearing from some folks that you need to have SATA drivers installed before it recognize the DVD drive.
Looking at this FSP 400W
FSP
My system
E4300
Gigabyte DS3 rev 3.3
2GB SuperTalent DDR2 5400
2 - Seagate 80GB HDD SATA2
2 - Seagate 500GB SATA2 HDD
Lite ON DVD
Video card (still looking) No gaming, this is photoshop system. Will be doing OC.
E4300
Gigabyte DS3
2GB DDr2 5400
Lite-ON DVD
4 SATA drives
Cheap video card. Going to OC but no games. Only photoshop work. What kind of PS would be enough for me? I heard about FSP being good. Looking for something <$50 if possible.
Putting a new system together. Would be either
AM2 3600+
TForce 550
or
E4300
Gibabyte DS3
Need to decide about the video card. No gaming on this machine. Any recommendations for cheap card
I was looking at GA-M16P-S3 MB for 3800+ system
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX
but local Frys has
GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX
for same price.
Which one would be better option.
Another one i just saw is
GIGABYTE...
Total newbie here. Reading lots of articles for past couple of days. I need to put together not too expensive system ($500 range). It seems people say good things about this Gigabyte GA-M16P-S2 MB.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128034
Is this good board? Went to...
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