I have read the sticky and that just seems to be about buying parts and I've already done that. However, if I missed something, please correct me. All my parts will be arriving before Friday of this week and I'm trying to get the best understanding of what exactly I need to do. I am fairly certain I'll be able to figure out putting it together after reading the manuals and such, but tips for installation would be great as well. However, I am a stickler for having things such as this just the way I like them and in this case, I want it to be perfect. I don't want to just put it together and use it like I just bought a Dell or some pre-made PC. It's going to be a gaming rig which I want to overclock, but also need it for school so it needs to be completely stable. I have read quite a few things on configuring bios, running mem tests, prime 95, but I don't really understand it because they were never spoke of in the context of how to use them, just to use them.
Here are my system specs:
Lian Li PC-65B
Athlon64 4000+
XP-90 w/ Panaflo 92mm
DFI LP nF4 UT Ultra-D
Sapphire X850 XT
2x512 OCZ EL Dual Chan PC3200 Rev. 2
SB Audigy 2
OCZ Modstream 520W
2x36 10k WD Raptor (hopefully in raid 0)
160GB Seagate IDE (suggestions on if I should just buy a SATA drive? IDE is carrying over from a different computer, but hardly used)
Lite-On 1673S Dual Layer Burner
Samsung floppy (if it matters)
Gatewatcher Fan controller
3 Panaflow 120s in the case, maybe some other fans
I'm fairly certain I'll be able to OC nicely due to other people posting their results with similiar setups, but I can't take that for granted. I want to OC the CPU, GPU and Ram, so I know I have much to learn, but I need some help in the right direction. It's not to much to hope for, to get the most out of what you pay for, right? Some advice on the memtest86, bios, OCing, prime95 and anything to make a computer stable and run to it's fullest potential would be great. Basically, what I'm asking for is some advice from you experts at any of this type of stuff? Thanks for your time, take care. I apologize beforehand if I get flammed for doing something wrong.
Regards,
churcheo
Here are my system specs:
Lian Li PC-65B
Athlon64 4000+
XP-90 w/ Panaflo 92mm
DFI LP nF4 UT Ultra-D
Sapphire X850 XT
2x512 OCZ EL Dual Chan PC3200 Rev. 2
SB Audigy 2
OCZ Modstream 520W
2x36 10k WD Raptor (hopefully in raid 0)
160GB Seagate IDE (suggestions on if I should just buy a SATA drive? IDE is carrying over from a different computer, but hardly used)
Lite-On 1673S Dual Layer Burner
Samsung floppy (if it matters)
Gatewatcher Fan controller
3 Panaflow 120s in the case, maybe some other fans
I'm fairly certain I'll be able to OC nicely due to other people posting their results with similiar setups, but I can't take that for granted. I want to OC the CPU, GPU and Ram, so I know I have much to learn, but I need some help in the right direction. It's not to much to hope for, to get the most out of what you pay for, right? Some advice on the memtest86, bios, OCing, prime95 and anything to make a computer stable and run to it's fullest potential would be great. Basically, what I'm asking for is some advice from you experts at any of this type of stuff? Thanks for your time, take care. I apologize beforehand if I get flammed for doing something wrong.
Regards,
churcheo
please do not cross-post to multiple sections of the Forum like that. Your thread in General Hardware is in a good place to get you the info you need, focus on that one. 
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