Finished my first box today!!!!

[Kerouactivist]

1.333 athly
8k7a+ (updated bios, with latest 4 in 1's)
256mb ddr ram
pioneer dvd 16x
ATI RADEON 64mb vivo
IBM 60gig
soundblaster mp3+5.1
taisol heatsink with a better fan
lnksys nic
Antec sx1040 (awesome case I'll reccomend it to anybody, expensive though)

Running windows 98 stable

except this annoying, cstl launcher error I get on shutdown???

Running at 100 degrees farenht(can't spell) after it warms up in the bios, Thats pretty cool right??
whats a good program for checking temp etc... in windows??
Any other good essential programs I should download, reccomend.
Also, what should be my first overclocking step I should try??

A big thanks to this forum, because with out it, I would have an overpriced dell or gateway with a pentium III.
Also, a big thanks for those of you that help me choose the intial componets and hlep with my technical difficulties.

Man I love this forum
Thanks anandtech!!

 

[shurato]

Congrats..im looking to build my 3rd system as soon as my case comes in. just try upping the cpu multiplier in the bios a little and see if its stable. then gradually up that and the voltage if necessary. run the torture test with prime95 to see if it is truely stable. bench your system with sandra so you know where you stand from when your system was stock to when your overclocked it. later on you can play with the fsb and all that other good stuff... you got a great motherboard for overclocking. good luck.

 

[Kerouactivist]

Could you explain prime95 and Sandra
Where do i get them?

Thanks, I am a true newbie

 

[wasnlos]

congratulations

if you'd like to DL some tools and programs look here

a nice program to monitor temperatures can be found here

 

[Giscardo]

How much did your system come out to be?

 

[Kerouactivist]

I'm don't remember exactly
but I'll estimate
ati radeon vivo 64
pioneer dvd 16x
1.333 processor oem
60 gig ibm hd
all from newegg $504 shipped
like $120 or $130 so for the antec sx1040
Bought the Mobo for $140 shipped off trade forum
crucial ddr like 30 0r 40
linksys nic 10 bucks after rebate
soundblaster MP3=5.1 something like 30 bucks after the whole staples rebate
tasiol fan and cooler 20 bucks

$854 not bad i don't think
already had windows98