Where on the net can I find an up-to-date guide to building a PC?

[thaugen]

Every one I've seen so far talks about AT cases & power supplies and Pentium IIs so I know they're old. What I want is info about ATX cases, ATA 66 drives, AGP video, etc.

 

[cdrakejr]

Try these two if you haven't seen them yet:

Feb. 5, 1999
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/buildpc

May 5, 2000
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/guides/build_computer

 

[Mday]

things don't change that much.

 

[Smurk]

At amd they have a nice acrobat file
you'll find it here

http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/howtobuild/howtobuild.html

good luck

 

[Howard]

Everybody's forgetting Anand's own?

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=283&p=1

Yeah, this one's pretty old too.

 

[ccc]

How about this one :
It has lots of illustration.
June 16th 2000,
http://www.dansdata.com/buildpc.htm

or this one, a bit old but complete guide :
Sept 2 1999,
http://www.thetechzone.com/articles/build_it_yourself/index.htm

Here is another good one :
http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/index.htm

Don't forget this site if you run into trouble :
http://www.giga-byte.com/gigabyte-web/faq_gt.htm

 

[thaugen]

CCOOOOOOLLLL!!!!!

Thanks for all the responses. I'll be reading for weeks!

Tom