Computer Odds And Ends?

martyvice · 11-01-2006, 09:31 PM

I am a n00b when it comes to building my own computer, is it that difficult?

A couple questions:

1. Do I need to buy any extra things to put my computer together, like cables, thermal paste?

2. Do I need to buy IDE cables? I don't know what these are or what they do, but I heard you need them

3. Do I need to buy Thermal Paste, same as question 2.

I have picked out:

Processor
Motherboard
PSU
Video Card
RAM
Case
Hard Drive
CD/DVD Drive
Operating system

I have monitor/keyboard ect.

Is there anything else I need besides the above things, like some extra fans or cables,

Plz help,
Thanks

**apj101** · 11-01-2006, 09:32 PM

Building Computers 101

martyvice · 11-01-2006, 09:59 PM

I've seen that but I have no clue about which IDE cables I should buy and how to put them in and where to put them

The guide doesn't explain fully.

**apj101** · 11-01-2006, 10:07 PM

Quote:

1. Do I need to buy any extra things to put my computer together, like cables, thermal paste?

2. Do I need to buy IDE cables? I don't know what these are or what they do, but I heard you need them

3. Do I need to buy Thermal Paste, same as question 2.

1. most of the cable should come with the case or the drive
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integra...ve_Electronics
http://www.ateck.com/catalog/cabws3h_small.jpg
3. Yes

martyvice · 11-01-2006, 11:43 PM

I am using the hard drive and CD/DVD rom from my old computer, and it has a cable like that connecting them (IDE)

So that means I don't need to buy IDE cables then? I can just take the hard drive and CD/DVD out of my old computer as a unit with the cable attached and stick it in my new computer?

Thanks.

And the thermal paste is only used to put on top of the processor like in the building guide right?

**apj101** · 11-01-2006, 11:47 PM

Quote:

And the thermal paste is only used to put on top of the processor like in the building guide right?

yeah but a really really small amount, amount 1/4 the size of pea

martyvice · 11-01-2006, 11:56 PM

So I can just pull out my hard drive, CD/DVD Rom drive and the cables as one unit and put in in my new assembled system?

**apj101** · 11-02-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martyvice

So I can just pull out my hard drive, CD/DVD Rom drive and the cables as one unit and put in in my new assembled system?

yeah its just a cable, although in a new rig you may move to SATA drives rather than IDE, which need different cables, but those cables will come with case/drive

martyvice · 11-02-2006, 12:27 AM

Here is the motherboard I'm buying:
http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...610&SID=139554

Will that help determine which cables I'll need?

And if it is SATA then the cables will come with my case???

b3atofang3l · 11-02-2006, 01:13 AM

I have a question from this discussion. I am also taking off my old CD/DVD drives. Are they also IDE?

11-01-2006, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	Computer Odds And Ends? I am a n00b when it comes to building my own computer, is it that difficult? A couple questions: 1. Do I need to buy any extra things to put my computer together, like cables, thermal paste? 2. Do I need to buy IDE cables? I don't know what these are or what they do, but I heard you need them 3. Do I need to buy Thermal Paste, same as question 2. I have picked out: Processor Motherboard PSU Video Card RAM Case Hard Drive CD/DVD Drive Operating system I have monitor/keyboard ect. Is there anything else I need besides the above things, like some extra fans or cables, Plz help, Thanks __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB

11-01-2006, 09:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,234	Building Computers 101 __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

11-01-2006, 09:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	I've seen that but I have no clue about which IDE cables I should buy and how to put them in and where to put them The guide doesn't explain fully. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB

11-01-2006, 11:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	I am using the hard drive and CD/DVD rom from my old computer, and it has a cable like that connecting them (IDE) So that means I don't need to buy IDE cables then? I can just take the hard drive and CD/DVD out of my old computer as a unit with the cable attached and stick it in my new computer? Thanks. And the thermal paste is only used to put on top of the processor like in the building guide right? __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB

11-01-2006, 11:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	So I can just pull out my hard drive, CD/DVD Rom drive and the cables as one unit and put in in my new assembled system? __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB Last edited by martyvice; 11-02-2006 at 12:14 AM.

11-02-2006, 12:27 AM	#9 (permalink)
martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	Here is the motherboard I'm buying: http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...610&SID=139554 Will that help determine which cables I'll need? And if it is SATA then the cables will come with my case??? __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB

11-02-2006, 01:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
b3atofang3l Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, AB, CA Posts: 618	I have a question from this discussion. I am also taking off my old CD/DVD drives. Are they also IDE?

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