Another 8th Grader's First Build
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wow your 1 year older when i first started bulding comps btw get a better graphics card and dump the soundcard also get the opty 165 if you plan to oc if not stick with the x2
You are grounding any electrical current in your body. You just touch a large enough piece of metal to do this. Part of your computer tower is metal and works fine.
No you don't have to lie down to do it. 
| Quote : After I buy this computer, I'm saving up for my car. That is exactly what I'm going to do. |
I thought about buying a new car... Then I saw how much it was going to cost me in insurance... I'm still driving my old one 
dont listen to people saying you dont need a wrist band because you do.
6 good reasons why you should wear one
1. you can take more care and its easier to handle components with 2 hands
2. you dont need to remeber to hold onto the case all the time, how can you take a cpu out of the packed and position it carefully whilst holding a case?
3. you can touch nearly any part of the component you want without dodgying contacts.
5. you can still hold onto the case should you feel the need.
6. only cowboys dont use one.
as for remebering the days of fisrt pcs my first one was from 1998 a PII 266 and 4 gig HD 32mb cost be £1300 i wished i kept some money for a car 
d0m to use a wrist band you clamp it to a bear metal piece of the case and connect the power to the case. switch the power off on the back of the psu aswel for saftey, its still grounded with the power off.
pip_seeker i aint after a bitch fight, just recommending help! I build systems all the time and i do know the dos and donts, also been to college for 7 years all i was saying was some advise and if the kid doesnt buy a wrist strap and holds a component(unsure if he moves if he will blow it) and damages it nhe may not be able to get a return.
I dont know if you know but if you damage a componnete via static and they find out you have lost you money for the $2 its worth i would say to him to get one and not listen to a load of people taming him into bad habits and touch the case to the 'beat'.
Hope all goes well with your first build
Yo, Grade Ten, but in Austrlia, not sure how that cmpares to where you are.
Anyways, Static wrist bands, while a nice safeguard, aren't something you NEED. I play around with my shitbox all the time, it doesnt care, just dont touch anything but the rim of the proccessor, they are really sensitive. Build on wood, touch case every so often and you'll be fine. I play around on the carpet in my room, but if I'm doing anything major, I take it either downstairs onto the concrete or into the dining room, onto wood.
I think older computers are less sensitive than new ones though - I hung a 486DX up on my wall using a bulldog clip for about a year, chucked it back into its motherboard and it worked fine. Was useless becuase, uhh, its a 486DX, but is worked. Put it back on wall now 
Upgrading my own PIII to something dual core soon (need about another $100 bucks, which I should get from woolies next week, so let us know how yours goes.
EDIT: Sorry, just saw post above. Ok - Gold or Platinum RAM is a very big price difference, very small, if any performance difference. Value RAM is fine for what you are doing, the whole, you know, 1 fps isnt really worth it - you are far better off with 2 gig of value ram than 1 gig of 'Gold' or 'Platinum' ram.
Your case IS crap however. Go with something like the Centuroin 532, get the one with the included 430watt PSU, and your set. If you run out of power later on, upgrade. No big woop. Dont see much point in getting the Deluxe version of that board - do you have something that uses a x4 PCI-E slot, or 8 SATA II hard disks? Try for a Lite-ON burner, but NEC is fine. I agree with other, an X2 4400+ is a better buy than a 4600+. Dont see point of Opterons, shit about them being better quility is just that, shit. If you are gaming, dont get a Dell LCD panel. Go a Samsung or an LG, heard bad things about Phillips. Viewsonics low end panels are crap, my brother has one, some chronic light leakage. Viewsonics high end panels are supposed to be awesome, but I've never used one, so cant really say.
With a logitech G5 mouse, you dont really need a uber duber mouse pad, the G5 should work superbly on just about anything. The only tools I have EVER needed to build a PC is a flat head screwdriver and a phillips head screwdriver. The end.
Might want to get a wireless keyboard - are a blessing for laptop computing. by that I mean keyboard on Lap, frying your semen with radiation.
Oh yeah, those speakers are only 2.1. Admitadly, they are awsome 2.1 speakers, THX certified If I'm not mistaken, but you might want to look into a surround sound set, either 5.1 or 7.1.
Just stick the model name of the part your after into google and read some reviews and forums on it.
Have fun now.
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