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Building On Up: The Tower
by MichaelHatton | May 07 '01
The system will be based on what you choose; the computer is not hard to build just hard to configure the software.

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Re: great+job. (Reply to this comment)
by MichaelHatton
Cheers Wisky!
Mike
May 14 '01
11:12 am PDT

Re: RAM (Reply to this comment)
by MichaelHatton
Thanks.
I realise that my m/b won't take 66mhz RAM, so thanks for pointing that out. I didn't honestly put DDR RAM in there basically because I have no experiences with it. Sorry, but I'll try and research it for you. OK?
Mike
May 14 '01
11:10 am PDT

Re: A+terrific,+helpful+piece+of+editorial+writing....! (Reply to this comment)
by MichaelHatton
Well THANK YOU very, very much Bonies7. It nice that you commented in a very positive way. Thanks.

Mike
May 14 '01
11:06 am PDT

great job. (Reply to this comment)
by Wisky
You covered all the basics of building your own computer, something i plan to do when it's time for a new computer. Thanks for the extremely helful editorial!

-Wisky
May 13 '01
11:24 am PDT

RAM (Reply to this comment)
by vicwang
Great job with this editorial. Regarding RAM, however, to my knowledge there aren't any Socket-A motherboards that will accept PC-66 RAM, since the minimum speed they support is 100 mhz. In theory you could do it, but you'll be overclocking your memory 50% past spec.

I'd also suggest mentioning DDR (double data rate) RAM and DDR motherboards, since they are currently only available in Socket-A boards, and offer about double the memory speed for only slightly higher cost.

Aside from that, great job covering all the bases.

-vicwang
May 08 '01
10:18 am PDT

A terrific, helpful piece of editorial writing....! (Reply to this comment)
by Bonies7
Classy of you to cleary lay out the steps that a new user would need to follow to construct a computer from component parts.

I've never attempted this, but your VERY helpful review would be the first thing I'd refer to if I ever did try.

Well done...!

Jeff Clow (Bonies7)
May 07 '01
6:27 am PDT