Hi All,
Well i bought my new conroe system and it arrived today, Woohoo!
Some of you may of read my previous post about whether to risk building it on my own as im new to it, anyway if some of you could answer the questions i have i wouldt appreciate it.
1. I heard a lot about thermal compound for CPU coolers, but i have an Artic Freezer Pro 7, and it doesnt mention anything bout it in the instructions, does it not need any?
2. is it possible for my to install my old hardives (one with XP on it and programs, and the other for downloaded data) straight onto my new motherboard and simply switch on the PC? or do i need to format both hard drives so when i put them onto my new MB they will be completely blank, only recently did a system format so dont want to do one agen if i dont have to!
3. I have 1 IDE HD and one SATA, will i be ok to use an IDE cable for my 2 ROM drives (as there is only one IDE slot on the DS3) and then get a converter for my IDE HD and simply use them both as SATA.
4. Will my computer automatically reconise the 2 SATA HD and carry on as normal (just like how IDE was automatically reconised) or do i have to configure something?
5. how do i know what software/drivers to install that are provided on the CD that came with the MB there seems to be loads, im going to be overclocking so are any of these useful for that?
There could be more but ill add them if i think of some,
Would appreciate it if you answer them by number so i dont get even more confused.
And thanks again, i know some of these may sound stupid but i would like to know all my queries before attempting the build.
Ricky.
Merry Christmas
Well i bought my new conroe system and it arrived today, Woohoo!
Some of you may of read my previous post about whether to risk building it on my own as im new to it, anyway if some of you could answer the questions i have i wouldt appreciate it.
1. I heard a lot about thermal compound for CPU coolers, but i have an Artic Freezer Pro 7, and it doesnt mention anything bout it in the instructions, does it not need any?
2. is it possible for my to install my old hardives (one with XP on it and programs, and the other for downloaded data) straight onto my new motherboard and simply switch on the PC? or do i need to format both hard drives so when i put them onto my new MB they will be completely blank, only recently did a system format so dont want to do one agen if i dont have to!
3. I have 1 IDE HD and one SATA, will i be ok to use an IDE cable for my 2 ROM drives (as there is only one IDE slot on the DS3) and then get a converter for my IDE HD and simply use them both as SATA.
4. Will my computer automatically reconise the 2 SATA HD and carry on as normal (just like how IDE was automatically reconised) or do i have to configure something?
5. how do i know what software/drivers to install that are provided on the CD that came with the MB there seems to be loads, im going to be overclocking so are any of these useful for that?
There could be more but ill add them if i think of some,
Would appreciate it if you answer them by number so i dont get even more confused.
And thanks again, i know some of these may sound stupid but i would like to know all my queries before attempting the build.
Ricky.
Merry Christmas