Fitting Question

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Celstial

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Im going to buy this motherboard, 512MB Power Color HD4850 OC, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1986MHz GDDR3, GPU 665MHz, 800 Cores, 2xDL DVI-I/ HDTV - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...90X (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

But im starting to panic, i dont know much about how to fit the parts into my machine, and im wondering,
does it have to fit on a certain side of my case? my case only has its left hand panel to fit stuff to, (left hand panel when looking in same direction as the case. right hand panel is a door "NZXT Lexa case"). Just having a little worry as all the card slot and the ram slots are in different positions to my current mobo, its an old one, and i have no idea how to do it.


if anyone is able to clear this up for me i would be most thankful :)
 
MagicBoy said:
ATX board, ATX case. Should be fine.
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Very sorry im confused by what you mean:rolleyes:, i think its atx from what i see but just to check, should i be needing a new case? :D thanks for your time
and also is there like a ranking type system here? where people can recomend people who help them a lot? people seem very nice on this forum and help all the time
 
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It's an ATX case and an ATX motherboard. They are designed to the same standard therefore the motherboard will mount in the case correctly.

Don't understand ATX? Try Google/Wikipedia etc.
 
The case will have several holes in the motherboard tray, which as you are describing is on the left. Simply line those holes with the ones on your motherboard. Some of the holes on the motherboard tray might be for other sized motherboards, so if all the holes done line up dont worry. Attach the motherboard to the motherboard tray via using the motherboard spacers, which are usually brass in colour. Screw these into the motherboard tray then place the motherboard on top of these, lining up withthe holes in the motherboard , then gently screw down the motherboard, through the holes in it, in to the brass coloured spacers. You will notice that the motherboard now lines up with expansion slot holes etc in the case.

I will gladly help with any more questions you have, do you have msn or xfire?
 
Greywolf : Thanks i understand what you mean great explanation, atm just deciding what rig to buy so just been asking a few questions around the forum, and my first ever time of buying, so comparing whats in my *oldd school* system to what the new mobo is looking like. just been getting in a panic as all the ram gpu etc are in totally different places and on different angles so wasnt sure if i was looking at totally wrong parts. couldnt quite picture where all would fit into the case and to monitor cable etx :D :P as you can tell im rather inexperienced :P i just use my pc to game ;)
 
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Did this quickly to give you some idea. This is an AMD board, do you deff want to go down the AMD route or have the AMD cpu already? As currently the Intel core 2 chips seem to out perform the current AMD chips.

 
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WoooW now that makes loads more sense Thanks very much :D saved that for future use as long as you dont mind ;)
well i have amd now, but buying all new hardware soon, was looking at amd as the amd x2 6000+ ~3.ghz was cheaper than the intel 3 ghz.
i have an ok budget but not huge, not been working long since i finished at school, so chose the cheaper amd
 
The amd x2 6000 is around £70, but the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53ghz at around £88 , seems to beat the amd x2 6000 in reviews ive seen. As its only £18 more i suggest its worth going for the Intel. Also for the motherboard the P35 Asus P5K EPU for the intel is a good choice for around £5 cheaper than your AMD board option.
 
Okies ill take a look itno those thx
so can it be faster even though its rated at a lower 2.53?
which would you say would be more reliable for just a 17 year old who just wants to play the games that arent on his 360 :P such as crysis gears pc and a few others like that ;)
Thanks very much for all the info!
 
Yes even tho some of the intels may have a lower clock speed then can still be faster then higher clocked AMDs. Reliability there prob about the same, although as you want it for gaming your going to want the fastest setup you can afford. In this case I would personally go for the Intel. If you dont mind me asking what is your max budget? and do u need a case, monitor ,keyboard , mouse, etc or do u have these?
 
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Thanks very much youve helped immensley tonight :) ill take a proper look at all the intel chips, and the mobo you mentioned tomorrow when i have the attention span ^^

Thanks a loooad :)
 
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