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Old Jan 3, 2004, 04:58 PM   #1
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Building an AMD system
Jon has our first guide done, which is "building your first AMD system", click the link to visit the guide.

Please post your comments or questions in this thread, cheers.
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Old Jan 3, 2004, 05:49 PM   #2
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VERY nice guide wildchild.

Very easy to understand and follow.

Great job.
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Old Jan 3, 2004, 07:12 PM   #3
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I think just about anyone can follow that guide........good job and great pics. Straight and to the point.
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Excellent job Jon! Very nice guide I hope to see more of them from you.
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Old Jan 3, 2004, 11:36 PM   #5
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great guide wildchild.
and i think the driverheaven guides forum is a GREAT idea.
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 01:29 AM   #6
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cool....

(quickly scratches something off on his "to do list")
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great i showed my friends and they are really happy great job wildchild
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 01:57 AM   #8
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Kewl. A very clear guide you've done there wildchild. I've gotta send this to my co-workers so that they can finally see things other than Intel. Thx a mil!
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 03:54 AM   #9
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Thank you for the kind words.There will be many more to come,next one will involve the 64 bit ,sata raid setups,and some other goodies.
Thanks again.
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 03:55 AM   #10
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Very concise and easy to follow Wildchild! Great job!
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 04:03 AM   #11
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I tried to make it as simplistic as I could....To where anyone (with limited knowledge)could actually do it themselves.
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excellent news on your new position wildchild.


ok i suppose for amd,but a small point were is one for those who prefer Intel?(if i can comment on that in a amd thread)
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 08:18 AM   #13
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thats one of the future projects.
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thats one of the future projects.
np,i don't have a preference for either i just goes for what i think is the best for me at the time of upgrades.

it will be good to see one for intel in the futrure then at least we can get good advice from both sides before choosing.
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Old Jan 4, 2004, 08:27 AM   #15
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Thanx Jon.....doh

Personally, I balked at the idea, and preferred to have WildChild build me one. I have fried two mobos recently attempting to rework bios and install upgrading. I am an AMD fan now, and will download this for furture reference. 64 is the way to go!!!!
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Good review...... only one part i can think of that's missing... and usually isn't thought of..... motherboard placement.... some weird cases actually don't setup there mounts correctly at all.. and some aren't even removeable..... most of the biggest problems come from OEM machines that specifically design the case/motherboard .... that you have to buy either the exact... or one of THERE motherboard to upgrade...... I showed my case but cutting.dicing.... and basically making a mess but useable mess out of it.......
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Yes, I plan to build my 1st comp this summer and every guide helps a little, this helps a lot
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Good review...... only one part i can think of that's missing... and usually isn't thought of..... motherboard placement.... some weird cases actually don't setup there mounts correctly at all.. and some aren't even removeable..... most of the biggest problems come from OEM machines that specifically design the case/motherboard .... that you have to buy either the exact... or one of THERE motherboard to upgrade...... I showed my case but cutting.dicing.... and basically making a mess but useable mess out of it.......
I dont know what cases you have bought in the past, but I would say 99.5 percent of the cases purchased will have the correct placement of the mounting screws and if it is for some reason mucked up ...take it back and get a good one, as for proprietary boards /systems,thats not what this guide was made for.It was made for people to get a better understanding of building a new system from scratch, not mixmatching this and that and trying to make it work.
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If you need help feel free to ask.
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Dell, HP, Sony..........ect
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lovely, I will use this this week! gr8. thx jon!
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Your welcome man, glad you will be able to use the guide.
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Very nice guide bud, very easy to understand. Congrats on a job well done!!!
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Old Aug 2, 2004, 04:46 PM   #25
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Thanks I'll probably be using this guide as well; I printed it already, just in case
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 01:33 AM   #26
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very easy to follow indeed. For those of you building p4 systems, everything is the same except for the heatsink mounting is slightly different.
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Forgot to mention thermal paste on the CPU?
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