Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum
The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Formating SATA Drive, was: Will all this hardware work together?

Alternate_TheoryAlternate_Theory Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106263
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-04 - OEM


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148230
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160815AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131172
ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161229
WINTEC AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103231
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Brisbane 2.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

I'd also like a power supply recommendation. What's a good name to go with? It should be in the same price range as all this other stuff.

Any other comments or suggestions on this setup are also welcome ("It looks like you overspent on your processor, you won't see any benefit by going with a dual core and that motherboard" or "for only $10 more you can get this RAM that will integrate so much better with your setup" or something like that).

Alternate_Theory on

Posts

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    get this harddrive instead

    90 more gigs and a 16 mb cache for 9 bucks more.

    JebusUD on
    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • RaereRaere Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Don't go with an AMD. Intel's offerings are superior.

    Raere on
    Raere.png
  • Alternate_TheoryAlternate_Theory Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Will I have trouble installing XP to this?

    Alternate_Theory on
  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You shouldn't have any trouble with XP as far as I can see.

    What are you using the computer for? If its for any video games you should wait, get a bit more money, and build somthing a tad newer.

    AMD should be alright. Its a little slower, but its a little cheaper too.

    JebusUD on
    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    With a rebate this ram is cheaper, and runs slightly better even if you give it 2.1v(it's what I use).

    Also yeah, AMD processors right now are just plain inferior to the Intel CPUs. On the other hand, it looks like you're really not going for a performance computer as much as one that works, and AMD processors work.

    Khavall on
  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    As far as power supplies go i would run with the Thermaltake brand, im runnin a thermaltake 650watt and its pretty awesome. lots of connections and itll run two video cards and a high end processor with no problems. I paid about 100 bucks for it. Mostly for longevity as computers use more juice.

    webguy20 on
    Steam ID: Webguy20
    Origin ID: Discgolfer27
    Untappd ID: Discgolfer1981
  • RaereRaere Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There are several good PSU brands, and several bad ones.

    Good ones include, but not limited to: Antec, SeaSonic, Thermaltake, Corsair

    Not too sure about bad ones, but XCLIO is definetely one of them in my experience.

    Raere on
    Raere.png
  • noobertnoobert Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Corsair and Antec make some very good PSU's.

    Anything "No name" will be bad when it comes to a PSU.

    noobert on
  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What are you planning on for a graphics card?

    tsmvengy on
    steam_sig.png
  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    What are you planning on for a graphics card?

    The mobo has integrated graphics. I think thats what theory is planning on using.

    JebusUD on
    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • Alternate_TheoryAlternate_Theory Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The computer doesn't seem to want to recognize the SATA drive. I've got it running windows with an older IDE drive, and the sata drive shows up in device manager, but not under My Computer. I'm pretty sure I need to format the drive, but I forget how to do this.

    Alternate_Theory on
  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dont' buy an Antec PSU. I stopped buying Antec PSU's for people when I had the 5th one die, 5 died, different physical locations so I know it's not bad power. But 5 seperate deaths means I will never buy an antec psu again

    I will say that the only reason I would ever recommend an AMD cpu is for a small, low power low cost PC, which this appears to be.

    wunderbar on
    XBL: thewunderbar PSN: thewunderbar NNID: thewunderbar Steam: wunderbar87 Twitter: wunderbar
  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Alternate_Theory wrote: »
    The computer doesn't seem to want to recognize the SATA drive. I've got it running windows with an older IDE drive, and the sata drive shows up in device manager, but not under My Computer. I'm pretty sure I need to format the drive, but I forget how to do this.

    Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management

    The entire drive should be marked as "Free Space". Right click, "New Primary/Logical Drive" and follow the wizard from there.

    ecco the dolphin on
    Penny Arcade Developers at PADev.net.
Sign In or Register to comment.
Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum