Hi Everyone,
I'm in the process of ordering parts for a new machine. I've beeen out of IT for quite a while, and my knowledge is rather dated. Hopefully some of you can answer some of my Techie questions. Here are the parts are as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Socket 775 2.13GHz
Asustek S775 Intel 975X ATX Audio Lan
Corsair Memory TWIN2X2048-6400 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5
Western Digital Caviar 400GB S150 16mb 7200rpm
DabsValue Alien Gaming Case 480W -Silver
I have a few questions that i cannot find answers to anywhere.
Question 1:
Easy one to start with - Having not really built from scratch before i need to know if the Processor listed above will come with the heat sink and fan to provide it with cooling? I presume they provide this sort of stuff as standard but i need to be sure!
Question 2:
The tower is listed as a 480w PSU - will this be sufficient to power the RAM - HDD MB and CPU?
Question 3:
The HDD says it has Serial ATA 150 compatability, but i can only see ATA 300 listed against the MB - will i be able to conenct them? ie will there be the correct number of pins? (i have never dealt with Serial ATA before) I presume they will link up, but only work up to ATA 150 rather than the full ATA 300 speed. can anyone shed any light on this!?
Question 4:
I have a fairly good graphics ccard in my current machine, however it is AGP as far as im aware. I can't see AGP mentioned in the MB spec - does this mean i will not be able to use it, or will it fit into the PCI-E slots??
Many Thanks
Ian Jeffs