Compatibility checks for new computer

I want to build my second self-built computer, and learn from the
mistakes of the first. With my first one, I got a two nice hard
drives, plus a stinky hd, threw it into a cheap tower with an OK
mother board, added 2 Gigs of Ram, and a fine Radeon X1600. Thing is,
the crappy stuff I put in it hurt the good stuff I put in it. I don't
want that to happen with my second one.

I think I am going to take the two nice harddrives, along with the
Radeon, and put it in the new tower.

But.....

What should I be looking for in a Motherboard? What should I try and
match up? Am I being clear enough here? I don't wanna get a MB that
can only use 80% of the max speed of the RAM, or a MB that is slowed
down by the read speed of my hard drives. Do ya get what I am sayin?

I have a need for speed...... :evil:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:09:45 -0000, no@spam.invalid (ldiaco)
wrote:

>I want to build my second self-built computer, and learn from the
>mistakes of the first. With my first one, I got a two nice hard
>drives, plus a stinky hd, threw it into a cheap tower with an OK
>mother board, added 2 Gigs of Ram, and a fine Radeon X1600. Thing is,
>the crappy stuff I put in it hurt the good stuff I put in it. I don't
>want that to happen with my second one.
>
>I think I am going to take the two nice harddrives, along with the
>Radeon, and put it in the new tower.
>
>But.....
>
>What should I be looking for in a Motherboard? What should I try and
>match up? Am I being clear enough here? I don't wanna get a MB that
>can only use 80% of the max speed of the RAM, or a MB that is slowed
>down by the read speed of my hard drives. Do ya get what I am sayin?
>
>I have a need for speed...... :evil:


You have a need to supply the specifics of your hardware
too.

ldiaco wrote:
> I want to build my second self-built computer, and learn from the
> mistakes of the first. With my first one, I got a two nice hard
> drives, plus a stinky hd, threw it into a cheap tower with an OK
> mother board, added 2 Gigs of Ram, and a fine Radeon X1600. Thing is,
> the crappy stuff I put in it hurt the good stuff I put in it. I don't
> want that to happen with my second one.
>
> I think I am going to take the two nice harddrives, along with the
> Radeon, and put it in the new tower.
>
> But.....
>
> What should I be looking for in a Motherboard? What should I try and
> match up? Am I being clear enough here? I don't wanna get a MB that
> can only use 80% of the max speed of the RAM, or a MB that is slowed
> down by the read speed of my hard drives. Do ya get what I am sayin?
>
> I have a need for speed...... :evil:
>
I have been more satisfied with the Dual Core machine that I built than
previous ones as it is by far the fastest machine I ever ran. It also
runs cooler for a fast machine.