Harvey Morris wrote:>
>  I,m in the process of building my first pc from scratch, and I'm
>    in need of some info from my fellow pcbuilders.
>    This is part of hardware list:>
>   Case with power supply.
>   PII motherboard running 300/400 mhz.
>   video card mmx capable w/2-8 mb ram.
>   ide harddirve 9 gig and up.>
>   That's all for now.....>
>   Any recommendations is greatly appreciated.
>

Hello Harvey,

        I'm excited about being able to respond to your post because this
list helped me out tremendously in the past (unbeknownst to them)
and I haven't made much of a contribution myself.
        I recently put together my first PC on my own and did a LOT of
homework.  I'm fairly computer literate, but there are people on the
list with tons more experience and knowledge, so I can only speak
from my own experience and homework.
        To try to stick with basics for now, I chose the ABIT BX6
motherboard and a Pentium II 350.  Quite a screamer compared to my
once fast 586 133!  The reason for the ABIT BX6 was the fact for me,
it's jumperless!  And plenty of room for future upgrading!  A few
ISA slots, 4 PCI, AGP, room for 4 SDRAM chips.
        Could go on and on because I'm excited about what I once was scared
to do and believe it or not, after ALL of the reading and re-reading
and familiarizing myself with everything and making sure everything
was in its proper place, all went well without a SINGLE problem!!
        Good luck, go slow, re-read, re-examine, put it together and
enjoy....


Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.
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