Let's start with a motherboard...
The book recommended Intel mobos and CPUs and since I have colleagues in Intel, it seemed like a reasonable choice. Parts companies like Watford Electronics don't seem to stock Intel, so I looked at DABS, which a friend once recommended.
A D945PVS costs £121 (it was $180 in Fry's, so it seems we no longer pay pounds for dollars for computer parts in the UK). It is of the modern socket 775 design and ATX form factor.
I fancy a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 (600 series is suitable for a mainstream PC according to the book), so I'll need to check that the heatsink and fan will fit the mobo. How to check this is currently a bit of a mystery...
The book recommended Intel mobos and CPUs and since I have colleagues in Intel, it seemed like a reasonable choice. Parts companies like Watford Electronics don't seem to stock Intel, so I looked at DABS, which a friend once recommended.
A D945PVS costs £121 (it was $180 in Fry's, so it seems we no longer pay pounds for dollars for computer parts in the UK). It is of the modern socket 775 design and ATX form factor.
I fancy a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 (600 series is suitable for a mainstream PC according to the book), so I'll need to check that the heatsink and fan will fit the mobo. How to check this is currently a bit of a mystery...
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