what does everything mean?

[Silversliver116]

as ne1 can tell, im a noob to computer buiding, can ne1 explain what everything means?

[Frakk]

well, everything can mean lot of things. in fact, it is a word that refers to all the things you know. pretty general :)

[Kaolian]

42!


Actually, did you have any specific questions?

[ZeD]

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All things or all of a group of things.
All relevant matters: told each other everything.




The most important fact or consideration: In business, timing is everything.
All kidding aside Im sure you mean the terms and parts, if so look into www.motherboards.org (http://www.motherboards.org/) and www.formfactors.org (http://www.formfactors.org/)

[fishies]

What's everything?

[ZeD]

What's everything?
check the above post I very clearly explained what everything means 8)

[Matthew]

Lol...owned...


There are plenty of computer building guides out there, but in reality its basicaly like putting the squar peg in the square hole....doesent get much harder.

[elpato84]

If I may butt in here, but I also have a relavent question (though innocent and n00bish) concerning motherboards. Is there a specific kind of processor to get for a motherboard, or is it as simple as "Intel P4 3.0" or "AMD3000"? I just want to know so I don't have an idea blow up in my face.

[Frakk]

there are intel and amd boards, and there are different sockets for each. you have to look at the pin numbers regarding to the socket. they are posted almost everywhere and it is not hard to match them up.

[ZeD]

If I may butt in here, but I also have a relavent question (though innocent and n00bish) concerning motherboards. Is there a specific kind of processor to get for a motherboard, or is it as simple as "Intel P4 3.0" or "AMD3000"? I just want to know so I don't have an idea blow up in my face.
Just as Frakk said it, you have to make sure the motherboard and chip have the same pin layout. IE socket 939 AMD 64 to a socket 939 motherboard. If you check Newegg.com they have a very extensive search feature where you can search for motherboards by socket, same for CPUs.

Also make sure your FSB or Front Side Bus are equal, you can put a socket A or 462 into any socket A or 462 motherboard, but many older units only run at 133MHz or 266 when showing in DDR (Double Data IE 133 doubled = 266) so make sure the MHZ Rating also matches if you want to acheive the best performance.

Memory can be tricky if your new to this, 400MHz memory modules can be reffered to as either 400MHz or PC3200, 333MHz = PC2700, 266=PC2100 and so on. Again refer to Neweggs search features to help narrow your search down.

Please note I am not endorsing Newegg.com for anythign other than their superb search feature, which is GREAT for newbs to help make sure they are getting the right part.

I hope that helped, if you have any more questions please feel free to ask, just because its n00bish doesnt mean its silly, we all started out as newbies. :)

[jonopaul01]

There are other things you also have to remember. I recently replaced my MoBo and the things that I believe you have to check are as following.

CPU: As ZeD and Frakk said you need to make sure your motherboard socket fits your CPU. And as ZeD said, try make your FSB frequencies as similar as possible. Preferably you should have the motherboard FSB frequency higher should you OC (overclock) your CPU. However this is not a good idea for newbs (I speak from experience).

GPU: Make sure that your graphics card sockets are correct. For instance, if you have a AGP GPU then there is no point getting a PCI-E MoBo. I had this problem earlier in the year. I wanted to get a PCI-E motherboard (for those of you not in the know, PCI-E is a new socket for cards that is just starting to come out now. Previously all GPU's ran on AGP sockets) but I had a AGP card and no funds to upgrade to a PCI-E GPU straight away. So I bought a hybrid MoBo that had both AGP and PCI-E so that I could upgrade at a later time.

Memory:There are both DDR and DDR2 memory modules. As with AGP and PCI-E, DDR memory will not fit into DDR2 modules and vise-versa. This means that you need to check that your MoBo fits your current memory. Also check what frequency your FSB is and match it to your memory. Again, better higher than lower.

Hard Drives: Finally, Check to see whether you you have SATA or ATA Hardrives and make sure that your MoBo supports them. It is easy to see the difference, ATA HDDs have long thin IDE bands whereas SATA HDDs have narrow bands.

Please point out any mistake I will no doubt have made, after all, incorrect information is dangerous information.