building a with a amd mainboard the equivilant of a pentium 4?

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i want to build a pc from scratch and a good high spec one.i have most of the
inners and a case wich will support at least 4 hdd,ive already priced up
motherboard etc.im just wondering how much ram i could fully install on the
amd mb?as i got the inners OEM?also as i own an xp home disk shall i just xp
it or i do fany the os x 10.4 tiger,wich software would you guys advise?and
for the indervidual software what is the largest hdd can i get away with on
installing either software without experiancing any problems?thanx,jelly
 
jelly bean said:
i want to build a pc from scratch and a good high spec one.i have most of the
inners and a case wich will support at least 4 hdd,ive already priced up
motherboard etc.im just wondering how much ram i could fully install on the
amd mb?as i got the inners OEM?also as i own an xp home disk shall i just xp
it or i do fany the os x 10.4 tiger,wich software would you guys advise?and
for the indervidual software what is the largest hdd can i get away with on
installing either software without experiancing any problems?thanx,jelly
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You're going to have to learn a LOT more before you are successful in building a
computer!

First, Win XP Home and Mac OS-X Tiger will NOT install on the same systems. XP
can only go on Windows-compatible Intel/AMD systems, and OS-X can only go on
Apple Macintosh compatible systems.

For XP Home, anything more than 2 GB RAM will be wasted.

If the motherboard design is more than a few years old, it may have problems
with HDDs >135 GB. Newer motherboards do not have the limitation. Read the
motherboard docs.
 
jelly said:
i want to build a pc from scratch and a good high spec one.i have most of the
inners and a case wich will support at least 4 hdd,ive already priced up
motherboard etc.im just wondering how much ram i could fully install on the
amd mb?as i got the inners OEM?also as i own an xp home disk shall i just xp
it or i do fany the os x 10.4 tiger,wich software would you guys advise?and
for the indervidual software what is the largest hdd can i get away with on
installing either software without experiancing any problems?thanx,jelly
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There are a lot of things here and there is so much variation.
How about being more specific and provide the details about the
system that is being planned. As it is going to be an AMD unit,
then the OS will have to be Windows XP (or Linux or a version of
Unix).
 
Hey Jelly,

You have to start some where to get experience.
It would be better to Windows XP Pro to start of with just because of
networking. If you want a good AMD chip make sure you get the 64bit model.
It's two processors that are bridge together. And I never think that memory
is a waste. It all depends on what your using the PC for. Remember that
every program you open will use memory and the more you have the more you can
open and have running at the same time. Get a MotherBoard that has SATA
HardDrive support and keep units like DVD ROM and CDRW's on the same IDE
channels. Your storage devices will go only as fast as your slowest device
in the chain. Most new MotherBoards will support 4 SATA Harddrives and you
will also have room for 4 standard IDE devices on the.


Good Luck
 
thanx very much,ive been reading up on these things as much as possible and
am most gratefull for your help,jelly.xx
 
i never sugested putting two diffrent softwares on a pc,that would well be
inapropriate.but thanx for the rest of the info.
 
John said:
You're going to have to learn a LOT more before you are successful in building a
computer!

First, Win XP Home and Mac OS-X Tiger will NOT install on the same systems. XP
can only go on Windows-compatible Intel/AMD systems, and OS-X can only go on
Apple Macintosh compatible systems.
Click to expand...

THis is no longer true. You can get XP to run on an Intel Macintosh,
though not the other way 'round AFIAK. Look into Boot Camp. Not That
I'd exactly recommend a non-geek try it.

For XP Home, anything more than 2 GB RAM will be wasted.

If the motherboard design is more than a few years old, it may have problems
with HDDs >135 GB. Newer motherboards do not have the limitation. Read the
motherboard docs.
Click to expand...

This limitatiation can be overcome at least two ways.

BIOS upgrade, if available.
IDE controller card. Promise makes them, So does maxtor and a few
others.
 
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