Prior to this, I've been doing some intensive researches, spending countless hours
browsing through the newsgroup and reading reviews from various sources. Overseas site
like Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, Ultimate PC, Unofficial BX6 Homepage and Overclockers' Workbench have very good reviews as well
as useful informations on anything about PCs.
Anandtech has a very detailed write-out on "How to built your own PC".
I won't repeat that. My page here will have more pictures, less words and some simple
mistakes that only a beginner like me can relate. Before this I was using my good old
Pentium 133 which I stick on to it because of budget, of course. Then I stumbled upon Overclockers' Workbench which reviewed something which
is cheap and good..... so I tried...
Stuff I bought : (12 Aug 98)
Celeron 266 (SL2QG) - S$ 158
Chaintech 6BTM Motherboard - S$ 199
32mb PC66 SDRAM - S$ 60
ATX Case - S$ 90
Total Spent - S$ 507
The rest of the parts will be robbed from my P133. Now I'm ready !
Note : If you want a more detail review of Chaintech motherboard, you can visit here. Or, you can look up Tom's
Hardware or Anandtech for their comparison of BX motherboards.
Fitting the motherboard into the case
There are many types of cases, click here to
read more about ATX cases, or here to read about
Celeron with ATX cases. Tall towers will have lots of space for you to maneuvre easily
within the case. Smaller ones require you to squeeze your way around. Some have pullout
trays as shown in the pictures. In any case, try to get one with a side that can be slide
opened without unscrewing from behind. Mine don't.... I found out the hard way :-(
But there is one problem with my kind of case .... you need to have all the cables and
connectors that are long enough to allow you to pull out the tray. My case's 'power
switch' and 'reset' cables are not long enough and I need to look for some extension to
these wires.
Next : Wiring up your
motherboard
