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<blockquote data-quote="TAshifter88" data-source="post: 2763295" data-attributes="member: 574665">wow.&nbsp; Thanks for all the direct advice everyone!&nbsp; Ya, I&#039;m starting to look back at those forums supplied and a few others and have noticed some big mistakes I was wanting to go for.As far as what I&#039;m planning out now, I have a few pieces laying around the place that can assemble a good half of the computer anyways..&nbsp; I have a Celeron 2.4 Ghz processor (a bit overkill it seems, but still light on the power), and was planning on getting an Intel microATX mobo.&nbsp; I also have a stray IDE 80GB HDD @ 4200rpm, and the mobo I was looking at supports IDE.&nbsp; To top it off, I have a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic soundcard. I&#039;m guessing that&#039;s not compatible with the kX drivers supplied above, but is there an alternative route I could follow instead?&nbsp; I had always thought that X-fi was the more top-end model of creative, so I figured there may have been support somewhere.&nbsp; And lastly, I doubt this will be needed, but I have a stray ATI graphics card thatis somewhat recent, but my guess is that it&#039;ll only cause more heat than what&#039;s needed.&nbsp; What&#039;s everyones&#039; view on that?&nbsp; I have 700mb of extra RAM (atm) as well, but if needed to be upgraded, I can work on that.As far as software is concerned, you mentioned different front-end software that everyone uses.&nbsp; Does anyone know which software works best (and whe nI mean best, I mean.. just something that works efficiently and has good looks.. not THE BEST).&nbsp; Thx for all the help everyone!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TAshifter88, post: 2763295, member: 574665"] wow. Thanks for all the direct advice everyone! Ya, I'm starting to look back at those forums supplied and a few others and have noticed some big mistakes I was wanting to go for. As far as what I'm planning out now, I have a few pieces laying around the place that can assemble a good half of the computer anyways.. I have a Celeron 2.4 Ghz processor (a bit overkill it seems, but still light on the power), and was planning on getting an Intel microATX mobo. I also have a stray IDE 80GB HDD @ 4200rpm, and the mobo I was looking at supports IDE. To top it off, I have a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic soundcard. I'm guessing that's not compatible with the kX drivers supplied above, but is there an alternative route I could follow instead? I had always thought that X-fi was the more top-end model of creative, so I figured there may have been support somewhere. And lastly, I doubt this will be needed, but I have a stray ATI graphics card thatis somewhat recent, but my guess is that it'll only cause more heat than what's needed. What's everyones' view on that? I have 700mb of extra RAM (atm) as well, but if needed to be upgraded, I can work on that. As far as software is concerned, you mentioned different front-end software that everyone uses. Does anyone know which software works best (and whe nI mean best, I mean.. just something that works efficiently and has good looks.. not THE BEST). Thx for all the help everyone! [/QUOTE]

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