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Building a computer for the first time from scratch - will this really work?

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I'm building my own computer, and I just finished picking out all of my parts. Now I just want to be sure it'll all work before I order it. I'm mean specifically if the RAM & Graphic card will fit on the motherboard I chose. These are the parts: Motherboard: Asus P5KPL Socket 775 - DDR2 / PCI-E / S…

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You've also selected a 2.5" hard drive, which is a laptop hard drive. The drive won't mount correctly in a desktop case without an adapter (although the cabling will work). Desktop drives are 3.5". Also a 3.5" desktop hard drive will be faster and m…

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