questions about building the Allenstein machine!

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This month makes it one year for me on the DUC!!
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This weekend I am taking the plunge and buying the Allen recommended A7V333-X mobo and AMD XP2800 processor along with either a rackmount case or that cool stainless steel looking tower.
My plan is to simply remove the drives from my existing 1ghz T-bird (which will be for sale soon!) and installing them with the new board/cpu. I have only done this once and it wasnt with my precious pro-tools computer, and it seems that I ran into a few snags along the way that time. I neeeed to be careful!

Now installing a new mobo is pretty much like installing a new piece of hardware, just a little more detailed and I dont want to screw anything up.

I AM very excited about this!!

1 - Can you guys offer me some hints and advice for safe installation?
2 - That makes me nervous about installing the volcano fan... is this really going to make a difference? Are there alternatives to processor cooling fans?
Thanks as usual for your help [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]