Need to know if everything will be compatible

andrew750 · Post by **andrew750** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:20 pm

Hi, everyone!
I'm planning on building my own notebook and decided building the ASUS Z63A Whitebook Laptop using the review that was posted on this site. This is my first notebook and first time building a notebook. I've built a few desktops of my own, so hopefully this won't be too hard to do. Anyways, I found the components that I want to use for the notebook, but wasn't sure if everything is going to be compatible or not.
The stuff I'm planning on getting are:

1) ASUS Z63A BAREBONE NOTEBOOK, PENTIUM M BASED, 14.1" WXGA LCD, NO OPTICAL DRIVE @Pagecomputers.com
Price: $581.36

2) ASUS Z63 SERIES NOTEBOOK DVD/ CD- RW COMBO DRIVE @Pagecomputers.com
Price: $68.19

3) Intel Pentium M 740, 1.73 GHz (BX80536GE1733FJ) Intel Boxed Processor @Mwave.com
Price: $213.00

4) TOSHIBA Slim MK1032GAX 100GB 5400 RPM 16MB Cache Notebook Hard Drive - OEM @Newegg.com
Price: $159.00

5) Kingston 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Notebook Memory - Retail @Newegg.com
Price: $85.55

6) Intel (WM3B2915ABGNAX) 802.11a/g/b Wireless Adapter @Amazon.com
Price: $31.20

The total with shipping came to $1158.00.
If anyone could see if these components would be compatible that would be great. I would like to keep all the specs for the components, but any help with the prices of the components would also be great. If anyone has any additional comments or tips , please feel free to reply. Thanks in advance!

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:24 pm

yep your good. The only thing you MAY want to think about is getting the 735 as its 1.7ghz with the 400fsb, with just a small peice of wire you can crank that thing up to 2.26ghz like did on my Z63A.

andrew750 · Post by **andrew750** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:28 am

hey thx for the reply and recommendation.
I have another question about the RAM.
Would this be also compatible:

Transcend Samsung Chipset 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Notebook Memory - Retail @Newegg.com

The reviews on Newegg seem to find the RAM fine.
Anyways, if anyone could let me know, that would be great!
Thanks!

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:52 am

Yeah that stuff is fine. I will give you a little hint and that is that with laptops the memory speed makes very little difference, and with DDR2 even less, going from CL3 to CL4 is not going to be noticed so i would get some value memory from kingstion, corsair, ocz... or the like.