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Take apart your current computer and pay attention to what cables go where. Then put it back together again.
Also, remember the red cable (pin #1) on the IDE controller always faces you when you plug it into hard drives and CD-ROMs and stuff, but it faces away from you on the floppy drive cable.
Put your hard drive on your primary IDE and your CD-ROM on your secondary IDE, even though both IDE controllers have room for a master device and a slave device, do not share their cable if you can help it.
If you're confident, try getting some rounded IDE cables, they will increase airflow throughout your case. Speaking of rounded cables, Serial ATA drives are out now, while decidedly more expensive, they are a bit faster and their cables are very thin and round. If you get a motherboard that supports it and you have the cash, consider that they are the wave of the future.
If you have no friggin clue what the hell I'm saying.. perhaps you should wait on building that computer of yours.
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