Been working on getting the stuff together for a new PC, Sentrosi has been a huge help but I wanted to see if anyone here sees any conflicts, has any comments, suggestions, warnings, or whatever. This will be my first custom rig. Hope i'm not missing anything.
Motherboard - MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra Athlon 64(FX)
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3500+
RAM - PDP SYSTEMS Memory Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB (512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Bought
Harddrives Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200.7 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive x 2 Gonna do the RAID0 thing.
Video card - eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Video Card, 256MB - Bought
Optical Drive - Plextor 12X DVD+/-RW Drive
Mouse/KB - Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 - Bought
PSU - Aspire 520W 12V Black Triple Fan Aluminum Power Supply
CPU Heatsink - Thermalright SLK-948U (No sure on this yet, seems a little pricey for someone not over clocking.)
CPU Heatsink Fan for above Heatsink - 92mm Panaflo H1A Fan (BX) w/ RPM Sensor
Consitering this Heatsink/fan insted -
http://www.xoxide.com/thsibok8aopa.html
Cases I am still trying to decide between (leaning towards the Samurai)
Thermaltake Tsunami
Raidmax Samurai
Getting two SATA power connectors (those drives are OEM), Artic 5 thermal paste, generic sony floppy drive, and XP Home. Don't need a sound card, speakers, or monitor. I'm currently looking at different headsets.
2004-09-07, 05:44 PM
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