buliding three p4 systems, does this look right?

[Pardus]

getting ready to build 3 of the exact same systems, one for me, and two for friends. we want to keep the specs the same to make things easier. that being the case, we speced out the items below but still not sure if this is the mb to get or not. of course, i am getting everything from newegg

CASE-ANTEC Performance PLUS Model PLUS1080AMG- with Antec Original TRUE 430W P4 Power Supply ATX12V Retail .
MOTHERBOARD-ABIT BD7II-RAID 845E Based Pentium 4-478 ATX Mainboard with IDE RAID ATX Retail
PROCESSOR-INTEL PENTIUM 4 1.9GHz 400MHz FSB SOCKET 478 400MHz PROCESSOR
MEMORY-KINGMAX DDR333 PC-2700 256MB-OEM
VIDEO CARD-GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 3 Ti200
BURNER/DVD-TOSHIBA CD-RW/DVD-ROM -COMBO, MODEL# SD-R1202
HARD DRIVE-WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 100GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE
HARD DRIVE COOLER-Aluminum Hard Disk Drive Cooler. 2 Fans. Retail
SOUND CARD-CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 5.1 - OEM
NETWORK CARD-Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card Model LNE100TX : Version 5.1 - RETAIL

recommendations or suggestions welcomed!

thanks!

 

[Yeti101]

Looks nice, if your not going to overclock.... I'd go with a ABIT SA7, its cheap... Has onboard LAN/ Audio (in case you ever need it) plenty of PCI slots.. You can find it at NewEgg Here

Hope this helps!

Yeti

 

[mechBgon]

Any particular reason you chose the 1.9 Williamette CPU? The Northwood 1.8A would generally be faster, run cooler, cost less and have overclocking potential too.

Also, hard drive coolers are not as good of a choice as simply picking up a quiet-running 80mm fan and using the fan-cooled HDD bay on the Antec case. Enermax thermally-regulated 80mm or YS Tech adjustable-RPM fans would be a couple of good options there.

 

[Pardus]

Yeti101, not overclocking, will look into the ABIT SA7 mb too, only went with the other was for raid, but i can add a raid card too later on.

mechBgon, only went by price the 1.8a is $166 and the 1.9 is $167, figured for a buck more i get a faster processor.

every buck i can save helps a lot

 

[mechBgon]

The 1.8A uses the Northwood core with 512kb of L2 cache, whereas the 1.9 uses the old Williamette core with 256kb of L2. The Northwoods perform ~10% faster per MHz, so the 1.8A Northwood is about the same as a 2.0 Williamette, and would perform faster than the 1.9 in virtually everything. And as I mentioned, the 1.8A will produce significantly less heat too. Maybe this sheds light on why they're priced the way they are.

 

[Pardus]

ok, i'll get the 1.8a, regarding this mb, cant seem to find any reviews on it. only thing i dont like its not usb 2.0 supported and has no raid, but what do you want for $80 bux. i can add a fireware card for $25 also

seems like a nice board, but a recent review on anandtech said the gigabyte 8IEXP was best