Does this system look good?

[prism]

I just ordered the following parts from newegg after doing some research on here and other sites. I was wondering what you guys think, and if everything will be compatible with each other since I'm by no means a computer expert. The main things I was wondering about were if it will be cool enough with the included 120mm fan, and if I need to purchase anything additional to hook it up (i.e. wires, adapters, etc.).

Antec Sonata II with 450w Smartpower 2.0
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 (didn't think the Ultra was necessary for my needs)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Sapphire Radeon X800 (PCI-Express)
512k Corsair Value RAM
Lite-On CDRW/DVD combo drive
Old 40gb 8mb buffer 7200rpm Western Digital Hard Drive (I think it's IDE)

Keep in mind I was on a budget and didn't want to go too overkill. Will this be able to run games like Half-Life 2 and BF2 at good settings? I'm planning on getting another stick of 512k in the near future too, and for now I'm not planning on overclocking. Any comments/advice greatly appreciated.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Lucks great! I would recommend formatting the old drive and doing a clean install of windows, this will save you tons of headaches. If this isn't possible you will need to do a repair install of windows.

 

[KoolDrew]

I just ordered the following parts from newegg

Then why are you posting a topic now?

 

[angstsoldat]

Kool.. his question was did he need anything else..

The main things I was wondering about were if it will be cool enough with the included 120mm fan, and if I need to purchase anything additional to hook it up (i.e. wires, adapters, etc.).

 

[KoolDrew]

Kool.. his question was did he need anything else..

OK. I thought it was going to be another one of those threads where they ask us to critique there build after they bought it.

 

[angstsoldat]

Originally posted by: PrismAntec Sonata II with 450w Smartpower 2.0
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Sapphire Radeon X800 (PCI-Express)
512k Corsair Value RAM
Lite-On CDRW/DVD combo drive
Old 40gb 8mb buffer 7200rpm Western Digital Hard Drive (I think it's IDE)

Keep in mind I was on a budget and didn't want to go too overkill. Will this be able to run games like Half-Life 2 and BF2 at good settings? I'm planning on getting another stick of 512k in the near future too, and for now I'm not planning on overclocking.

Hmm.. I think the minimum for BF2 is 1 gig and 2GB if you want to run any good on 64 player servers without it being a laghole. Im personally planning on getting 2 sticks of Patriot 1gig memory when I build mine in Sept.. (currently 111.25$ per stick I think) so kind of expensive, good timings though..

 

[angstsoldat]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Kool.. his question was did he need anything else..

OK. I thought it was going to be another one of those threads where they ask us to critique there build after they bought it.

Lol I thought it was too when I read the first sentence 😛

 

[Cheezeit]

why not get 1 gig of memory?

 

[prism]

I skimped on the memory for now to see how games would run with the 512, but deep down inside I know I'll end up getting another stick real soon 😛. As far as cooling goes, will the 120mm built into the case, the cpu fan and the fan built into the video card be enough?