Final Check

[Epsilon97]

Hello,

I am going to order the following for NewEgg today. I would really appreciate one last review from you guys. Thanks.

ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, NEC 8X Black DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model ND-2500A, OEM Bulk
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920, OEM
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Logitech Premium Desktop USB/ PS/2 104keys Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse -OEM
Kingston 184 Pin 2X512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail
ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a - OEM
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
Product total: $1,128.73

 

[Epsilon97]

Please take a look. I would like to order this today. Thanks. I love this site.

 

[JBT]

looks like a bad ass rig to me. which flavor of Ram is that Hyper X or value-ram?

 

[Nebor]

You already have the processor? I don't see one on there, unless you forgot to put it on it's own line.

 

[JBT]

hes got an A64 3000 on the same line as the motherboard.

 

[RussianSensation]

Great components all around. The only suggestion on my part would be to get an Nforce 3 250 chipset motherboard like the Chaintech VNF3-250 for $95 If you plan on overclocking, this board will be better as it has a PCI/AGP lock and it received a Silver Award in the latest Anandtech Review

Otherwise, great system.

 

[DKlein]

Someone clarify this, I heard in another post that SATA is only good for 10K drives since the bottleneck would be in the drive itself, not the interface with a 7200RPM setup? I suppose that might save you a few $$ (or lose you if you go all out) if that's right. Otherwise she looks good :thumbsup:

 

[mitchafi]

I have also heard that there are no advantages to SATA yet, unless the SATA drive is a raptor. That's why I got one The rest of the system is nearly identical to mine, and it rocks, go for it!

 

[SuperFreaky]

The NEC 2500 is a great drive and some initial tests show it firmware upgradeable to the 2510 which adds Dual Layer DVD+R support... but

The final verdict of the firmware upgraded 2500 reliability is not in.

discussion
here

So I would consider spending $20 more to ensure reliable DL compatibility