Finally Happening

[SneakyStuff]

I am FINALLY getting to order my PC parts tonight. I'll be hitting Newegg once my dad gets home, and I want to get an opinion on parts used, the goal here was to make a cheap system better than the one I have now, that can handle games well, i'll be using my current 5700u graphics card in it.

CPU- Athlon XP
MOBO- Shuttle
RAM- Corsair
HD- Samsung
Case- Antec
DVD- Samsung

Any thoughts/comments before 6ish, I would be very appreciative. Right now the only thing I'm concerned about is my running the fsb async. with the memory speed. But people told me that getting pc2700 wouldn't be worth it, even if i'm not overclocking.

 

[gistech1978]

i personally would get the WD 80 gig SE with 8 meg cache for 69.00.
i have one of those for storage, it was my primary drive for well over a year.
no complaints, quiet and pretty fast.

i have the same antec case. i like it. the drive rails and removable hdd cage are quite nice.
you might pick up another 120mm fan to go in the front.

 

[Markfw]

The HD has fluid bearings, great, IMO

 

[mikecel79]

I second the WD 80GB SE. I've got a 120GB version of it for just over a year now and it's been good to me.