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First build

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ssanubisss

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Hi I am about to build my first computer and i just wanted to know if you guys had any suggestions or see any problems with the components I have chosen for this.

MGE TITANIUM CA-TITANIUM-S 0W Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Cooling Fan

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV/256 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card

SeaSonic S12-430 ATX12V 430W Power Supply

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor

CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

ASUS Silver IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616P3-QT SLVR

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 - OEM

Well thanks ahead a time for the help with this.
 
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Overall looks pretty solid. I would reconsider the WD raptor. If it is not essential go with something cheaper and save some $. Also consider a different mobo. If SLI is not essential for you go with something like DFI lanparty or msi k8n neo4. both are cheaper and just as good. Also consider a faster CPU. personally I would go with a 7800 gt and use the $ for an athlon 3800 x2 or 4200 x2.
 
I'll eventually use the SLI so ill go ahead and stick with this one. I'll definatly look into something faster than a 3200 but i do have a budget i have to consider. Any suggestions for the processor ??
 
Get 1 G OCZ Plat Rev 2 memory and overclock a 3200 or get 2 Gig OCZ 2-3-2-5 and overclock (a little less OC probably)

I'm guessing MGE is a big flashy thing. Not what I would go with, but that's up to you of course.

 
ok i was looking at the hard drives again would this be a good chice instead of the raptor ?

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
 
I have a Raptor I bought about two weeks ago. The transfer speeds are very nice. Windows is heavily disk dependent in terms of performance, even if you have a lot of ram. Faster disk makes a big difference. I will eventually get another Raptor and stripe them.
 
I am gonna use this machine for games mostly. Oh and i just thought of something do the wires for the components come with them when i buy them or will i have to buy them seperatly ?? also i was thinking about using this processor instead AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor. Again thanks for youre help.
 
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