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Hi, recently i decided i was gona build my own computer. I have picked out all the hardware im gona use to build it and i have read stuff on the net about building my computer(like http://www.mysuperpc.com/). I would like to hear any advice, recomendations or anything on the subject.

Heres all the hardware im gona be ordering.(buying at www.harddrive.com):

1Viewsonic Black 17" 1280x1024 21mm PerfectFlat CRT- 148.00
Creative Labs Inspire 4.1 5pc 41Watt Black Speaker- 48.00
Xaser III V1000A Black 12Bay Super Tower w/Window- 165.00
Belkin Black 107-Key Keyboard w/Wrist Res-t 23.00
Lite-On 52x24x52 IDE Int. CD-RW w/HDC Black Bezel- 74.00
BenQ 16X/48X IDE DVD-Rom Drive w/Black Thor Bezel- 65.00
WD 80GB Special Edt. 8MB ATA/100 Bare Hard Drive- 106.00
Creative Labs Modem Blaster V.92 PCI Retail- 54.00
MSI K7N2G-L Socket A nForce2 8X AGP ATX MB A/L/USB- 114.00
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ 2.0GHz 266MHz Retail Boxed CPU- 145.00
Microsoft Black Trackball Optical USB or PS/2- 32.99
MSI GF4 Ti4200 128MB DDR 8X AGP VC with DVI/TV-Out- 157.00
Mitsumi 1.44 Black 3.5" Internal Floppy- 17.00
Corsair 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Non-ECC Memory- 153.00
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy X-Gamer Retail- 90.00


Im gona be getting a Windows XP Home from a friend and i have a cd of mandrake 9.0, i have plans of having a Dual-Boot of both O/s any advice on this is welcome.

Thanx in advance for your help 🙂

P.S i need to get a power supply, do you now a good place online to get one and how much power do you think i should get, i heard between 300-350W.
 
Unless they're canadian those prices are somewhat high man...unless you're set on harddrive.com try checking on www.pricewatch.com or just go straight to newegg 🙂

1. Far as HDDs go, i'd recommend the Maxtor 80gb 8mb cache instead of WD. Same price.
2. Cases: i'd recommend Lian Li's PC-65, PC-6089 or PC-6085A (mine). Excellent cases and cheaper than that xaser by $20-30.
3. Save $44 and buy a Fortissimo III instead of the Audigy X-Gamer. No games, but easily equal sound quality (plus it's 7.1).
4. With the saved money consider going for a Radeon 9500 Pro or a Radeon 9700 Gold (non-pro).

The rest looks good to me!

Should be pretty damn fast 😀

Oh, regarding power supplies I bought my Antec SL400 (400W) from www.ajump.com (along with my case). Good service and price.



 
Get at least a 400W psu, and get a name brand quality one. I'm currently running an Antec true power and love it.
 
Yeah try Newegg.com out, thats where i get most ofmy stuff from good prices and fast shipping. As stated above the price on some is a little off, but not a bad system, might want to try XP Pro, if u are using a domain and such, home doesn;t let you connect to a domain. but you prob already knew that

Dogg
 
use new egg, or price watch.

But a better idea than saving the 200 bucks, use the extra money to buy better parts. Hell, the price your paying for the 2400+ you could get a 2800tbred if you shop right.
 
OK looking around for power supplies im trying to decide between an antec true power 430W or a thermaltake silent purepower 420w
 
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