Hardware Issues / Recommendations

[nightelf]

Hullo Everybody,

I just wanted to post the parts of a new computer Im going to be building here very shorty. With weird compatibility issues and other unpredictable things that can happen, I just wanted to make sure that from your experience there are no issues with these products, and that all of you have had good experiences with them before I dish out the moolah.

Here are the specs:

-MSI KT3 ULTRA-ARU (MS-6380E-020) VIA KT333 DDR ATA133 SocketA MOTHERBOARD - RETAIL
-MSI G4Ti4400-VTD (MS-8871 8871-020) GeForce 4 Titanium 4400 -DDR/SDRAM 128MB Video-in TV-out DVI-I VGA CARD - RETAIL
-AMD ATHLON XP 1900+/266 FSB PROCESSOR CPU - RETAIL
-CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x72 PC 2100 DDR RAM - OEM
-SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE - OEM
-WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM EIDE -HARD DRIVE # WD800JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY (Has 8MB cache)
-Lite On 40X12X48 CDRW : RTL40125S-Full OEM
-LINKSYS LNE100TX ETHERFAST 10/100 LAN CARD
-Antec 400W ATX SmartPower
-Antec SX1040 Performance Series Case
(sorry about the caps, copied from newegg )

BTW, I plan to dual-boot Windows XP Home and Red Hat Linux 7.2.

Again, just wondering what your experiences were with these products, and if you would recommend anything else.

Thanks in Advance ...

 

[RamzaBeoulve]

You shouldn't see any compatability issues... I have an MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU, and it works very nicely, btw

Looks fine, and I don't see what could happen.

 

[nightelf]

Great- thx

 

[Alex]

3 sugestions but nothing very important, overall it should be all good

1 - ti4400 really not worth it... 4200s are cheaper and can be OCd to close to 4600 levels with stock cooling ...
2 - crucial ram is cheaper than mushkin and corsair for a reason. i don't trust them anymore. id go for Mushkin... its only a few bucks extra and you'd know where they went... its very nice ram!
3 - LiteOn is a good brand but they make some shady CDRWs... do a search for them in any harware forum and they're full of issues... TEAC has a nice 40x/12x/48x CDRW that is fast and very reliable... or go toshiba or something but i wouldnt trust liteon...

neways good luck with it!

 

[nightelf]

Well, I went ahead and got a TEAC 40X12X48 CD-RW DRIVE instead of the Lite-On, MUSHKIN DDR 256MB|32X64 PC-2100 instead of the Crucial stuff, and a Chaintech Geforce4 4200 "GT21" Special Edition VIVO instead of the pricey 4400. Thanks for your input, it has helped wery much ...