HD Compatible

[dfdsmokeeater]

Hi, I'm a noob and am about to embark on building my own comp system. Here's what I plan on doing.

Mobo: MSI K8N neoPlatinum nForce3
CPU: AMD64 3200+
Ram: Corsair or Kingston PC3200 DDR 512MB (it's all I can afford right now)
PSU: Anatec True480
Video: ??? not sure, Probably MSI's new ATI X800 pro

Here's my question. I have a WD 120G SE Ultra ATA/100 Caviar HD that i'd like to use. Is this thing compatible with my mobo? I know it is capable of SATA, but I really can't afford one as of now.

Also, this comp will be used for gaming. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[jackschmittusa]

The drive will work fine with the mobo. Next upgrade should be to 1gb ram so the vid card can operate full out. Cpu is fast enough, but ½gb ram may not be enough to feed it doing all the AI, physics calcs, etc. at high frame rates.

 

[dfdsmokeeater]

Hey, thanks!