Help with my gaming rig.

[Crashex]

I'm currently trying to build my own gaming rig, but I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to this. Could anyone please tell me if this is ok, or if anything is wrong. Any flaws, errors, anything missing or anything I should improve. Thanks a bunch.


Hardware

[_] CPU Cooler - Fatal1ty FS-C77 CPU Cooler
[_] VGA Cooler - Fatal1ty FS-V7 VGA Cooler
[_] Graphics Card - Nvidia 7900gtx graphics card
[_] Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
[_] Ram - 3 GB Ram (please make sure RAM is compatible with motherboard)
[_] Motherboard - Asus A8N nforce 4 sli deluxe motherboard
[_] CPU - AM2 dual core CPU
[_] Hard Drive - 200gb hard drive (SATA) (prefered western digital make, can be found at wdc.com)
[_] Raptor - 36 GB Western Digital Raptor, SATA I, 10000 rpm, 8MB Cache (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=61584)
[_] Processor - 4000+ processor (socket 939)
[_] Power Supply ? 500w should do to handle this system.


Software

[_] Keyboard - Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Keyboard
[_] Mouse - Creative Fatal1ty 1010 or 2020 Gaming Mouse
[_] Monitor - 19 inch LCD Monitor 700:1 1280x1024 VGA 2MS - Black[_] Mouse pad - Fatal1ty Gaming Pad
[_] Sony SRS Z30 - PC multimedia speakers - metallic


Other info

[_] Windows XP pro
[_] 6 or so USB 2.0 ports
[_] Case - The colour, shape or style doesn?t matter. As long as it has good air circulation and isn't too brittle.

 

[dfuze]

Unless you are planning on using a 64 bit OS, I don't think you'll have an easy time getting the system to recognize the full 3gb ram (from what I've read, 32 bit recognizes
2gb max).

If you are going AM2, make sure you don't get regular DDR400 ram, get the DD2.

Hmm, you have CPU and Processor listed. They mean the same thing, but you have
2 different ones listed, a socket AM2 and socket 939. You will have to make a choice
depending on the type your selected motherboard uses.

 

[k0mpressor]

honestly... save yourself some money and buy other products that don't have the 'fatal1ty' name on them. Its a BS marketing scam in my opinion