I am about to purchase this system off of Newegg

[Ninjo]

This will be the first system I am building myself. Tell me if anything is not compatible or I need to upgrade something. Any help will be appreciated

RAIDMAX Black 10-bay Case with 420W Power Supply (ATX)
ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU
Thermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W with Black housing - Xaser Edition ATX 2-Fan Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 939-Pin 64-bit Processor - OEM
Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
Lite-On 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Drive Black, Model SOHR-5238S Black, OEM
Arctic Silver Premium Silver Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound, Model "Arctic Silver 5", 3.5-gram( 1 cc. ) tube
ZALMAN Aluminum + Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 775/478/754/939/940, Model "CNPS7700-ALCU" -RETAIL
PNY 6800
Western digital 200GB IDE

Does everything look good?

 

[Ninjo]

bump?

Please I am about to buy

 

[acejj26]

i like it but i'd go with a serial ATA hard drive...also, for a few bucks more, you can get a cd-rw/dvd combo or for a little more than that, you can get a dvd burner. everything else looks good

 

[Insomniak]

I considered that case as well, but I was informed that it's pretty flimsy, damages easily, and the PSU has a VERY weak 12v rail.

You might want to consider a different case. The Thermaltake PSU should serve you well enough, although again, watch your optical drives and HDDs...the 12v there is 18A, although with only one optical and one HDD you should be fine.

 

[Ninjo]

I already have a dvd burner and I got my harddrive brand new for $50

 

[Toro 45]

Looks good cept for the case, there are some better choice for that. Nice choice on the Zalman cooler, did you check to see if it's compatible with your mobo. also if your psu is to close to the socket it may hit the Zalman.

 

[Ninjo]

What do you suggest for a case then?

 

[LordPhoenix]

1. Instead of XMS get Value Select Corsair RAM.
2. Using the money you saved, also remove the PSU.
3. Get an Antec Sonata which comes with a juicy Antec Truepower 380W PSU which is more than enough for your system.
4. Order!

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Ninjo
What do you suggest for a case then?

I'm a fan of the Cooler Master Centurion 5 which newegg has a rather good price on right now and which is much better built than that Raidmax. Just ordered one of these myself, in fact.

I am, however, replacing the PSU with a 460w Enermax. The 350w PSU that comes with the case is all but useless.

 

[rcomo]

I like Coolermaster CM Stacker case. Huge amount of room, and got a Kick-*ss by Maximum PC.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: rcomo
I like Coolermaster CM Stacker case. Huge amount of room, and got a Kick-*ss by Maximum PC.

I love the CM Stacker too. I would've bought it if it wasn't so expensive. The Case is $141, and that only includes 2x120mm fans, 1x80mm fans. If I bought that thing, I wouldn't feel satisfied until I'd mounted all 4 120mm fans, all 4 80mm fans, and the 300mm crossflow fan. Plus, I'd want all those fans to be high performance and slaved to fan controllers, so by the time I got done purchasing the case, PSU, and fans, I'd have probably dropped 400-500 clams after shipping.

Don't have that kind of dough to spend on a case :\