It's ordered, here is my new system for you to all be in awe of. :D

[subxeon]

Lian-Li PC-7 USB, 12-Bay, Aluminum Cases. Color: Silver. MID ATX Tower with 3 80mm fans. 4 USB ports at the front. Size: 492(L)x210(W)x450(H)mm Total 12 device bays: four 5.25, three 3.5 and FIVE hidden. Pentium 4 compatible. Power Supply Sold Separately $110.00

External Monitor, 6 FT, VGA, Male to Male Cable 10H1-15106 $6.00

ABIT TH7II-RAID INTEL 850 ATX MOTHERBOARD - RETAIL Supports Intel Pentium®4 Socket478 processor (400MHz System Data Bus). Supports up to Four 184-pin Direct Rambus RIMM modules up to 2GB (PC600/800). Ultra DMA 100/RAID: High Point HTP370 IDE Controller. 1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots and 1CNR slot. NO LAN! $122.00

Intel Pentium 4 2.0AGHz 512K Socket 478 Processor 400MHz Processor Bus
Specifications:
CPU: 2.0A
Type: Pentium 4
Cache: 512K
BUS: 400 MHz
Socket: 478 Retail (Box with Heatsink and Fan (CPU ONLY NO RAMBUS RAM) $207.00

Samsung 256MB PC800 NonECC RAMBUS RDRAM RIMM Lifetime Warranty-SAMSUNG ON SAMSUNG ORIGINAL All Rambus must be used in pairs. $83.00 2x $166.00

SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE - OEM Model MPF920-Z $7.00

Linksys EZXS55W EtherFast 5 Port 10/100 Auto-Sensing Switch - RETAIL Provides dedicated bandwidth in half or full-duplex modes. Switched 10/100 ports run at 10Mbps, 20Mbps, 100Mbps, or up to 200Mbps. NWAY Technology detects cabling type, speed, and duplex mode. Advanced store-and-forward packet switching optimizes data transfers. Auto partitioning protects PCs from downed network lines. Signal regeneration ensures data transfer integrity. $40.00

Dlink DFE-530TX+ Fast Ethernet Adapter 10BT/100BTX - OEM VERSION IEEE 802.3/802.3u compliant, dual Speed 10/100MB Ethernet/Fast Ethernet, 32-bit bus master PCI specification 2.1 Network Adapter Card with AMA Wake on LAN support. Targeted across the board at the Small Office Home Office, Workgroup & Enterprise market segments. Simple plug & play installation. $9.00

Subtotal:
$ 667.00
Tax:
$.00
Shipping and Handling charge*:
$32.30
Total:
$699.30

Through Newegg .....

Well purchase is made.. now it's time for the regrets, go ahead lay them on me

 

[Adul]

nice

 

[FrustratedUser]

sigh

< still bitch-slapping the Compaq to run faster >

 

[subxeon]

Old parts going into this system:
Geforce 2 pro 64mb
Western Digital 80gig & 60 gig 7200rpm
panasonic 106s slot load dvdrom
hp 10x burner


When doom 3 or unreal 2003 is going to come out i'll prolly get a new graphics card.

 

[BeyondGomer]

In the spirit of newly purchased systems, here is what I just ordered (mind you, this computer is for my lab/office at school...can you say "gaming in my spare time=)" )

And like you, I can't wait to get Doom 3!

ANTEC PLUS860 MID TOWER W/TRUE 330W (PENTIUM 4 READY)
2x THERMALTAKE SMART FAN 80mm BALL BEARING FAN
SOYO KT333 DRAGON ULTRA VIA KT333 CHIPSET (built in LAN/5.1 sound)
3x CORSAIR CM64SD256-2700CX2H 32X64 333MHZ 256MB CAS2 DDR DIMM W/HEAT SPREADER
AMD ATHLON XP 1800+ 1.53GHZ (AX1800DMT3C) OEM
COOLER MASTER HCC-L61-E1 SILENT HEAT PIPE
ARCTIC SILVER 3 PREMIUM SILVER THERMAL COMPOUND 3 GRAM
LITE ON 32X/12X/40X EIDE INTERNAL CDRW BURN PROOF W/SW (Retail)
LITE ON 16X-DVD/48X-CDROM INTERNAL EIDE #LTD-163 (Retail)
TEAC 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE (Bare Drive)
LEADTEK WINFAST A250 TD 128MB GEFORCE4 NVIDIA TI4400 DDR W/TV/DVI
WD 80GB 800JB EIDE ULTRA-ATA/66-100 8.9MS 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER (Bare drive)
COOLER MASTER PTC-A24 24" IDE 3- ROUND CABLE FOR ULTRA ATA66/100/133 HARD DRIVE
COOLER MASTER PTC-A24 18" IDE 3- ROUND CABLE FOR ULTRA ATA66/100/133 HARD DRIVE
COOLER MASTER PTC-F18 18" IDE 2- ROUND CABLE FOR FLOPPY DRIVE
25' CAT5 4 PAIR UTP PATCH CABLE WITH SNAGLESS BOOT
ALTEC LANSING 621 3-PC SPEAKER SYSTEM
MS NATURAL KEYBOARD PRO PS2/USB W/19-HOT KEYS
MS INTELLIMOUSE EXPLORER USB W/INTELLIEYE OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (DSP)*
VIEWSONIC 19" P95F .27 1920X1440 FLAT SCREEN

 

[subxeon]

QUESTion will my 250/300 watt AOPEN power supply work for my p4 system

its from this case: LINK

is that wattage enough to power this beast. i dont feel like buying a new psu

 

[BeyondGomer]

here is what I have heard. Generic powersupplies are a hit and miss. 300watts is what some consider the lower limit for the system you describe. If you do get a new powersupply. people have often recommended EnergyMax and Antec

Good luck with your new system!

 

[subxeon]

Well.. can it hurt to try it.... what will it do if its not enough power to keep her alive?

 

[BeyondGomer]

I would venture to guess that you would just have stability issues. I don't think that a "bad" generic one would be way under 300watts, so IMO, you at worse would just be to the point of stressing the PS out to instability. ...but I am sure that there are others here that know the real answer

 

[subxeon]

well then what power supply should i get

preferably from newegg....


for my system.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Argh i want to get a Lian-Li case for my next computer coming up very soon but theyre so darn expensive even without a PS. eek

 

[subxeon]

i want a quiet psu for my rig too

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

as far as cheap power supplies....stay away from them. too many people buy them only to have problems later. buy a sparkle from newegg, they're not that expensive, and they are of great quality

 

[Mavrick007]

I see on the link that it says it's P4 ready. Also I heard someone say in the past that they thought that the psus for AOpen were made by Sparkle. I can't confirm this, but I have had a 300watt in the HX08 case for the past 4 years and it's still working fine with any board I put in it.

 

[Thor86]

Nice setup, any Enermax P4 ready/capable power supply is great. And they have the ability to adjust the fan speed so it can be VERY quite as well.

 

[txfirefighter]

Concerning the power supply, If you just spent that money ordering the system why no go get a good power supply tomake sure it all runs smooth. Enermax is a great PS but expensive. Antec makes a great PS and have been proven time and time again. System sounds nice, but if you want it to be a little bit quieter, eventualy throw in a segate HD, those WD can get a little loud. Enjoy

 

[subxeon]

Yeah the model # on that power supply is a FSP250-60GTA , I did a little research and it shows that Sparkle makes that same model #. So i'm guessing its a Sparkle 300 watt that will fit my system needs just well

 

[nortexoid]

generic/crappy PSUs are the best!...i've been using them for as long as i can remember now - and one of them just died on me a few weeks ago...i replaced it w/ another generically crappy 300 watt..it was heating my case beyond oven temperature since the only fan located on the bottom was blowing in the case - i reversed it...now the fan makes a loud noise when i first start the computer for about 10sec until it warms up.

moral: generic PSUs are such an adventure to work with!...they give that sensation of surprise and unpredictability that good PSUs just don't have.

 

[LordAccord]

Originally posted by: subxeon

External Monitor
Well purchase is made.. now it's time for the regrets, go ahead lay them on me

I would have gone for the internal monitor.



LoRdAccord

 

[Thor86]

Time for regrets? Ok, how's that Abit mother board? Abit, ew.