my computer build !

[Gadzookie]

Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Computer Case 50.00
Forton "Blue Storm" 24 pin 500W Power Supply 91.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 939 Processor 199.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard 145.00
TwinMOS 512MB DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Speed Premium x2 51.95 X2
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 NCQ 80GB Serial ATA150 Hard Drive 64.00
NEC FD1231H-302 Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive - OEM 7.99
NEC Black ND-3520A BK IDE DVD Burner - OEM 49.99
Rosewill Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card 284.99

Total 943.92

what do you guys think trying to keep it at under 1000 i wont be overclocking but i do want that option just in case i want to overclock in the future

is everything compatable ? did i miss anything ?

will that ram be good for overclocking and is it compatiable with that motherboard ?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Why the hell do you need a floppy drive?

 

[Gerbil333]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Why the hell do you need a floppy drive?

I concur. Other than that, it looks good. I've noticed that the price of the Rosewill X800 XL fluctuates about $20 during the week. You should be able to catch it at $274.98 if you wait a few days. If you don't feel like waiting, it's just $10...

 

[rise]

looks good

 

[Promethply]

Your components looks quite good.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Hey! Floppies are useful! Seriously though, for installing drivers ...etc they're pretty useful. For example when you hit "F6" to load drivers on XP setup, unless you have another cd/dvd drive, you can pop in your SATA drivers during setup. They come in handy and they don't hurt

 

[KoolDrew]

I'd go with OCZ Value VX.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

That hard drive is a bit expensive for 80GB. You can get a Western Digital Caviar 7200RPM SATA drive for about $55.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

It's got NCQ though, but it won't make that much of a differnece. Also, Seagate's 5 year warantee is great.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Floppies are awsome! That looks pretty good.

 

[KoolDrew]

Floppys are also still so cheap I think it is good to still have a floppy.

 

[filterxg]

Agreed I may need it once a year, but when I need it I'm glad I have it. I actually have an old 486 in my closet with a 5.25" drive. I don't want to throw it out because it was the last computer I had with one. Probably should though, haven't used the drive in at least 10 years.

 

[hans030390]

i say you get a 6800gt.

 

[Nocturnal]

Invest in a thumb drive and get rid of that FDD.

 

[Promethply]

Yes, floppies can be quite useful when you realise that you still need them, such as the times when you need it to load SATA drivers when installing

SATA drives on the Silicon Image 3114R RAID controller on the ASUS A8N-SLI mobo.

 

[Gadzookie]

i would get a 6800gt if i had the cash lol

 

[DavidoFoo]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
I'd go with OCZ Value VX.

What's the better memory; ocz value vx or muskin blue utt?

 

[w00t]

x800xl > 6800gt

ur hardware is close to mine
processor
hd
floppy
dvd burner
and video card
its going in a shuttle and i have diff ram
looks good to me.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Yeah. Better buy.