my new system

[Kottre]

antec 1030/1040 blk w/330 ps
msi k7t266 pro2-ru
athlon xp 1800+
crucial 768mg ddr pc 2100
leadtek geforce 3 ti500
creative audigy gamer
maxtor 60gig 7200rpm hd
lite on dvd
plextor 24/10/40 cd-rw

the video and sound card are due in before Friday. this is my first home built pc and will need help putting it together and getting it up and running. i would like to o/c it after it is up and running.

bring on the help and suggestions

also is the hsf that came w/ the cpu good enough or should i upgrade?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Is it stable? Which OS?

*GTa. <--- Waiting to build this system:

Antec/Enermax SX1040
i845-D based mobo
Pentium 4 Northwood 2.2Ghz
2x 512MB Crucial PC2100 DDR
2x Maxtor D740X 40GB 7200rpm
Creative SB Audigy Mp3+
Leadtek GeForce3 Ti200 THD
3Com 10/100 NIC

 

[Kottre]

i didn't know that crucial had 512 sticks of pc 2100 ram?

 

[GTaudiophile]

<< i didn't know that crucial had 512 sticks of pc 2100 ram? >>



They will by the time Intel gets off its a$$ and releases i845-D and Northwood.

 

[SteveDeBeave]

Nice looking system!
You are building it with a RAID board, are you going to add another drive? If not drop the Pro2-RU and just get a Pro-2.

Save yourself a few dollars and get a Lite-On CDRW, really nice for the money. I use one everyday and it has not made a coaster in the last 2 months since new! They ship with NERO now which can save you a few bucks if you don't have it.

If your going to try OCing then I would think about a better HSF. But you could put it together the way you have it now if you've bought the retail box 1800, as it comes with the HSF anyway. When you get board later, then think about OCing.

Steve