New PC specs

[Codyz28]

I am having this system built mostly for gaming and running diferent programs at the same time. Please let me know if these components are ok. I also would like to know if 2 hard drives are better than one, and if 2x120gb hard drives are more than enough, or should I go with 2 x 160? Also is a bigger processor that big a deal, or is an XP 2700 or 2800 good enough?


AMD Athlon XP 3000+/333 FSB 512K Barton | Processor

ANTEC Performance Model PLUSVIEW1000AMG LE
Antec 480W Power Supply TRUE480

4 of COOLER MASTER TLF-R82 (TLF-R82-E1) ( Green )
Neon L.E.D. Fan. Size: 80 x 80 x 25 mm.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 Chipset | 6 USB 2.0 ATA133 8X AGP LAN

Quantity 2 of CORSAIR MEMORY XMS 512MB 64MX64

Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out 8X AGP

Dynatron High-End Microfin Cooler w/ 5300 RPM Fan (Support Up to 3200+)

Quantity 2 of Seagate Barracuda 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA

Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM (48x CD-ROM) Drive
Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive

NVIDIA SoundStorm Audio Processor Unit with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Logitech Z-640 5.1 Surround 71 Watts with Subwoofer

Microsoft Windows XP Professional


No Media Card Reader


Thanks =)

Cody

 

[Adul]

For the heatsink I would rather get a thermal right Sk7+ as your can fit a 80 MM fan on there for quiter cooling.

For the CPU I don't think you see much of a difference between a 2700+ and a 3000+
Having 2 hard drives is nice in case one decides to bite the dust.

 

[Budmantom]

I would go with a xp2700 and a 9800np.

Only you know if 240gb is enogh (60gb is enough for me), I have 1 gb of ram and I see no noticable difference going from 512 to 1gb. I wouldn't worry too much about serial ata either.

My suggestion is:
XP2700+
160gb(7200 8mb cache)
256x2 (DDR2700+)
9800np

and you should save $350+

 

[Codyz28]

Thanks for the replys. I'll keep the 2700 in mind then. How about the 2 hard drives? Is it worth getting two hard drives or would it be better getting one 160gb? Do the 2 drives actualy give you more space, or is one used for something else besides storage? Sorry for this lame question, since I am new to these configurations. thanks

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: Codyz28
Thanks for the replys. I'll keep the 2700 in mind then. How about the 2 hard drives? Is it worth getting two hard drives or would it be better getting one 160gb? Do the 2 drives actualy give you more space, or is one used for something else besides storage? Sorry for this lame question, since I am new to these configurations. thanks

The advantage to running 2 hard drives is you can run them in raid and that will be faster.

Tom

 

[Corporate Thug]

2500+ and oc it