Ok so what ya think of this system?

[gearfish]

CASE ?BLACK?
ANTEC PERFORMANCE PLUS MODEL PLUS1080AMG
ANTEC TRUE 430W P4 POWER SUPPLY ATX12V $128.00

CPU
INTEL PENTIUM 4 @ 2.6C GHZ ?800MHZ FSB? $175.00 "Over clocked to 3.0+"

MEMORY
(2) 512-MB Corsair Twin XMS DDR466/PC3700 $250.00

DVD±R/RW
PX-712A DVD±R/RW BLACK $250.00

FLOPPY DRIVE
SAMSUNG 1.44MB BLACK FLOPPY DRIVE $13.00

MOTHERBOARD
ASUS P4P800 DELUXE $80.00

CABLES
24-INCH, ATA133/100 IDE CABLE. 2-CONNECTOR $12.00
18-INCH, FLOPPY DRIVE CABLE $9.00

VIDEO CARD
LEADTEK / WINFAST GeFORCE FX5950 ULTRA 256MB W/DVI $405.00

HARDDRIVE
PRIMARY $430.00
(2) 74GB Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache
?RAID-0 configuration? [148GB]

STORAGE $400.00
(2) 250GB Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA 7,200 RPM 8MB Cache
?RAID-0 configuration? [500GB]

 

[nick1985]

if you plan on gaming, get an A64

and you are paying way to much in each category...

$13 floppy? :Q
$250 dvd burner :Q
$405 video card :Q:Q (get a 9800pro)
$830 worth of hard drives? :Q:Q:Q
$21 in IDE cables :Q:Q


your system gets a 1/10 on my scale

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Collosal waste of money. Dual 250GB drives?

$20 on ide cables?

GFFX 5950 U?

 

[jerome12345]

why not 875 chipset P4C800-E deluxe

dont waste money on dual hard disks
just get one raptor and one 7200 (i think hitachi is better... at least THG says so)
dont waste money on video card-get ATI 9800 pro
get better case- Lian LI PC65

DONT OVERCLOCK-you system will be fast as hell anyways
get better processor-3.2P4
get low latency Corsair DDR400

how bout a soundcard, keyboard, mouse, speakers/headphones, monitor

px 712 isnt out yet... it think
those cables come with the motherboard
buy from newegg-those prices look high

 

[Corporate Thug]

get a 9800 pro for half as much

intel is fine for gaming

edit: NEC2500A for dvd burner

 

[shiftomnimega]

Originally posted by: nick1985
if you plan on gaming, get an A64

and you are paying way to much in each category...

$13 floppy? :Q
$250 dvd burner :Q
$405 video card :Q:Q (get a 9800pro)
$830 worth of hard drives? :Q:Q:Q
$21 in IDE cables :Q:Q


your system gets a 1/10 on my scale

I imagined someone actually saying this and pausing before every ":Q" to make that face

 

[LeetestUnleet]

Good barebones, but I, like the others, would highly recommend making some considerable price drops, and you'd probably even get better performance.

Floppy: Well, a floppy is a floppy is a floppy. You don't plan on overclocking it (lol that'd be fun to see), and does it matter how noisy it is? How often do you *REALLY* use it? It needs to be black for your case, but that's all. $13 isn't that expensive in general, but it is for a floppy. $11 shipped via Newegg, but you could probably get one cheaper at a local discount hardware store (no shipping).

DVD-RW: HOLY CRAP. I don't even want to know where you shopped for THAT. Linked $115 shipped.

Video card: *faints* Um, if you want to spend that kind of money on a 5% gain for the next 3 months, be my guest. Half priced for same performance. $233 shipped, BBA. Go Sapphire for $21 cheaper, but slightly lower quality.

If you're really set on 10K SATA HDDs... (linked is the same as he mentioned) ... and you want the array, you don't need the storage drives, really. Unless you're harvesting all the pr0n on Kazaa, ~150GB should satisfy you a LONG TIME. If you *REALLY* need that much storage space, just use the 2x 250GB for your primary, they're fast enough - you won't notice the difference, really. 500GB of storage should NEVER EVER be filled up unless, like I said, you harvest all the pr0n in the history of the world ever.

My $0.04