Plz help me pick out what comp. parts to buy

D0wnL0ader

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I recently sold my old computer on EBAY, so I need to build my computer pretty quickly. This is what im looking to get.

AMD XP Processor with at least 1800+ MHz
Asus Motherboard (I dont need a dual MB, also has to be expandable so i can put 2 Gigs of RAM)
Crucial or Kingston DDR Ram (at least 512MB)
A Good Sound & Vid Card (64mb)
Power Supply,Floppy, CD-Rom, and at least a 40x CD-RW ( In Hot Deals I recently saw that you can buy a 40x Lite-On CDRW from Dell.com for about $80, anyone know if their are any hot deals floating around for a cd-rw)

Someone told me about NEWEGG to buy the parts, can someone recommend me another website which has good items,customer service,and not too expensive on shipping.

Another question I have is about the Power Supply, someone told me I need a specefic amount of Wattage for everything to run smoothly. What is a good PS brand and what wattage should i be getting. I dont want to get any generic brand. Thanks
 

InsaneMorphius

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Here is also another great store besides newegg,

TCWO

For your question on PS: I've used Enermax, Antec and CompUSA brands all without complaint. I would get atleast a 400w
 

jjessico

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I would use a PC Power & Cooling PS. I just ordered up a 400watt silencer. By looking at the specs PCP&C offers more watts to the 5v+3.3v channel and also more amps to these voltages. I don't know a whole lot about PS's and electricity in general(I'm not moron though), but it looks to me like PCP&C's stuff is of a higher quality and they do not hide behind sheer wattage.

Jason