Suggestions for new PC?

[BD2003]

I've been using a laptop for the past couple months so I'm out of the loop a bit when it comes to desktop hardware. I have a monitor, printer, speakers, and mouse already so I dont need those, and I'm looking to keep it around 800 ish.

Motherboard: Iwill KK266

I dont really know what to go on for the motherboard. I'm like DDR, but I'd also like to overclock. However, DDR isnt necessary. What are suggestions for a DDR mobo? I dont need raid or firewire or any of that silly stuff.

Processor: Tbird 1.2

Seems to be the sweet spot for price/performance. Although I'd love to overclock, but I dont want to spend more on the fan for the CPU than I could have spent to upgrade the CPU, and gotten speed through that. Whats the deal with the AXIAs?

512mb SDR/DDR:

Just looking out for the future

Geforce 2 Pro:

GF3s are too expensive, and GF GTS are a little old. How much better are the GF2 Pros?

Sound card:

Santa Cruz, or game theater XP. Basically I want the sound card with the absolute best 3d sound.

30-40gb 7200:

Not sure of the actual model, any suggestions?

8x DVD:

Any would be fine, but slot load would be nice.

Burnproof CDRW:

I dont want to have to stop using my PC to burn a CD. So burnproof is a must.


So whats everyones suggestions on actual specific parts?

 

[Jittles]

I personally have the Epox 8K7A DDR mobo and would highly recommend it. The new bios has a 1/5 divider for PCI so overclockability is high. The board is about 120 + like 6 dollars shipping on newegg I believe and the DDR memory is cheap. I got 512 PC2100 for 104 shipped from crucial last week.
I think everything else is great.

 

[wfbberzerker]

motherboard: if you want a good ddr motherboard for overclocking, definitely go with the epox 8k7a. it is the most stable board for overclocking, and is one of the cheapest, too (around 120)

ram: go with ddr (if you are planning on using win2k or anything more than win98, get 512mb - for win98, just get 256) i recommend getting it from crucial.com (cheap prices, and free second day shipping

video card: geforce2 pro is a good card, but look around to see if you can find a geforce2 ultra - they might be more expensive, but they have really good memory bandwidth

sound card: for best sound quality, go with hercules game theatre XP

hard drive: get a western digital (i think its the 40gb 50gxp, or called something like that)

dvd: not familiar with buying, just choose whatever floats your boat

cd-burner: unless you absolutely need a 20x burner, go with the 16x offerings from tdk and plextor - both have burn proof and are outstanding boards

hope this helps!

 

[wfbberzerker]

anybody else have any opinions?