Good Gaming PC? Specifications Inside.

[Gamer80]

Usage - Strictly Gaming, how fast is this, are there any known incompatibility issues that come to mind? I've never built a PC before but am eager to do so. Point a fool in the right direction.

AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual Core Processor
Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Secondary Storage Drive - 160 GB Samsung
nVidia GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB
850 Watt Power Supply
4GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) RAM
DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
22' Viewsonic CRT monitor

Thanks in advance.

[jayb1234]

What specific power supply is that?

Check the DFI site for an approved RAM list or use the RAM makers configurator to be sure that what you order is compatible.

DFI makes good boards, but they can be a little tricky to get running right.

ASUS might be better for a first build.

I would change the second hard drive to a Seagate or Western Digital with 16Mb cache, about 250Gb is the best price/ capacity right now.

You might need a floppy drive at some point in the setup, download the manuals from the parts makers and check them. They are handy to have anyway for troubleshooting.

For The OS the OEM version of XP Home w/SP2 will be fine, unless you need some specific feature of XP Pro or want the Media Center Edition. Avoid the 64 bit version, it is still having problems with things like driver support.