Starting on a new build want to make sure it works

[shemer77]

Well Ive decided on my parts and the total is pretty much 500$, however im really worried that the parts wont be compatible or something is wrong even though I checked them out. Can someone make sure for me!
Sunbeam Transformer Case - Black
http://www.xoxide.com/sunbeam-transf...ase-black.html

20X DVDrw Super Allwrite Retai
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ctiveda8715-20

Seagate Cheetah 36ES - Hard drive - 18.4 GB - internal - 3.5" - Ultra320 SCSI - 10000 rpm - buffer: 4 MB
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Cheeta...4508009&sr=1-8

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102002

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037

I already have purchased these and they all work with my dell dimension 8400 and I am going to add these to the new comp, a graphics card: Geforce 8600 GTS, Ram: 3gb , psu: Dell dimension 350-watt


Thanks!

[shadowpr]

Get this burner instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106072 Or just a sata one.

Change that hard drive to a sata connection. Look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148231

If money is tight, skip the sound card and use the onboard audio.

Is the ram ddr2?

And not sure that power supply will be enough for everything. Maybe someone else can confirm that.

[doubledragon5]

I would up the psu to something around 450- 500 watt, check out this thread for good quality ones. http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=131195

[shemer77]

Hey the ram is ddr2, and yes ill change the burner, but for the hd im looking for a 10,000 rpm!

[doubledragon5]

Dont waste your money on the 10,000 rpm,drives get the segate 7200.11 with 16 or 32 mb Cache is just as fast as those 10k ones. Segate also offers a 5yr warranty on their drives and cost $$$ less than the others..

[shemer77]

hmm alright I cant seem to find a good hard drive though then, well i found some but lots of mixed reviews. Can you reccomend one? Also I figured out that I am going to need a 350-400W PSU, Know any good ones?

[flanzig1]

For quailty, budget PSUs, Sparkle or FSP. Also, Corsair,Enermax,Antec are other good choices.
For HDs, the one DoubleDragon mentioned is a good brand and model.
The SCSI HD you orginally listed would require a SCSI PCI card to connect to the PC.

[doubledragon5]

I hope you have a extra hd 18.4gb seems a little small these days, what are you primary use for this pc/ I would suggest on the low end at least 80gb For a few bucks more this 80 gb is better and has a lot more space then the one you linked to.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148231

Like flanzig1 said you would need additonial hardware to hook up that hd anyway which would add any where from $30 to $100 extra from what I found on newegg..

[shemer77]

yea I have 2 hard drives with a total of 240gb and they are both 7200 rpm but kind of slow compared to my friends hd which is a 7200 rpm also but much faster than mine on tests.

[flanzig1]

The RPMs of a hard drive isn't the major factor in the speed a hard drive can send/recieve data.
The type of transmission format: IDE/PATA verses SATA with SATA being faster and the type of technology used for reading and writing data to and from the platters: paralell verses perpindicular recording. The Seagate 7200.10 or.11 uses perpendicular which has faster reading time.