The Day Hath Finally Come

[Uber_Gamer]

Thanks for all your help guys and sorry about all the double posts... The day has finally come. Through my combined research and all of the advice from you guys I have decided on my build. I will be purchasing some of the parts at Fry's and order the rest off of Newegg tonight. This shall be my first build and spankin' beautiful system:

- AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Processor)

- ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe (Motherboard)

- 128 Mb ATI RADEON 9800 Pro (Video Card)

- 120 Gb Seagate 7200 rpm Ultra ATA 8 Mb Cache (Hard Drive)

- 1 Gb (2 X 512) PC3200 Corsair ValueSelect (Memory)

- Aspire X-Dreamer II Black (Case)

- Enlight 420 W (Power Supply)

- ASUS Black 52x CD-ROM Drive (CD-ROM Drive)

- Sony Black 3.5 inch Floppy Drive (Floppy Drive)

- 3x Aspire 80mm UV Blue Fan w/ 4 blue LED (Case Fans)

Once again thanks for all the help in piecing this together. I'm sure I'll be posting questions during the actual construction in a week. And I'll be sure to post some benchmarks once it's completed.

[ric449]

Nice setup. You did the right thing, you fully researched everything before you went buying, and even asked people what they thought. I really can't fault that machine, everything looks great

[glc]

Very nice, but a couple minor observations:

1. You will probably wish you spent a few more bucks for a CD burner.

2. If you plan on trying to overclock it, that's not the ideal ram.

If this is your first build, be sure to try a basic powerup out of the case first - there's a thread in our tips and tricks forum, entitled problems with build - might want to review that. There's nothing more frustrating than putting *everything* together, hitting the power button, and nothing happens. Build in stages, testing each time.

[ja83]

Looks like it's going to be a quick system. You got that Seagate HDD at Fry's right? I saw the Friday sale, hehe.
Good Luck man!

[Uber_Gamer]

I'm low on cash and don't need the burner right now. Isn't it fairly simple just to install one later?

[Force Flow]

Yes, physically, it's the same as installing a regular CD-ROM. If that drive is more that $25, you might as well go for a burner. They're been getting fairly inexpensive.

[glc]

For reference, you should be able to buy a quality burner for around 30 bucks. If you are going to buy just a CD drive for now and add a burner later, another possibility is a DVD drive now just in case you need to read a DVD, those are also around 30 bucks.

Combo CD/DVD/CDRW drives are under $50 now.