First Time PC Builder

[clownwaxe]

Hello, I am a longtime Mac User that has decided to go PC. I have looked at the parts I would like and I only have questions on compatability and the quality of the parts. I would appreciate any advice on my choices, especially if they are not compatable or if I am missing something. One good turn deserves another

Case
Cooler Master PAC T01 Wt 6.3 Kg L497mm-W196mm-H452mm 7 Expansion slots

Power Supply
Enermax EG375 PVE

Processor
AMD Athalon 64 3200 2.0 Ghtz 1 MB L2 Cache

Cooler
Thermaltake A1617 Subzero 4G up to 3400

Motherboard
AMD Asus k8V Delux Athalon 64 VIA K87800 ATX

Ram
Asus 1 GB CT128 64240B DDR PC 3200 CL 3 non-parity

Videocard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 DDR 8x

Soundcard
Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 22s Platinum

Speakers
Logitech z-560 4.1 THX

Hard Drive
Maxtor 250 GB UA 133 9m.s. 8MB 7200 RPM

DVD RW
LG GSA 4082B 8x burning DVDs, CDs, CDRs, DVDRs

Monitor
Samsung 1733 Black Syncmaster 17 in LCD 1280x1024

[bigandy]

Very nice choices!

Just a question about the RAM. Is it actually Asus RAM, because I didn't know they put out memory. Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, Geil, and Mushkin are all great brands for memory.

Also, where are you planning on buying these parts? Newegg is probably the best online store.

[juicelooser]

Wow, someone changing mac to pc? Unheard of .

But, yeah, that looks pretty good except for a few things - i'm not sure how Asus memory is, so you might want to check out some other brands (Crucial, Mushkin, Geil, Kingston, etc.), also, how many watts is the power supply? And lastly, unless you're intending to do overclocking, you can just stick to the heatsink that comes in the retail Athlon packaging.