Building new PC for buddy

[eweruk]

This system is for a buddy of mine, what do you think??

INTE P4/2.53GHZ COMPUTER SYSTEM
INTEL P4/2.53GHZ 512K 533FSB
GIGA GA8IHXP MOTHERBOARD RAID
http://tw.giga-byte.com/products/8ihxp.htm
512MB PC1066 RAMBUS
SEAGATE 80GB 7200RPM IDE HARDDRIVE X 2
1.44 FLOPPY DRIVE
ASUS AGP V8420 G4 TI4200 128MB VIDEO CARD
THERMALTAKE XASER II 6000 ALUMINIUM CASE W/400W POWER SUPPLY
http://www.thermaltake.com/products/cases/6000.htm
LITEON 16X DVD ROM DRIVE
YAMAHA CDRF1 44X24X44 INTERNAL CDWRITER
VIEWSONIC MONITOR P95F+B 19" BLACK MONITOR
LOGITECH CORDLESS FREEDOM OPTICAL KEYBOARD & 4 BUTTON CORDLESS OPTICAL MOUSE

Sound card to come later, using onboard for now.

[EvilRick]

Looks good, why not just fork out for the sound card now. Looks like he's got the $$$ to spare...or is he Canadian as well?

Seriously though, that's one nice paperweight your throwing together there. Why not an AMD?

[eweruk]

Quote:

Originally posted by EvilRick
Looks good, why not just fork out for the sound card now. Looks like he's got the $$$ to spare...or is he Canadian as well?

Seriously though, that's one nice paperweight your throwing together there. Why not an AMD?

Why, yes he is Canadian but working for US company
He will be getting the sound card as a present from family, at least that is what he is telling them to get him.

For customers, I usually deal Intel for stability (don't have to worry as much about fried eggs) and besides he likes them too.

[thekingofpain]

How bout a Lite-on cdrw to go with that dvd drive?
One other thing id consider checking out closer is possibly using ddr mem rather then rambus----rambus is being fazed out already and ddr now offers about the same performance level at a lower cost...

[eweruk]

You gotta check out the Yamaha though!!

http://www.yamaha.com/yec/multimedia...dsCRWF1_1.html

We chose the rambus because the PV really flies with it, DDR is coming on strong though, I agree.

[Martoch]

TKOP, I agree with the LiteOn CD-RW over the YAMAHA CDRF1 44X24X44 INTERNAL CDWRITER .

How much does that thing cost anyway?
CRW-F1

WHOA!!!

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1

$145 OEM
$159 Retail

Stick with LiteOn!

[eweruk]

I like LiteOn too, actually just bought one. He is going for performance and show as well. The Disc T@2 is awesome, no more printing labels or markers, burn the label on!!

Here it is $225 CDN, or about $145 US for retail version.

[bill1971]

(moved from the other post)
What do I have to do to be your buddy?

Very nice, e. Looks like you're a step back of the latest and greatest, which is where you want to be from a price/performance perspective. The only thing that I would change
is to go for 2 x Western digital 80GB HDDs w/ the 8 MB cache. I'm
getting ready to install one now. However, I've had very good success w/Seagate drives.

I think a lot of folks around here will recommend the Santa Cruz
sound card, whenever you're ready for that. And, as long as you're going with a high-end system, opt for the Klipsch Pro-media 4.1 or 5.1 speakers, or the Logitech Z-560 series speakers.
Good luck with that build. Without a doubt, your friend will love it.

The guy obviously has the bucks for all the bells and whistles,
so why not go for it. . .

- Bill

[Skywalker[TSG]]

I would get a TFT monitor instead of that 19" CRT
a "cheap" but still good 18" costs around $6-700

This doesn't look like a budget system to me so why not get the best you can get for yer money.

Otherwise lookin good

oh yeah and change the harddrives to 8meg WD drives
they be nice and fast

[eweruk]

I will check into the WD drives for sure, thanks for the suggestions.

a 17" TFT would cost over $900 CDN over here so that pushes the cost way to high. He may have the money for the system but he does have a budget, so far we are over a little but his wife is still ok with it.

For speakers, Klipsch Pro-media 5.1 speakers are the ones he is thinking of. Though he has a new born and he will be banned to headphones for a while.