Help me build my first computer: Parts..

[iNeb]

Ok, he is my part list, will these work with everything? Any better deals, ect? Any help would be great..

Windows Xp Pro - Own Already

Anti-Static Wrist Strap - $5

NEW Premium Arctic Silver 3 - $12

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ -Retail - $99

Thermaltake VOLCANO 6Cu $10

Epox Motherboard for AMD, Socket A Processors, Model EP-8K9A2 - $102

Kingston 512MB 2700 DDR Ram - $118

60GB hard drivw Western digital.. still not sure

CHENMING Model DX-01SLD 420W SILVER COLOR w/ large acrylic window -$ 75

SAMSUNG 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE -OEM - $9

Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard (Retail) Where can i get online?

Lite On 40X12X48 CDRW Model: LTR40125S-Full OEM - $49.99

Maxtor 20GB IDE 7200RPM - ( For backup, ect) Owned Already

Geforce3 TI-200 64MB - Own Already

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 - Own Already

2 *nic eithernet cards - Own Already

DVD Rom - Own Already

Logitech Dual Optical MouseMan - Own Already

19' FlatScreen Moniter (Not LCD) - Own Already

Creative Inspire 5.1 5300 Speakers - Own Already

$468.89 so far...

[Sweet]

Hi there iNeb,
You are on an adventure that will work well because of all of the knowledgeble people here....
Ask a mod to put ur thread here as a sticky thread so you can depend on help every step of the way.

Sorry I can't help ya wit da stuff ya got BUT, you are in the right spot to get info from peeps who have done it.....

Good Luck to ya...

((((and thank you bub, I tink my comment, as worthless as it is, may be da one that lets me have an avatar....special dude, iNeb, thks!!!)

[couch potato]

that should work. sorry, i cant find that keyboard. maybe someone else can. but, yeah, i think that looks ok

[linux_guru]

Sounds like you've pretty much got it covered. The only change I would make, is to drop the WD drive and go for a Maxtor.

[VHockey86]

Hmm, Ive had pretty bad luck with Maxtor hard drives. A slightly higher heatsink wouldnt hurt, especially if you plan to overclock. Thats also the ugliest computer case I've ever seen, but its all up to you. Sounds like you are definately on the right track.

[VHockey86]

Err ignore the comment about the case, looked at the wrong picture set =(

[Blazer06]

For the keyboard try going to http://www.tigerdirect.com
Last time I checked they had it, but they also have many other ones. I would definatly go with the WD hard drive, but even better would be an IBM HD if you can get one. In my opion Maxtors are not wery good, as I have had several fail on me.
Also for the WD drive, try using tiger OR going to the WD website. Last time I checked they had a similar hard drive (6o GB, 7200 RPM)

[Redwolf]

HArd Drive:

IBM-They have good drives, but DON'T get a 60 or 75 series drive. They have bad prolems.

Fujitsu-Have had major problems lately, don't buy from them.

Hitachi-Smae drives as IBM.

Western Digital-Rebutable company, good drives. Never heard of an RMA from them.

Maxtor-Drives haven't been the greatest, but they have a great RMA service.

Seagate-HAve an 80 GB Barracuda from them now. Works fines, but I haven't had much experience with them lately.

I reccomend Western Digital.

If you have an old floppy drive, just use that. Floppys today aren't any diffrent from ones in 1990. Saves $10.

[iNeb]

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t48021.html

I'm getting two of these tomorrow, as me and my step dad are building pcs together..

I'll post his parts later on..

http://freewebspace.net/forums/showt...threadid=38865


What about these comments?

"And don't get the Epox board as it uses Via KT400 chipset(It wont work with your SB 5.1 soundcard). Get an Nforce2 + 2600+(333mhz FSB)+ PC2700 RAM and your system will kick ---." and so on..


VHockey, what case were you looking at?

[Petec24]

Looks good, but go ahead and get a better heatsink. AMDs run hot. Dont' scimp on the heatsink.