building new system

[ineedhelpplease]

I'm going away to college and am thinking of building a new system. this is what i'm thinking of getting so please feel free to post any changes you feel is necessary.

AMD XP 2100+
Abit KX7-333
512MB Crucial DDR PC2100
Seagate Barracuda IV 60GB
PNY gf4ti4600
Sound Blaster Live X-gamer 5.1
Plextor dvd/cd-rw combo 20x10x40x12

[ElGriton]

The only thing I don't like about that is the PNY video card. I have read several threads here saying they suck. If I find one I'll edit this with the link.

[Da Whip]

While you are at it, why not upgrade to Crucial PC2700. That is a better match for your Mobo.
And I agree w/ ElGriton, get a different brand Ti4600, the MSI 128mb board had great reviews.

[Maxvla]

Originally posted by ElGriton
The only thing I don't like about that is the PNY video card. I have read several threads here saying they suck. If I find one I'll edit this with the link.
the pny's show up well in the top 3dmark scores it just depends on the actual card. the video card lottery at its best :)

[Da Whip]

Here is a comparison of the PNY card;
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=51727

[djb23]

You might check out newegg for the hard drive. You can pick up an 80 gig IBM for 89 bucks with free shipping. Something to consider...

[DManeKid]

that looks good to me but i would also suggest faster ram, 2700 at least

[Cupe|ix]

Yeah, since you're going pretty much top of the line on everything, spend a little extra for some at least pc2700 memory, also check out the Leadtek GF4, check out the cooling on that thing :D

[Da Whip]

Wow, I almost missed that.
Get a decent HSF. Thermalright AX-7, SLK-800 or Volcano 7+.
I really love my AX-7, with a 50CFM 80mm fan, it is hard to beat the noise to cooling ratio.

[djb23]

If you want a nice system, get an nForce motherboard (without the onboard vid.) VIA chipsets have had DMA issues which can cause 3D games using D3D to lock up. You have to kill the power to reboot. I have experenced this myself, as have a few friends of mine.

The onboard sound on the nForce is better than the Sound Blaster 5.1 card. So you will be good there.

Just make absolutely sure you fill all of your memory banks up. Even if it means getting a stick of 256 and two sticks of 128. Just get the 2100, as filling your banks will get you a better performance increase for the money.

Just read up on it yourself and make your own decision :)

Good luck.

(If you can wait, nVidia figured out how to write a video driver directly to the memory segment used by your screen. They had to develop it for the XBox, and it saves your system the need to push your screen through the AGP slot to main memory before displaying it. The technology should be available with the new generation nForce mobo. They will come with a GF4 Ti chipset, but with the optimized drivers, it should kick the butt of a lot of cards. Moving data is by far the most expensive part of any computer operations. If you don't have to move it, you are much better off. )

[ineedhelpplease]

ok after reading other posts and careful consideration i think i will purchase:
AMD XP 2100+
Abit KX7-333
512MB Kingston DDR PC2700
Western Digital 80gig hd w/8 mb cache
MSI GF4 TI4600
Sound Blaster Live X-gamer 5.1
Samsung CD-RW/DVD 32x12x40x12
Sony Floppy Drive
Chieftec DX-01 BLD/Enermax 350w PSU
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 System

[lonewolf1983]

looks like a nicely rounded system :)

[Hookem]

If I were you I would ditch the CDRW-DVD combo and get seperate burner and DVD drive ... Just my opinion ... Good luck with the new system !!!