need advice on new system

[joeytt]

Hi im thinking of getting this, wondering if anybody has any opinions on it, i.e compatability etc..

Samsung 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive (Black) - OEM 045582 33 £10.97
Atlas ATX Tower Case in Purple 4x 5.25 1x 3.5 Front USB Port 044511 116 £11.27
LG 52x24x52 BLACK IDE Internal CD-RW - OEM 049489 140 £24.99
Hiper 350 Watt Power Supply
£19.59
Western Digital Caviar SE 40Gb UIDE 100 7200rpm 8mb Cache Disk Drive - OEM 040469 479 £43.76
Logitech MX500 Optical Mouse - 2btn Usb Ps2 043105 224 £27.99
Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard -133 Keys Usb 043107 478 £17.38
2 x Samsung 512mb PC3200 400MHz DDR Original 042026 73 £76.50
Samsung SM959NF 19ins FST 0.24 110kHz TCO99 with 3year Onsite Warranty £176.66
Microsoft XP Home OEM With Service Pack 1A 050264 701 £57.99
Inspire 5.1 5100 42w Speaker Set -5 Satellites (6w Each) + 12w Sub Woofer - Bulk Version OEM 043784 138 £39.25 £39.25
Sapphire Radeon 9800 128MB 8x AGP TV-Out DVI Retail Box 050951 8 £184.89
AMD ATHLON XP2700+ 333MHz FSB Boxed Inc Heatsink & Fan with 3year Warranty 044568 16 £89.24 £89.24
A7N8X Deluxe SKT A NForce2 Chipset Motherboard VER: 2.0 043223 245 £76.31
Benq DC1300 Digital Camera 1.3 MPix 042676 129 £35.07
Infiniti CD-R 48x Speed White Top Premium quality, protective coated 50 Cakebox 051314 603 £8.39
Asus iPanel Deluxe Front Utility Bay For Asus Boards With the Ipanel onboard Connection 029465 28 £13.45
Acco Kensington High Adjustable Mouse Rest In Black 051291 10 £12.77
Wingman Rumblepad Cordless/usb W32 Pmac

[krm197]

Why not get a dvd drive instead of the Cd-rom?

For the most part it looks ok, you may want to swap out that retail heatsink/fan though. I don't know what the case is like as well.

Can I ask where you are getting all these parts from?

[texasfit]

Since your building a new system, I would go with something more on the PS. Maybe a Antec Tru480 for example.

[Deathknight]

Ditch that psu. if you want 350w get a fortron 350. A SOLID psu and an awesome bargain.

[joeytt]

Originally posted by krm197
Why not get a dvd drive instead of the Cd-rom?

For the most part it looks ok, you may want to swap out that retail heatsink/fan though. I don't know what the case is like as well.

Can I ask where you are getting all these parts from?

hi ebuyer.com

[Cjwinnit]

Decent choice on seller, they are generally good. If you can get a better Power supply I would. Antec and Fortron are good but getting a Fortron in the UK is a pain in the bum.

I would double the size of the hard disk at least. The WD 80gig or 120 Gig hard drives are cheap and the price per gig drops a lot when you get larger drives of this class. Keep the 8mb cache too :)

Ebuyer sells really cheap Combo drives and DVD drives so keep looking around.

[DoomArse]

why not get a 2500+?

[Nasdaq]

I agree with getting a better power supply that's something you do not want to skimp on there. Friend had gerneric PS in his and it crapped out on him within a month, but your story maybe different depending on what and how you use your PC.

[Giblet Plus!]

Originally posted by DoomArse
why not get a 2500+?

You should grab a 2500. It has a lot more OC headroom than the 2700.