- Joined
- Apr 22, 2003
- Location
- Belgium (but im English)
hey, im new here but it looks like a great place and i look forward to learning from u guys
Well i realise its a bit general, and im sorry for that, but i need a little bit of help with the selection of components for my new rig.
After months of decisions i have decided to go with the following configuration and i would please like to know if anyone has had any experiences with any of the following parts so that they could either recommend them to me, or advise against them.
I have always been an AMD man, but I now would like to try an Intel processor for comparison.
Also, please help me choose between the two HDDs listed (i cant have both)
And if i have a DVD burner, and a CD burner, can I use one as a regular DVD+CD reader? Or is it better to buy one of those?
Heres my list:
PSU: Enermax EG651P-VE 550 watt power supply
CPU: Intel P4 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache + HT
MoBo: Intel D875PBZ - Intel 875P Pentium4 motherboard
RAM: 1GB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
Storage Controller: (do i need one?)
HDD: 120GB Seagate Barracuda ATA V 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Alternative HDD: 120GB Western Digital UltraATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Optical Drive (CD-Burner): PlexWriter 48/24/48A CD-RW
Optical Drive2 (DVD-Burner): Sony DRU-500A DVD +/-RW +/-R
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB AGP 8x
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1 w/ Black Audigy 2 Drive
Monitor: NEC 17" MultiSync LCD1760NX
Speakers: Creative 6.1
OS: Windoze XP Pro (will dual boot with Linux..maybe)
Thanks very much for your oppinions, they are greatly appreciated
Well i realise its a bit general, and im sorry for that, but i need a little bit of help with the selection of components for my new rig.
After months of decisions i have decided to go with the following configuration and i would please like to know if anyone has had any experiences with any of the following parts so that they could either recommend them to me, or advise against them.
I have always been an AMD man, but I now would like to try an Intel processor for comparison.
Also, please help me choose between the two HDDs listed (i cant have both)
And if i have a DVD burner, and a CD burner, can I use one as a regular DVD+CD reader? Or is it better to buy one of those?
Heres my list:
PSU: Enermax EG651P-VE 550 watt power supply
CPU: Intel P4 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache + HT
MoBo: Intel D875PBZ - Intel 875P Pentium4 motherboard
RAM: 1GB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
Storage Controller: (do i need one?)
HDD: 120GB Seagate Barracuda ATA V 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Alternative HDD: 120GB Western Digital UltraATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Optical Drive (CD-Burner): PlexWriter 48/24/48A CD-RW
Optical Drive2 (DVD-Burner): Sony DRU-500A DVD +/-RW +/-R
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB AGP 8x
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1 w/ Black Audigy 2 Drive
Monitor: NEC 17" MultiSync LCD1760NX
Speakers: Creative 6.1
OS: Windoze XP Pro (will dual boot with Linux..maybe)
Thanks very much for your oppinions, they are greatly appreciated