New PC build

[Ripley7t]

You know, I dont recognize any of the components on the original post, lol. I have not paid attention since about 2003 to anything in the pc market. I need a new desktop soon to replace my ancient AMD, but I think I will just be buying from CyberpowerPc in CA again. I will spend about a month getting back up to speed on everything and then go for it. This whole XP and Vista thing is really making Microsoft look stupid. Good luck on your machine and post a couple of shots while youre building it.

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+1 on the Western Digital. Make sure it's a 7200 RPM.

I love WD's they have been very good to me.
I'm going the SATA route, SATA HD and SATA burner.

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2gigs of ram doesn't seem like that much anymore, you might want to plum for more just in case. I don't think XP can use 4 but if you want the thing for 2 years you might want to go for more.

I'll probably go with 3gigs but I'll start with 2 for now.

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PCI on the video? Is that not AGP?
The Liteon DVD is junk. I like my Sony.

Nope its a PCI video card.
I've had good experiences with all my liteon's.

[JetFixxxer]

Go for 4 gigs if you choose Vista

Get 4 gb is you are going with a 64 bit o/s. 32 bit Windows XP/Vista will not detect the full 4 gb.

If you are a gamer.. get the 8800GT not the GTS. The GT smacks the GTS and gets pretty close to a GTX performance, you can pick them up between 200-250..

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2209197,00.asp

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I just saw your putting a floppy drive in, do you actually intend to use it? I mean with flash drives hitting 4Gs I haven't even seen a floppy disk in well over a year. I'm not knocking you, I'm interested to see what you could need it for!

Habit I guess, yah I don't hardly ever use them.
Only time is when I flash the bios.
I'm old school I still flash with a floppy.

[Nuclear Vampire]

Avoid Vista at all costs. Worst OS ever.

[Cygnus X1]

PCI on the video? Is that not AGP?
My opinion, go with XP Professional.
The Liteon DVD is junk. I like my Sony.
+1 on the Western Digital. Make sure it's a 7200 RPM.

[demeyes]

2gigs of ram doesn't seem like that much anymore, you might want to plum for more just in case. I don't think XP can use 4 but if you want the thing for 2 years you might want to go for more.
Other than that it seems to have good specs.

I just saw your putting a floppy drive in, do you actually intend to use it? I mean with flash drives hitting 4Gs I haven't even seen a floppy disk in well over a year. I'm not knocking you, I'm interested to see what you could need it for!

[thetroy]

Go for 4 gigs if you choose Vista

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I'm looking forward to throwing it together.

Mobo: DFI LanParty UT Nf590
Memory: OCZ DDR2 2Gigs
PSU: OCZ GameXstream 700watter
CPU: AMD 65watt 5000 Brisbane...great OCer
Heatsink/fan unit: Thermaltake's Mini Typhoon
Video Card: BFG 8600 GT PCI
HD: WD 250 gigger
Burner: Liteon DVD/CD burner
Floppy: Sony
OS: XP or Vista..not really sure which yet.

I'll OC the Brisbane to 3.2 and settle with that for awhile.
Wait and hold out for a bios update for the board to support the new Phenoms. When that happens, get a Phenom and I'll be good to go.
The new Phenom boards are ridiculously way overpriced at the moment,
so I didn't want to go that route just yet.
I'll be pretty content with this build for awhile.

I use to build/upgrade about twice a year when the latest and greatest stuff came out. That got old after while and expensive, especially when the stuff needed to mature to be stable. I'm happy with a build about every two years anymore.