First build, input before purchase...

[Dakna23]

I am planning on getting the following:

1.Antec SUPER LANBOY Silver anodized aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail

2.AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX - Retail

3.OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail

4.Antec TruePower 2.0 TRUECONTROL II-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail

5.ASUS EN6600/TD/256 Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

6.Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3100 967513-0403 2-Tone PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included - Retail

7.ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

8.ASUS Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616P3BLK - Retail

9.HP Black IDE DVD Burner w/ Lightscribe Model DVD640I - Retail

10.2 X 120 GB Western Digital Caviar® SE 7200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, Serial ATA Hard Drive

+ a FDD.

Any input, experience, ideas appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[T-ReV]

I dont think that ps supports sli. I would go with one that does

 

[Major_A]

I would go with some SATA II drives with NCQ.

 

[Scroatdog]

Ditch the floppy, bigger capacity SATA II drives, or just one big capacity SATA II drive and one 74 gig Raptor for your OS, and games.

 

[T-ReV]

Ditch the floppy, bigger capacity SATA II drives, or just one big capacity SATA II drive and one 74 gig Raptor for your OS, and games.

Dont you need the floppy for bios upgrades?

 

[sc00ter]

What's with the 6600 video card? That would completely bottleneck the rest of the system..

 

[Blah425]

I was just about to say that. Why get that video card with everything else being so good?

 

[sc00ter]

Maybe he meant the 6800. Even though with that setup you'd want something like the 7800GTX or X850XT. Other than that, looks pretty sweet.

 

[Blah425]

I thnk a 6800GT wouldn't bottleneck it too much. But your right if he wants the best he should buy a 7800GTX or 7800GT.