So far I got this, how is this looking?

[Direland]

Ah good point, I didn't notice that.

I'd go with Crucial Tracers as well for the RAM. I'll be getting them as well when I upgrade my machine.

 

[Ric0h]

Yes I just bought the WD 640 because I just got an email from newegg, with a 5 dollar discount and it has free shipping. So looks like it worked out great.

As for the ram I bought the G skill pc 6400, the blue ones.

And the dvd drive an IDE one, I just heard they are better, because of ide is better recognized.

And yes, I got an alienware case, from ebay "alienware outlet" for 70 bucks with shipping. Got the case alone for 30 bucks plus 40 shipping.

Even though I have not build it yet, I will update my sig with my prices.

Noted: based on newegg reviews, It looks like its a bad idea to buy a hard drive from newegg because of their ups shipping, does anyone know anything about this? (shock sensitive hard drive)

 

[veg1992]

Which blue ones?! not the Dark Blue right? those are quite sucky, 5-5-5-12 timings @ DDR2 800 is pretty weak RAM

IDE is not better, its bigger, a bit slower, but nothing that people would complain about... Plus if you care about overclocking a lot, it'll help improve Air Flow in your case if you had SATA

I hope you got this:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

instead of these:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

 

[Ric0h]

Dang, I got the second ones. the bad ones I guess, What wrong with them? Newegg has super good reviews and say they got fast timings.

 

[veg1992]

With Timings you want them low, same with Cas Latency... with as high as clock as possible

I guess if you increased the Voltage some it could run at DDR2 800 4-4-4-15 or even 4-4-4-12, but I can't guarantee it

 

[Ric0h]

Thats if you plan on overcloking them, I dont plan on doing that probably. I might try it later though.

Everything else looking good?

 

[veg1992]

Looks fine...

 

[wafflehammer]

hard drive is okay..if you bought it OEM ( which is the only why they sale..i think ) it'll come wrapped in bubble wrap (****, i love OEM packaging lol) so it shouldn't be damaged unless UPS plays football with it.

Have you bought the mobo yet? if not, look into a P43/P45 chipset instead of the old P35

 

[Ric0h]

Yes it was OEM.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

And the dvd drive an IDE one, I just heard they are better, because of ide is better recognized.

I would say sata is better supported at this point. Some p35 motherboard's and most likely p43/45 don't have very good IDE support. My Ip35-E doesn't even have an option in bios to boot from an IDE optical drive.