Questions and comments to my new system welcome.

[GeckoEcho421]

ASPIRE Turbo Case Blue Super Light Weight Heavy Duty Aluminum Server Case with 420W Power Supply and Side Panel Window, Model "ATXA7AW/420" -RETAIL
$99.00


CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)
Samsung 16X DVD±RW, Model TS-H552B/WBCH Black, OEM Bulk
$58.99




Floppy Drives
SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920, OEM
$7.00



Hard Drives
Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD1200JB, OEM Drive Only
$79.50




Memory (System Memory)
CORSAIR XMS, Xtra-Low Latency 2-2-2-5, 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 w/ Platinum Heat Spreader, Model CMX512-3200XLPT - Retail
$123.27




Motherboards - AMD
MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
$138.50



Processors
AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 512K, L2 Cache, Socket 939 Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor - Retail
$267.50




Video Cards
EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card With Free Doom 3Bundle, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N349-AX" -RETAIL
$399.00

 

[Simon]

y get a Floppy drive?

Zimon

 

[slvrstang]

because its dumb not to

EDIT: you can't even install windows onto a SATA drive without a floppy drive

 

[intercodes]

slvrstang,

EDIT: you can't even install windows onto a SATA drive without a floppy drive

yea, absouletly.! There is no other way to install sata drivers than using a floppy drive!. Nice reply slvrstang.

 

[Nubius]

because its dumb not to

EDIT: you can't even install windows onto a SATA drive without a floppy drive

Actually most PC's these days are coming without them. You can install the SATA drivers with a slipstream CD and/or I believe the Ultimate Boot CD may allow you to install SATA drivers without a floppy. But since the floppy is only $7, why not? That's the real question

 

[Codeine]

Everything sounds good to me besides two things. I would peronsally get a diffrent ASPIRE case. Such as the best one i suggest getting. Another thing is that mobo you have is'ent the best 939 board.

While all 939 mobo are basicly the same amount of money why not get the best for 10$ more. I highly recommend the
Abit AV8 3rd Eye Via K8T800 Pro. This mobo came out later then your mobo. It is alot better built for faster Athlon 64 bits, such as 3500 and up. Its also built purly for over clocking the 64 bits. I promise you this mobo will be alot more stable and way more flexible. Its obviously better then the MSI. I would also get a HD 10000rpm set up. Abit 3rd Eye has it too.

 

[Jeffrock]

I would get the mobo codeine mentioned and increase your RAM size to 1gb.

 

[True_Orb]

You also have an IDE Hard Drive, maybe you'd like to go faster and get SATA.

 

[GeckoEcho421]

I was wondering about that. They're both 7200rpm (most ide and sata) but whats the real differance?

 

[Sevoma]

The transfer rate or something on ide is 133mb/s while sata is 150mb/s and sata is just a cuple of bucks more. For the dvd burner I would spend about $5 more and get a dual layer support one.

-Sevoma