Okay, I'm looking at building a new computer, and I picked out all the parts off tigerdirect.ca. Here's what I got:
Processor: $377.99 (AMD Athlon64 3200+)
Fan/Heatsink: $33.99 (Speeze AMD K8)
Motherboard: $184.99 (Asus - K8V Deluxe - Socket 754 ATX Motherboard)
Case: $134.99 (ULTRA Dragon MS-Blue w/ 500 Watt Power Supply)
Memory: $161.99 (Corsair XMS Extreme Memory 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz)
Hard Drive: $141.99 (Hitachi 120GB / 7200 / 8MB / 8.5 / ATA-100 EIDE Hard Drive)
DVD-ROM: $55.99 (Artec 16X DVD ROM Drive with Power DVD Software Clear)
CD-RW: $69.99 (Artec 52x24x52x Internal CD-RW Drive with Nero Software Clear)
Floppy: $24.99 (Sony 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive)
Thermal Paste: $2.99 (Ultra Silver Thermal Compound 1.0g)
Keyboard: $33.99 (Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard)
Fans: 2x $10.99 (Coolmax 4 LED Ball Bearing Blue Case Fan 80MM)
Controller: $31.99 (Enermax UC-A3FATR2 LCD 3.5" Dual Fan Controller)
Subtotal: $1,277.86
Tax: $191.68
Total: $1,469.54
Already Own:
Graphics Card (Radeon 9800 128 MB Pro)
Mouse (Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Wireless Optical)
Monitor (Sony 17" Trinitron)
Speakers (Altec Lansing 5100 5.1)
Now, I'm not sure if this is the best setup for my money. I have four main questions about this:
What would be the best motherboard? (with onboard surround sound/RAID/DDR)
Should I get RAID?
Dual Channel Memory?
More Fans?
Thanks in advance.
Processor: $377.99 (AMD Athlon64 3200+)
Fan/Heatsink: $33.99 (Speeze AMD K8)
Motherboard: $184.99 (Asus - K8V Deluxe - Socket 754 ATX Motherboard)
Case: $134.99 (ULTRA Dragon MS-Blue w/ 500 Watt Power Supply)
Memory: $161.99 (Corsair XMS Extreme Memory 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz)
Hard Drive: $141.99 (Hitachi 120GB / 7200 / 8MB / 8.5 / ATA-100 EIDE Hard Drive)
DVD-ROM: $55.99 (Artec 16X DVD ROM Drive with Power DVD Software Clear)
CD-RW: $69.99 (Artec 52x24x52x Internal CD-RW Drive with Nero Software Clear)
Floppy: $24.99 (Sony 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive)
Thermal Paste: $2.99 (Ultra Silver Thermal Compound 1.0g)
Keyboard: $33.99 (Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard)
Fans: 2x $10.99 (Coolmax 4 LED Ball Bearing Blue Case Fan 80MM)
Controller: $31.99 (Enermax UC-A3FATR2 LCD 3.5" Dual Fan Controller)
Subtotal: $1,277.86
Tax: $191.68
Total: $1,469.54
Already Own:
Graphics Card (Radeon 9800 128 MB Pro)
Mouse (Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Wireless Optical)
Monitor (Sony 17" Trinitron)
Speakers (Altec Lansing 5100 5.1)
Now, I'm not sure if this is the best setup for my money. I have four main questions about this:
What would be the best motherboard? (with onboard surround sound/RAID/DDR)
Should I get RAID?
Dual Channel Memory?
More Fans?
Thanks in advance.