Computer building

[eq1986]

Could someone please tell me if all these parts would work well together?

Artec DVD Burner / 8x4x12x DVD+RW / 4x4x12x DVD-RW / 24x10x40x CD-RW / Dual Format / Black

Cache Size 8 MB
DVD+R Write Speed 8x
DVD+RW Rewrite Speed 4x
DVD-R Write Speed 4x
DVD-RW Rewrite Speed 4x
CD Write Speed 24x
CD Rewrite Speed 10x
Interface Type E-IDE
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Just 4 PC - Beige Mid-Tower Case with AMD Approved and Intel Pentium 4 Ready 425 Watt Power Supply

Case Type: ATX Mid-Tower
Compatible Motherboards:
- ATX
- MATX
Drive Bays:
- 4x External 5.25" Drive Bays
- 2x External 3.5" Drive Bays
- 1x Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
Expansion Slots: 7
Media Ports:
- 2x Front USB Ports
Power Supply: 425 watt AMD Apprroved & P4 Ready
Dimension
- Depth: 17.32"
- Width: 17.28"
- Height: 17.13"
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Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8Ghz / 512k Cache / 800Mhz FSB / Socket 478 / HyperThreading / Processor

Processor Speed 2.80GHz
Processor Interface Socket 478
Bus Speed 800MHz
Additional Technologies Hyper-Threading
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Western Digital Caviar SE 40GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-100 EIDE Hard Drive

Capacity (GB) Learn More 40
Interface Learn More Ultra ATA-100
Spindle Speed (RPM) Learn More 7200
Buffer Memory Learn More 8MB
Average Seek (msec) Learn More 8.9
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Ultra 512MB PC2100 DDR 266MHz Memory 2 Pack (1024MB Total)

Memory Size 2 x 512MB
Memory Speed 266MHz PC2100
Memory Type DDR
Pins 184
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SOYO - P4I 845PE V1.0 - Intel Socket 478 ATX Motherboard with Audio, AGP4X/2X, IrDA, USB 2.0, Serial ATA, Hyper-Threading Capable, and 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN Support

Form Factor ATX
Processor Interface Socket 478
Processors Supported Learn More Intel Celeron up to 2.80GHz @ 400MHz FSB , Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading Technology 2.8GHz @ 400MHz FSB , Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading Technology 3.2GHz @ 533MHz FSB
Additional Technologies Hyper-Threading Technology
Channels 4 Channels
Speed 2X , 4X
LAN Type 10/100Mbps
AGP Slots 1
PCI Slots 6
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 PCI Sound Card
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ATI Radeon 9800XT Video Card / 256MB DDR / AGP 8X / TV Out & DVI

All for about $950.00
Thanks

 

[nehi]

took me a little gander, and seems like everything would work just fine... not to bad of a rig if you ask me, not a bad price either

 

[Elbatrop1]

It looks pretty good to me.
I think this motherboard (if you wanted to stick with a SOYO MOBO) would be better so you can put on PC3200 RAM and a 800 MHz FSB CPU for only $40 more:

http://shop.soyousa.com/customer/product.php?productid=419&cat=17&page=1

I guess it also depends on what you're gonna use it for. For light gaming, I would save your self some more money and go with a 9600 XT vid card instead of the 9800 XT. I dont think the 9800 XT would even be compatible with that MOBO - the MOBO can use 2X/4X AGP, but the 9800 XT uses 8X.

 

[HardKore{Killa}]

yeah it looks like it would all work

 

[NCISAGENT]

eerrrr...

You do realize that this mobo does not support the 800mhz FSB?

Also this MOBO has 3 ISA slots...not a good sign

If you want a SOYO I recomend this one

http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=238

also, you might consider a Pentuim 4E (prescott) for this mobo

 

[eq1986]

I should chose that mother board because it has 3 slots for RAM? I am planning on upgrading to 1.5 gig of ram later...unfortuneately im not a computer geek..yet..i dont understand FSB, but i assumed it would be better than a lower one. If anyone can suggest a better motherboard than the one NCISAGENT suggested, please do so. =) Thanks

 

[Monster00]

I would get a ASUS p4p800. It has 4 memory slots and its made by asus so its a very good mobo. Bacisally what the FSB... let me give u a example. Say if you have a cardboard box and you want to store stuff. Then you take it out and it eventually becomes empty. Thats what FSB is. Its just like a department for the stuff the CPU needs to process. Since it cant do it all at once, it just stays in it before it gets processed. I dunno if that is a good example... but thats all i could think of. Since you have 800 FSB... then it will be very good.

 

[MasterJason]

so that means amd with 333mhz/266mhz bus are crap

 

[Mattsubc]

you should get PC3200 RAM and a better motherboard. check your motherboard supports AGP 8x for that graphics card, and 800FSB for the CPU. if it supports 800FSB then it will also support PC3200 Ram because they are the same speed (DDR400 = SDR400 x 2 = 800). the motherboard is a way important factor in the speed of the comp in general

 

[eq1986]

If i went with 566 FSB (or watever it is heh), would it be very noticeable while playing a game?