my rig...any suggestions

[johnnypoopoopant]

Thermaltake Black Gaming Tower XaserV Series WinGo Full-Tower Case, Model "V7000+" -RETAIL


NU Technology 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DDW-082, Retail

Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST380013AS, OEM

Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys -RETAIL

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

MSI nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU, Model "K8N Neo Platinum" (MS-7030) -RETAIL

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache, The Only 64-bit Windows

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

this all totaled to be $1025.86 with shipping and tax included(good price...i think so)

also will my corsair memory work fine with my msi neo platinum, b/c i heard certain memory will have problems with certain mobo and im wondering if my memory will work fine with the mobo

also any advice or changes will be welcome thanks in advance

 

[63]

Well, a gfx card would be nice if you were planning on doing any gaming..

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

yea im planning to get a x800 xt pe which is $541.23...so far i have 1100 saved up so i am going to get the comp and use my succky 9600se and then save up for the card. im so excited im gettin a nice comp for once

 

[m3ta1head]

that looks most excellent

might wanna check out the motherboards website for compatible ram. that looks good though

 

[RussianEmpire]

Thermaltake Black Gaming Tower XaserV Series WinGo Full-Tower Case, Model "V7000+" -RETAIL


NU Technology 8X DVD+RW/-RW Drive, Model DDW-082, Retail

Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model ST380013AS, OEM

Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys -RETAIL

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

MSI nForce3 250 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 CPU, Model "K8N Neo Platinum" (MS-7030) -RETAIL

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512k L2 Cache, The Only 64-bit Windows

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

this all totaled to be $1025.86 with shipping and tax included(good price...i think so)

also will my corsair memory work fine with my msi neo platinum, b/c i heard certain memory will have problems with certain mobo and im wondering if my memory will work fine with the mobo

also any advice or changes will be welcome thanks in advance

very nice rig but you do deffenetly need graphicks card

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

thank you for your comment RussianEmpire...but i have one more quick question, will my dvd+rw/-rw drive be able to read cds and dvds so i can play games and watch movies, or will it only burn cds and dvds and unable to read cds and dvds and i have to get a dvd drive?? b/c i dont want a dvd burner if i cant play games

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

thank you..but i just purchased my computer but thats a pretty cool dvd rw drive but its going to take longer b/c i used money order..another thing is i went to best buy and the x800 xt pe i wanted is sold out ;( , are those cards being mass produced so i will be able to get them sometime later??

 

[blahblahblah]

thank you..but i just purchased my computer but thats a pretty cool dvd rw drive but its going to take longer b/c i used money order..another thing is i went to best buy and the x800 xt pe i wanted is sold out ;( , are those cards being mass produced so i will be able to get them sometime later??

Lets just say if you can find it, buy it right away.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

dam i didnt know getting vid cards would be so hard ...btw thanks for the advice blah :thumbs:

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

grim hows your 9800 xt runnin??

 

[Daegon]

Now i've been a ATI fanboy for quite some time. but let me say this quietly, nVidia GeForce 6800gt

yup. Go for it!