I'm going to be ordering parts for my new computer in the next week or so and would appreciate any comments/suggestions/compatability problems you guys may have on the components listed. This will be my first try at building a computer and I don't plan to overclock.
-Proc: AMD 1.4ghz(266) Thunderbird retail $259 from NewEgg
-Memory: 512MB DDR PC2100 Crucial RAM $118.70
-Mobo: EPOX EP-8K7A $130 from NewEgg
-Case: Antec SX830 $89 from Directron
-Harddrive: IBM 40.0GB DESKSTAR 7200RPM 60GXP (Retail) $155.37 from MWave
-Floppy: Mitsumi $9 from NewEgg
-CD-RW: Lite-On 12x10x32 retail $97 from NewEgg
-DVD: AOpen 12x 40x retail $41 from NewEgg
-Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz $70 from MWave
-Video Card: Gainward CARDEXPERT GF3 64MB DDR retail $342 from AVlogic.com(scores a 5.9 on resellerratings)
-Cables?: Will I need to buy any extra cables or should all the components have the cables needed?
-Fans: Panaflo 80mm 4 Pin, Low Speed $20(2) from 2cooltek
-OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $145 from MWave(Anyone know where I can get this cheaper?)
-Mouse: Microsoft USB Intelli Mouse Explorer OEM $37 from NewEgg
Anything I left out?
I'd really appreciate if you can post any comments/suggestions to help this newbie out.
-Proc: AMD 1.4ghz(266) Thunderbird retail $259 from NewEgg
-Memory: 512MB DDR PC2100 Crucial RAM $118.70
-Mobo: EPOX EP-8K7A $130 from NewEgg
-Case: Antec SX830 $89 from Directron
-Harddrive: IBM 40.0GB DESKSTAR 7200RPM 60GXP (Retail) $155.37 from MWave
-Floppy: Mitsumi $9 from NewEgg
-CD-RW: Lite-On 12x10x32 retail $97 from NewEgg
-DVD: AOpen 12x 40x retail $41 from NewEgg
-Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz $70 from MWave
-Video Card: Gainward CARDEXPERT GF3 64MB DDR retail $342 from AVlogic.com(scores a 5.9 on resellerratings)
-Cables?: Will I need to buy any extra cables or should all the components have the cables needed?
-Fans: Panaflo 80mm 4 Pin, Low Speed $20(2) from 2cooltek
-OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional $145 from MWave(Anyone know where I can get this cheaper?)
-Mouse: Microsoft USB Intelli Mouse Explorer OEM $37 from NewEgg
Anything I left out?
I'd really appreciate if you can post any comments/suggestions to help this newbie out.