How is this setup?

[Grisham21]

Hi,

I just ordered all these parts and was wondering if you guys thought I was making any errors besides the lack of SCSI (not enough dough).

Thanks,
Mark

1.4 Ghz Athlon 266mhz FSB
768mb PC2100 DDR Registered RAM (Crucial)
Gainward CARDEXPERT Geforce3
Soundblaster Platinum 5.1
3Com 10/100 Network Card
IBM 60GXP 7200RPM HD
Pioneer 16x DVD-Rom Drive
Plextor 24/10/40A CDR/CDRW Drive
Swiftech MC462
Internal 100MB ZIP
Full Tower Case w/ 3 case fans
300w Athlon approved PS
Abit KG7 RAID
Already Have a monitor and speakers but lookin to upgrade to 21" and Klipsch Promedia 5.1s
Also, what do you think is a good price to pay for all of that?

 

[boydmack1]

nice system...with all that ram, i'm hoping you are gonna be running win2k or XP.
9x/ME can't make use of all that ram.
i'd like to suggest a Maxtor HDD instead of IBM. but they're both good. i've heard problems with the latest IBM's tho.
what with the Zip? people actually still use those things? lol. mine is collecting dust since i formatted a CDRW and can back up my files at 10x.
everything else looks a-okay! have fun with that beast of a machine!

 

[Grisham21]

Im in the preview prorgam for xp so i'll be running rc2 until i save enough money for win xp pro

 

[Renob]

you should get bigger PSU and maybe not spend all that money on the Gainward and some other G3 the rest looks good

 

[Grisham21]

What wattage do you think I should have? I thought you'd didn't need much more than 300w with a Tbird.

 

[bcterps]

You dont NEED more than 300W, but with all the drives you have and if your gonna add an extra HD later, you might be taxing that 300W PS. Go for an Enermax 430W, it'll do you good. You can never have too much power

--Ben