new beast to be created

just got my processor, memeory and video card in the mail and i'll be assembling my pc tommororw.

some specs:

p4 3.2
2 GB corsair ddr400 RAM
2 - 250 GB 7200RPM SATA HDD's(maxtor)
plextor 8X dvd +/-RW
Sony DVD/cd RW combo drive (speeds slip my mind, but its the top one)
6 - in - one memory card reader
floppy
zip drive
ati radeon 9600XT
some audiology sound card i forget the model.


this case:
http://www.atxcases.com/Cases/reloadblack.htm

cant wait, hopefulyl everythign will work.

i have never had any probelms with maxtor before, i find them to be reliable, quiet and ther pefromance is good.

1) you can never have too much ram.
2) im not reallly sure what im going to use it for yet, just needed a new project. but i will likely do everything on it, some gaming, networking, host my websites, do my programming ect... it will take over as my new main machine.
3) whats wrong with the 9600XT? what games are out now that it cant play? if you need a 9800XT to play the newer games then they wont sell very well.
4) yes i will raid the drives.

1) I havent gone above 2GB.
2) the 9600 XT can play pretyt much every game out maxed out smoothly.

the 9800XT is a great card, but if it was required to play newer games then no one would be able to play them

Ok, its been assembled, everything went as smooth as posssible... 0 problems wit anything! everythiing working 100% the first time i powered it on!

some specs:

- Intel D856PERL MoBo w/ Pro 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter, 8 USB, 1 IEEE1394
- Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 3.2 Ghz
- 2 GB of Corsair Ram(DDR400)
- 2 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA Maxtor Hard drives (Raid 0)
- ATi Radeon 9600XT (w/ the latest Omega Drivers)
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 5.1 Live
- 8X Plextor DVD +/-RW Drive
- 40X Sony DVD +/- RW/ 16X DVD Combo Drive
- 6-in-1 Memory Card Reader(SM/SD/MMC/CF/MD/MS)
- Sony 3.5" floppy drive
- 250 MB Zip Drive
- CoolMaster Aerogate II Thermal Monitor
- Window XP Pro/Slackware 9.0 Dual Boot

Runs like a champ so far, havent tried overclocking or anything like that as of yet.

Dude quit Hatin!


whats tacky about my case? it pretty plain. all black with a door in the front and clear window on the side... its this case here:
http://www.atxcases.com/Cases/reloadblack.htm

also 7200 RPM's si far from "weak"... its not 10000, but it is nto weak... benchmark scores will verify that. i

i do like your case, in fact i have it! its going to be the server im building next, which wont really be all that powerful, but it will take over for the p2 400(poseidon from the pictures) machine that is currently my web/dns/email server.

as for a breakdown of what i paid for everything this is the prices i paid at the time, some may have gone up or down since:

case + powersupply/4 fans = 59.99 (atx cases)
Mobo = 88.99
processor = 243.00 (newegg)
Memory = 144.00 (newegg)
HDD's = 2X 180.00 (mwave)
DVD burner = 159.99 (new egg)
Floppy 5.99 (newegg)
zip drive 9.99 (local pc shop)
Thermal monitor 25.00 (forget the site)
cd burner/dvd combo = 44.99 (newegg)
6-1 ard reder 23.99 (forget the site)
Cables maybe 20$?

total 1,185.93

kinda high but im sure you could get it for MUCH less if you when with 1 250GB HDD or even 2 amaller HDD's. you probably dont need the CD burner/dvd combo drive... i got it because 1 it was cheap, 2 it filled a slot, and 3 its read sprredd is alot faster than the dvd burner. the zip drive is obviously totally unnecessary, the card reader is ncie if you need it and cheap...

you could shave 40-50$ off the processor by going to a 3.0

im sure you could build a kick ass system similar to this minus some belsl and whistels and get it for like 800-1000

edit: oh yeah and xp pro off of new egg for 134$

you can never have too much RAM.

as for the 9600 XT... a sh*t card? come on.

if thats the truth then every 51m out there has a sh*t card. its not a 9800, but it plasy every game i ahve at 1600x1200 with everythign amxed out.

also money isnt an issues, its not like i told myself i had to sacrafice a better card for mroe RAM.

i admit i dont know much about graphics cards, although i would consider my self to be an expert on pretty much everything else. i just got into computer gaming like 6 months ago.

but since eeryone seems so adimant about it im going to go out and purchase a 9800xt today, and mvoe the 9600xt into my dell which currently just has the crapp on board graphics.

also can anyone recommend a game that would push the graphics card to the limit.. id liek to copare the 9600 in my 51m to the 9600xt that will be in my dell to the 9800XT that will be in my new machine