what power source shoud I buy?

[dorima27]

WD??? why? any special feature??

[Blueyes]

As I've stated before, seagates are crap and thats my :2cents:

I've had 3 go bad on me and never will I buy one again. I use WD and Maxtor

[minibubba]

More durable and reliable that the others IMO. Not to mention WD had the foresight to introduce an 8 MB cache instead of pretending ATA133 was something special

[dorima27]

Thanks!!:)
What about RAM?
I'm not planning on overclocking, so should i get Crucial??

[Blueyes]

Alot of people recommend it on here and I was gonna buy some too but any good reputable brand would work if your on a budget. Just have to make sure its the same brand when you get two sticks for dual channel

[minibubba]

yep, Crucial would be fine ...so would Kingston, Samsung, and a few others. You wont go wrong with Crucial :thumb:

[dorima27]

I'm not really on a budget, hold on...let me check my wallet.
Yep I'm on a budget....
WTF let me use my c card

[dorima27]

are thermaltake psu good at all?

[minibubba]

I think it is the same as an Enermax (which is also good), just under a different name...although I'm not sure about that.

As far as I know it's good, but you might want a second opinion.

[swinger]

More durable and reliable that the others IMO. Not to mention WD had the foresight to introduce an 8 MB cache instead of pretending ATA133 was something special

does the 8mb cache make a lot of difference for gaming? never used one before. wondered if it was worth it.

yep, Crucial would be fine ...so would Kingston, Samsung, and a few others. You wont go wrong with Crucial

i have a stick of crucial pc2100 (266) running at 333mhz on stock voltage and its rock stable, might ever go a bit further, but i would cool it a bit better first.

I think it is the same as an Enermax (which is also good), just under a different name...although I'm not sure about that.

im not too sure on that either. but i would think not. only because the thermaltake ones are a lot cheaper. although i hope you are right. Thermaltake are a good brand though so I imagine it would be ok, was lookin at one myself.

[minibubba]

does the 8mb cache make a lot of difference for gaming? never used one before. wondered if it was worth it.

from what I've heard it does make a difference with gaming, but obviously not as much as a new video card :)

i don't have any benchmarks on hand, but I'm sure you could find a few if you scrounge around on the net