Hi :)
I'm building a system from scratch for the first time and I've been out of the hardware loop for a while.
First off, this is what I've decided to get:
MB: Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum
CPU: Athlon XP 2200
Graphix card: Albatron or Chaintech Geforce4 Ti 4600
HD: Samsung 80 gb 7200 rpm EIDE
Ram: Generic PC2700 ddr
Modem: 56k V.92
DVD-R: Pioneer dvr 104
DVD Drive: 16x
Zip Drive: 250mb IoMega Internal
Sound: Onboard chip on the MB
Monitor: already have one
I still haven't decided on a case or speakers but so far I've gotten the above products for around $1100 usd. The main questions I have are:
Should I get another harddrive for RAID and if so what type/size etc would be most cost/performance efficient?
Is the DVD burner really worth the cost and how good is it?
Will I have all the wires and cables to connect all this and how hard will it be?
What would be a good case for this?
And finally, are some of these brands really ****ty or not, and am I leaving any parts out?
The majority of my shopping has been on Pricewatch and reading reviews, but I'm still pretty much a newbie.
I'd appreciate any help/advice anyone can give me.
Thanks in advance. :)
I'm building a system from scratch for the first time and I've been out of the hardware loop for a while.
First off, this is what I've decided to get:
MB: Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum
CPU: Athlon XP 2200
Graphix card: Albatron or Chaintech Geforce4 Ti 4600
HD: Samsung 80 gb 7200 rpm EIDE
Ram: Generic PC2700 ddr
Modem: 56k V.92
DVD-R: Pioneer dvr 104
DVD Drive: 16x
Zip Drive: 250mb IoMega Internal
Sound: Onboard chip on the MB
Monitor: already have one
I still haven't decided on a case or speakers but so far I've gotten the above products for around $1100 usd. The main questions I have are:
Should I get another harddrive for RAID and if so what type/size etc would be most cost/performance efficient?
Is the DVD burner really worth the cost and how good is it?
Will I have all the wires and cables to connect all this and how hard will it be?
What would be a good case for this?
And finally, are some of these brands really ****ty or not, and am I leaving any parts out?
The majority of my shopping has been on Pricewatch and reading reviews, but I'm still pretty much a newbie.
I'd appreciate any help/advice anyone can give me.
Thanks in advance. :)
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