I've recently decided to build my first computer since it seems that Dell (the only computer maker I've ever known) is going to take several weeks to put a Conroe system together. I'm now realizing that I can put together a much better system than I would have ordered. I've looked at other peoples configurations and come up with sort of a hybrid. I don't know if there are any incompatibilities. Any advice would be great. I'm using for home video stuff, photoshop and the occasional game.
E6600
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Thermaltake VA8000SWA Armour Aluminium Super Tower
SAPPHIRE 100149 Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM (or maybe the 1800)
NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner
Raptor 36 GB (for OS and programs)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache (for everything else)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Did I miss anything? I use an Apple Airport Express to stream music to my stereo. I just have a simple pair of speakers and subwoofer at the computer. Do I need a sound card or is the motherboard fine? Also, I have a copy of XP that came with my old Dell. Can I use it? Should I buy a new one? Do I need any extra fans or anything?
Thanks. I hope I'm up for this. I've read the Corsair site's instructions. Will those work well for me? Any other instruction suggestions would be appreciated. I'm a bit spooked about setting the jumpers and doing the bios.
Sam
E6600
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Thermaltake VA8000SWA Armour Aluminium Super Tower
SAPPHIRE 100149 Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM (or maybe the 1800)
NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner
Raptor 36 GB (for OS and programs)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache (for everything else)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Did I miss anything? I use an Apple Airport Express to stream music to my stereo. I just have a simple pair of speakers and subwoofer at the computer. Do I need a sound card or is the motherboard fine? Also, I have a copy of XP that came with my old Dell. Can I use it? Should I buy a new one? Do I need any extra fans or anything?
Thanks. I hope I'm up for this. I've read the Corsair site's instructions. Will those work well for me? Any other instruction suggestions would be appreciated. I'm a bit spooked about setting the jumpers and doing the bios.
Sam