First time builder

[Darkstar2525]

I'm going to college next year and was thinking about building a computer to take with me. I was wondering if someone could tell me whether what I have so far would good or could recommend changes. Any help would be appreciated.

What I got so far
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Case: ENLIGHT Model# EN-7255-AB1 ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 360Watt POWER SUPPLY -USB RETAIL $62.00 ~
Power Supply (p4 needs at least 250 watts):

MotherBoard: ASUS P4PE/L Motherboard for Intel P4 478 Retail $112.99 ~
w/ Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Onboard LAN, SoundMAX Digital Audio System
***1st Intel chips that TRUELY support DDR333 PC2700***

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.0AGHz 512K Socket 478 Processor 400MHz Processor Bus- RETAIL $161.50 ~
(boxed comes w/ heatsink and fan)

Hard Drive(s): Seagate 120GB 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive Barracuda V ST3120023A - OEM $138.00 ~

Memory: KINGSTON KVR333X64C25/512 512MB 32x64 PC2700 DDR RAM $64.50 ~

Video Card: Aopen Geforce4 TI4200 128MB DDR 8X VIVO AGP with TV-Out - Retail Box $150.00 ~

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Dolby Digital 5.1 - OEM $33.00 ~

CD-RW: (Recycle Lite-On from Gateway) $0.00 ~

CD-DVD: PIONEER INTERNAL ATAPI 16X DVD-ROM MODEL DVD-120 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY $43.00 ~

FloppyDrive: SAMSUNG 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE Model# SFD321B/LEB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY $7.00 ~

Modem: ArchTek SmartLink 56K V.92 PCI MODEM- RETAIL $11.00 ~

Monitor: ORION 19" CRT monitor Model OS-9F - Retail $155.00 ~

Keyboard: Aopen KeyBoard KB-858 107-key Windows Layout $12.00 ~

Speakers: Creative Labs Cambridge SoundWorks SW320 Speakers - Plain Box $33.00 ~

Headphones: Plantronics .Audio 60 Stereo PC Headset with In-Line Volume and Mute Control - OEM $13.00 ~

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3 Full OEM Version $145.00 ~


Printer: HP Deskjet Printer, Model HP3420 Retail $69.00 ~


Total: $1209.99
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[dhlucke]

Why a 2.0A 400Mhz? You're buying old parts. For that price you can get a 2.4B 533Mhz. Just incase you go the AMD route (which I recommend), a Nforce2 motherboard with onboard sound will be better than the sound blaster. For all I know, that motherboard that you mentioned has better onboard sound that the soundblaster. I recommend the JB series from Western Digital for hard drives. They have 8MB of cache. You sure you actually need a floppy drive? If you're going to pay for an OS you might as well get WinXP Pro. If you're a student you can get the OS cheap ($80). $150 for a Ti4200 is just not a good buy. Buy a Radeon. Spend a few extra bucks and buy a R9500 Pro.

Remember, this is just my opinion. Check out Newegg.com for prices or pricewatch.com along with resellerratings.com for another vendor.

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