Can I Get Some Feedback On My First System?

[Rodion]

I'm going to be building my very first system soon and I would like to get some feedback on the specs. Will all of these components work together properly? Are there any potential problems?

Pentium4 2.8 with 800mhz FSB
Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro
Zalman ZM400A-APF 400w PSU
Chaintech GeForce4 A-GX82 Ti4800se DVI TV-Out 128MB AGP 8X
Compucase LX-6A19 Mid-Tower ATX Case
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB SATA Hard Drive
Corsair TWINX1024-3200LL DDR400 1GB
Samsung 955DF 19-inch CRT
Samsung SM-352BRNS CD/RW DVD 52x24x52x16x
Belkin F8E208-BLK ErgoBoard Keyboard
Microsoft XP Home Edition

 

[Civilized]

looks good to me

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[MorphiNoMan]

are you restricted on budget ? it not there are some things i would change for better, like your monitor and your video card...

 

[Civilized]

I have had the same monitor for four years and think it kicks ass for the price...you cant go wrong with the samsung...whats wrong with his video card?...looks good to me

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[shadus]

> Chaintech GeForce4 A-GX82 Ti4800se DVI TV-Out 128MB AGP 8X

I'd recommend a 5600 Ultra over the ti4800se. (4800SE is a 4200+8x AGP.-- Both cards cost about 150$ or less.)

> Corsair TWINX1024-3200LL DDR400 1GB

Ramwise I'd change to 2 sticks of the CMX512-3200C2PT, the LL and LLPT ram has some issues with the new springdale/canterwood chipsets.

> Samsung SM-352BRNS CD/RW DVD 52x24x52x16x

IMHO it's a bad idea to get a combo drive also. They're not working out so well and are getting pretty much universally bad reviews for the long term reliability. Go with 2 drives, a DVD (burner if needed) the Sony DRU-500AX is good, and a cd-rw if you need one of those (lite on 52x24x52x is a good choice.)

> Seagate ST380013AS 80GB SATA Hard Drive

Nothing wrong here persay, but unless you have a specific need for a SATA (aka small cables and costs more for no tangible performance gain.) get a bigger IDE drive and wait a while for the SATA2/SATA3 stuff to show its face. Make sure whatever drive you get it has an 8mb cache on it... and I personally highly recommend Western Digital.
For example a western digital 120gb WD1200JB 8mb cache drive costs $106.00

> Samsung 955DF 19-inch CRT

That's not the best monitor around, not horrible but not good either... Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB is a hell of a good monitor, but its not very cheap.

> Pentium4 2.8 with 800mhz FSB

If I were building a pc right now I'd go with a 2.4c and 'casually' overclock it as far as the aircooling would let me go. Then after grantsdale next year I'd pick up a nice cheap 3.6c and a nice new graphics card and call it a new pc .

Just my opinions of course, you asked for feedback It's not a bad setup you put togeather just not optimium for the market/performance right now.

Shadus

 

[zwaarst]

With some of the changes I agree with others not. selecting your computer parts is art, not science as some peoples think.
The only thing i realy would change is the XP-home, i would go for XP-prof, but that is also just an opinion. And opinions are just like assholes, everybody got one.

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[Spitfire_x86]

Buy R9500 Pro/9600 Pro instead of Ti4800SE. If possible, buy Radeon 9700 Non-Pro.

WD Special Edition HDD's are better than Seagate.

LiteOn 48x/24x/48x/16x combo drive is good and cheaper

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[Jake_Barnes]

I've been running Western Digital HD's now for two yrs - no failures & can't even hear them. I replaced 3 failed Maxtors. JMHO

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[TheMASK]

to answer your original question,

<b>Will all of these components work together properly? Are there any potential problems?</b>

YES for ur first question and NO for the secon one.

u wont have any problems with this setup, unless u do the setup wrong or get some non-working parts. i do hope nothing such wud happen

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[shadus]

Oh I fully agree, although it is much easier now than it was back in the 386/486 days when there were so many compatibility issues between components. Kinda miss that time...

Shadus

 

[shadus]

Actually the only real "potential problem" is the ram. The springdale and caterwood chipsets have some issues with extremely low ram timing, but otherwise no potential problems

Shadus

 

[TheMASK]

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