First attempt....

[CorpusBiscuit]

I'm attempting to build my first machine and would welcome any comments on it.

Antec Sonata Case w/ 380W True Power

ABIT IS7

3.0 P4 CPU w/800 FSB and HT

512MB PC3000 Kingston Hyper X (x2 for 1GB)

Samsung SFD321B/LBL1 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive

Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

Samsung 52X24X52X16 CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive

Radeon 9500 Pro (bought this last year)

Windows XP Home


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[gobeavers]

Looks good, except you probably want PC 3200 (DDR 400) RAM... Since I assume you will be getting an Intel p4 w/ HT (2.6?), PC3200 would run in sync with the front side bus, improving performance.

Anxiously awaiting prescott....is it here yet?

 

[CorpusBiscuit]

I knew I forgot something when I was previewing my post. I'm getting (actually, it arrived today) a 3.0 P4 w/ 800FSB. I also already bought the memory, so I guess its kinda too late for that. The RAM (PC3000) apparently runs at DDR370, what if I OC'ed it to run at DDR400?

 

[gobeavers]

If that would work, that would probably work better.

Anxiously awaiting prescott....is it here yet?

 

[tjchino]

don't know how much is open to change, but i hear windows xp professional is a better os than home all around. nice board and case. too bad about the memory.

 

[ChipDeath]

You have a fairly good chance of getting the RAM to run @PC3200 (200Mhz/DDR400) speeds. it's only an 8% overclock. You may need slightly looser timings than the RAM is specced for though, although it may be ok even with everything at stock settings.

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[CorpusBiscuit]

Thanks for the responses. I guess I should've look into the RAM a little closer before buying the PC3000.

 

[CorpusBiscuit]

Well, its official, I "submitted" myself to Newegg last night and the remaining parts are on the way. Hope everything turns out okay.

 

[FAIRESTOFTHEMALL]

Does that include the OS? I agree XP pro is way better than home (prolly why they call it pro), and I'd even go a lil further and say 2kpro is better than xppro in some situations. I've seen a lot of people bench nearly identical sys's hardware-wise with the only diff being the OS, and 2kpro usually beats xppro. Then again, if you're gonna do the RAID thing I think it requires xp.

 

[CorpusBiscuit]

Mission accomplished! Except for having to take the RAM out and reinsert it (it was only seeing one stick at first) everything went smoothly. Now to decipher the BIOS and tweak the settings.