first time building pc, any good spec?

[joskos]

I am looking at building a new pc my first attempt.

i want to use the computer for my educational use, like word typing,
creating web pages, storing loas and loads pictures (really loads of them),
want to store them on dvd, i lalso use programming languages like, visual
basic, python etc to make programmes.

and after much trawling through the internet I have come up with the
following spec:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz
Gigabyte GA M59SLI-S4 AM2
1st HD: 80GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE (store OS and applications)
2nd HD: 400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE (store data)
2GB RAM (1GBx2)
LiteOn DH-18A1P-18C 18X DVDRW
Microsoft Windows XP

can the dvd rw read cd-rom and rewriteble discs?

I would apreciate any comments or advice on this spec.

thanks,
Chris

 

[raven_87]

first off, your choice on media drive will read and re-write disks...hense the RW


if you feel the need to stick with amd, I'm not going to question... however make sure you pick up DDR2 800 as your solution....

 

[akhilles]

Just so you know, get an AM2 cpu for that mobo.

The mobo doesn't have onboard video? You'd need a pci-e video or two identical ones for sli.

DVD-RW drives are all backward compatible with CD, CDR, CDRW, DVD, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW. Some even read/write DVD-RAM &/or DL(DUAL LAYER).

 

[raven_87]

the 6000+ is an AM2 cpu....