Advice on computer I want to build.

Hi all i'm playing to build my first computer and i would like advice on my choices. I've never done this before so maybe you guys can find compatibility issues between things I want and such problems I could have. Thanks

Abit KT7A Motherboard $125.00
AMD 1.3GHz DDR Socket A $220.00

256 MB DIMM PC133 PNY RAM $93.95
256 MB DIMM PC133 PNY RAM $93.95
CG ATX-6013-G1 Mid Tower Case w/ 250W $39.99

APG ANNIHILATOR 2 ULTRA 64MB DDR AGP 4X $349.99
PCI SBLIVE! MP3+ 5.1 $86.95
PCI Hauppauge Win TV PVR $249.00
80GB Maxtor DiamondMax Drive $274.95
PCI Creative PC-DVD 12X DVD w/ DXR3 Decoder $127.95

Microsoft Optical Intellimouse $50.00
Keyboard $20.00
Floppy Drive $20.00

From Old Computer

PCI SCSI Card N/A
PCI Fire wire Card N/A
PCI 3 com NIC N/A
Smart and Friendly Burner N/A
40 GB Hard Drive N/A


TOTAL: $1,763.73

A few things on my choices.

I don't plan to upgrade the CPU often and I don't see getting a P4 yet as the will be outpahsed for a newer chip set in the upcomming months. So i deceide to go with an Athlon 1.33. I wasn't too sure on what motherboard to get expect that I needed 6 PCI slots.

I figured RAM was pretty chep so why not go all the way to 512 for less than 200 bucks

I'm big into games, but the Gforce 3 is way to expensive. The Gforce 2 Ultra isn't really that far off and i'm usre i can live with it.

I shoose that specific TV card because is has the ability to do mepg 2 encoding. I like to have a TV card in general, but the mpeg 2 encoding can help when I transfer movies form my digital cam (via Fire Wire) to the computer. Am i wrong on this?

Large Hard dirve for all these movies and such things I have stored on the computer along with music that is recorded live at shows. I already have 40GB of stuff on my current hardrive that I will bring over.

SBLive 5.1+ I dunno about this one. I've read that this isn't a good card. I like to be able to record music into my computer form shows that I tape, but the taping community dislikes the SBlive cards for digital input from a Mini Disk into the computer. Any advice on a good moderaitly price card? Maybe a Turtue Beach sound card?

I'm also unsure about the DVD. I mean i have my own DVD player on my regular tv, but I feel that I should get one because of future software being on DVD. Plus with the DVD drive it still falls in my price range, so i figure what the hey.

Then at the bottom i list what i'm bringing over from this older computer.

The SCSI card is for the scanner i have. Scan Master X6EL

Fire Wire Card is for my Digital Movie Camera.

Hard Drive because this 40 GB will be partitioned and used for all my programs like windows and office and such. The 80 GB will be used strictly for storage of my movies, music, MP3s and such things i download off of the net. Probalby not partitioned. Just leave it as the full 80GB.

The NIC and Burner, becaseu i have not need to buy a new one. These work perfectly.

I have a current monitor so i don't need one. (Iiyama Vision Master pro 17)

Also I have Altec Lansing 496 Spekers, USB controlled. So I don't need speakers.

I intend to install Win ME (I already own this) on this computer and possibily Win XP this fall.

This whole thing falls right into my budget. As I was expecting to spend 2,000 or less. The prices came from various online stores. Mainly buy.com and a couple more places. These were priced less than a week ago, so prices could have dropped some already. I doubt it tho.

Thanks all and I hope to get alot of feed back!