Hi im going to make my first computer in a couple of months and im considering all these parts
Any feed back would be good or ya can jus marvel at it


Creative Labs MegaWorks 250D 2.1 Digital Speaker System

Thermaltake A1744 AMD Opteron & Athlon64 CopperBase Cooler

MSI K8MM-ILSR Socket 754 (Athlon64) Motherboard

Logitech Deluxe Keyboard

Logitech Optical Wheel oem Mouse

CTX VL951T 19 Inch CRT

Pioneer DVR-108 16xDVD+R 16xDVD-R Dual Layer DVDWriter-Black

1024Mb (2x512Mb) Dual Channel CAS2.5 DDR Memory

450W Dual Fan ATX PSU

AMD Athlon64 3700+ Socket754 CPU

200Gb Maxtor DM Plus9 ATA133 8Mb Cache 7200rpm Hard Drive

AverMedia AverTV 203 PCI TV Card

MSI 256Mb ATi Radeon RX800Pro-TD AGP8x Graphics Card

Thermaltake XaserIII Case Side Window -Black Finish--No PSU-

3.5 1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive -Black Facia

+Windows XP

= £1,456.05 inc VAT jus on my budget

 

 

 

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..... can i steal it from you when you are done?

and nice to see you again goose

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whoa! lotsa dough for neat specs. in a couple of months, that would cost you lesser
than what it is now, so you'll have extra cash if you stick to it. but then a lot of new
stuff would have come out by then, which will make you drool and spend your extra
cash on newer items.

oh the bane of technology

 

 

 

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how much would all that cost in usd i wonder... yet i feel you made this topic just to make me feel bad or something. thats a really good heatsink if you are interested in overclocking.

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I didnt make the topic to make ya feel bad
REALLY!
I honestly wanted opions since i havent built before, and my pc atm is VERY bad.

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WOW I've always wanted to make my own computer since I was 8...Well I wanted to make my own chips...which is impossible.

Well making your own computer will make you ever so proud after.I wish I could make it myself....*sighs*

Good luck...

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*drools*

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Everything is great except a couple of suggestions.

Why the tiny motherboard, when you have a ginourmous thermaltake case?
Those are designed for tiny barebone PCs that don't have much room, and lack in a lot of stuff, such as extra RAM slots, extra PCI slots etc...

I would go with something like the Abit KV8-Max3. The mobo is THE MOST IMPORTANT part of the system, get a good one if you can.

Next suggestion is the second most important system component, the harddisk. Get a SATA (Serial ATA) drive like this one. It will be more future proof. Hell, if you want even more performance, you can go with a 10000rpm Western Digital. However, Seagate is the best hdd maker I know of, can't go wrong with them.

The thermaltake case is just ridiculously expensive if you ask me, you can get much nicer designs now for much cheaper. But its your choice, if you like it, no problem.

Apart from that, everything else looks great! wish I had that kinda money to spend...

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sorry, this may seem like a spam, but couldn't help it since I'm learning about exactly this, this year!

Bexa, take a Computer Engineer'ing course in College (not software, not science, not electronics, COMP Eng!) and there is a 90% chance (according to the university you go) that you'll make your own chip in third year! Hell, thats one of the reasons I chose comp!

It is kinda dull, and not like you expect it to be though. You program a machine which does the whole thing for you

As for making your own comp, I made my first when I was 13. But since then, I learned that it is of no use whatsoever. Just don't bother, they usually charge very little or none and if they mess up, you don't loose your twoandahalf grand.
edit: not that it ever happened to me! (happened twice now, to my friend though ouch!)

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Thankx for the addvice. i will consider getting the differernt MoBo, but im not so sure about the HD.
And as for the case, im not bothered too much on looks but it isnt that expensive, considering it has good room and [SIZE=14]7 [SIZE=1]already installed fans.
just makes my life easier. and its got all the slots i need. I'm jsut going to be using this pc to occasionaly game, use multiple CAD studios at once and play some loud music
but if you could find me a Case which has similar cooling (from fans) already installed then link it here

Cheers

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