Building a computer, Please make sure all hardware is compatible

RiversCuomo

First of all, I would greatly appreciate you looking over this and making sure everything will be compatible. Below is a list of all the components...Thanks

*All shipping Included*

Video Card
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card, 256MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-361&depa=1
$198.00(w/ $5.00 shipping)

Case
Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Black VA3000BWA ATX Case with Transparent X type side panel window
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=11-133-132&DEPA=1
$114.00(w/ $15 shipping included)

Hard Drive

SAMSUNG 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model SP1604N, OEM Drive Only

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-011&depa=1
$85.00 (w/ $3.00 shipping)

Power Supply

Thermaltake W0014 Silent Purepower 480W with Black housing - Xaser Edition ATX 2-Fan Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-007&depa=1
$57.00 (w/ free shipping)

CD-ROM Drive

NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=27-152-035&DEPA=1
$60.00(w/ free shipping)

RAM

Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=20-145-440&DEPA=1
$134.00 (w/ $4.33shipping)
Mouse
Best buy or other comptuer store......$40.00
Keyboard
Keep current keyboard
Monitor
?????

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor
$196.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-502&depa=1

Motherboard

GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS-939" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU
RAM $94.00 (w/ $4.00 shipping)

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-274&depa

KingFish

everything looks ok to me without digging into things

however, "friends don't let friends buy gigabyte"
if you want a good nforce3 ultra chipset board you may want to go with the epox EP-9NDA3J (or epox EP-9NDA3+) as per muddocktors excellent advice

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-230&depa=1

or

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-222&depa=1

i'm not a big fan of gigabyte

i have an asus av8 socket 939 motherboard and it works quite well (via kt800pro chipset rather than the nforce3 ultra)

i can see from your ram selection that you don't plan on overclocking too much so any of the motherboards *should* be a fine selection

as far as your hard drive, since you are getting a hard drive, why not jump into sata? once you experience the asthetic qualities of a thin cable versus the large flat one you'll never go back. it's better for cooling too!

here's a 120gb model in the price range you selected:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-151&depa=1

or

a hard drive with the same capacity for only 11 dollars more than what you chose

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-322&depa=1

Let us know how it turns out

KingFish

RiversCuomo

One mistake, the video card was 298, i marked it as 198. So, instead, im going to get the "power color ATI Radeon 9800 video card, 256MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI TV OUT, 8x AGP" Look at this and tell me if its good, it should be able to run world of warcraft full force on high rez. with no problems, right? plz. check. thx

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-413&depa=1

Clutch

haha, I was about to order one of them at $198, but then I saw the price, lol.

GrayFox

RiversCuomo wrote:

One mistake, the video card was 298, i marked it as 198. So, instead, im going to get the "power color ATI Radeon 9800 video card, 256MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI TV OUT, 8x AGP" Look at this and tell me if its good, it should be able to run world of warcraft full force on high rez. with no problems, right? plz. check. thx

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-413&depa=1

Dont get the 128bit its slower then the bit (mb doesnt really matter)

NiGHTS

GrayFox wrote:

Dont get the 128bit its slower then the 256bit (mb doesnt really matter)

Fixed.

RiversCuomo

what do you mean by fixed? so that video card is no good!?....yikes....then someone reccomend me some great 256 cards for a good price(under $200) if you cant find any, then tell me the top of the line 128MB video card($200 or under)

I changed the hard drive to the SATA that you reccomended(the 160 gig) and changed the motherboard to the cheaper one that you reccomended.

KingFish

You won't be sorry.

RiversCuomo

but is the video card i chose good?