help with a sick setup

[manodivx]

aright im goin to build a new computer for the 1st time and i was wondering if anyone can reccomend a good lil setup

this is what im tryin to shoot for...i need suggestions so plz feel free to comment

atx case(a link to a cool one plz :cool: )
around 1.8-2ghz(which brand)
512 ram (anyone know what kind to buy)
128 card (ati?,nvidea?,any others)
nice sound card...dont know what kinda differences there are in cards
decent mobo(suggestions)
80 gig hd (seagate, maxtor, ibm, any others?)
40 x burner(suggestions for best)
dvd rom(fastest read speed)
anything im missin?

so if anyone can think of sum good brands at decent prices...no more then like 150 a peice...lemme know

[Rick83]

hi!

ok, i´ll try to give ya some help...

case: antec, chieftech, codegen (look at www.noiseblocker.de)
power: enermax oder noiseblocker with enough power (depending on your computer)
cpu: intel p4 northwood with 2,2 ghz or amd athlon xp 2200+
ram: samsung 512 mb ddr2700 (333 mhz)
vga: geforce ti 4200 or ati radeon 9700
sound: creative audigy
board: gigabyte ga-8iex (p4) or the new kt333 msi-board for amd
hdd: seagate barracuda 80 gb or western digital caviar 80 gb
burner: plextor 48/24/48 or yamaha f1
dvd: toshiba sd-m1612

i think this would make a fine system. intel lowers the price for the p4s tomorrow, so let´s wait! ;-)

ciao, rick

[theReal]

PSU: Antec True Power, Leadman Powmax, Sparcle, ... I wouldn't buy Enermax (even the newer seem to be ok again - the older had 5V line stability problems)

I'm not so sure if I'd buy an SB Audigy together with a VIA board - it might work great, but many people are having problems with that combination. At least be sure that you can rma the card if it doesn't work on your via board...

[Kb_cruncher]

Yes SB Audigy not best choice.try turtle beach-santa cruz or onboard c-media,i have had both and sound very nice.cheaper too:D

[Rick83]

i also use the onboard-sound and i can´t complain - just thought the audigy would be good cause so much buy this card...

[theReal]

Creative makes good sound cards and the Audigy is probably the best they've ever made - but unfortunately they don't seem to be able to make their cards 100% compatible with all VIA boards. Especially with wdm drivers in 2000/XP they're having a lot of problems.

I have a Philips Acoustic Edge because of that reason - it's also a really good 5.1 card with SPDIF -in and -out.

[Dezoris]

Every sound card I have had on all chipsets has been flakey.

How about a price cap?
Its tough to recommed without prices.

I will comment about video cards.
If you go Nvidia the only go with the Ti-4200 128 card.
I have benchmarked 3 cards thus far.
The Asus, the Visiontek, and Chaintech.
The chaintek GT21 Ti-4200 the special edition can be bought for $160 and come with heatsinks on the memory along with a pretty look and all the cables. It showed the best performance not to mention the best overclocking, and cheaper than all the visiontek and asus. The Asus was the worst performer. But depsite that with the new drivers the cards benchmarks exceeded the ti4600s, for half the price.

Most people will agress with this.