Will this system work?

[slinky22]

This is what I'm currently thinking of buying:

• NEC/MITSUBISHI DP930SB-BK 19" SuperBright Diamondtron CRT Monitor
  ANTEC Black Solution Series ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply
  AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - Retail
  EPoX "EP-8KDA3J" nForce3-250Gb
  X2 Corsair Value Select 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
  EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card With Free Doom 3Bundle, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP-RETAIL
  Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
  NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
  NEC 1.44MB Floppy Drive
  Microsoft Black Multimedia Keyboard & Wheel Mouse Optical Bundle
  Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 -OEM

Total before shipping @ newegg: $ 1,565.99

Will the 350w Antec power supply be enough to power this system? I thought about upgrading to the neopower but it's kind of expensive so I'd rather not have to. I don't plan to overclock the system.

I'm also curious if everything I picked will work well with the SATA drive. I don't mind loading drivers, but I don't want to buy any adapters etc. I know SATA drives require special plugs to be included in the mobo/power supply.

Am I missing anything? Assuming I bought only this, I'd have everything I need right?

I'm pretty excited about having a great system for once. I've been using a HP 8670C since 2001.

 

[mechBgon]

If it were me I'd bump the PSU up a notch or two. Also, you might want to move up to WinXP Professional since it'll get you two additional years of patch support, the ability to VPN and function in AD domains, and some other stuff (Backup, for example).

If you need any guidance on building, my photo guide could be of use. All rigs over $1000 must be accompanied by pizza, by the way. The Resources page near the end also goes into worm-prevention strategy at initial startup, although with SP2 already in your CD, you're at a distinct advantage there.

 

[slinky22]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
If it were me I'd bump the PSU up a notch or two. Also, you might want to move up to WinXP Professional since it'll get you two additional years of patch support, the ability to VPN and function in AD domains, and some other stuff (Backup, for example).

If you need any guidance on building, my photo guide could be of use. All rigs over $1000 must be accompanied by pizza, by the way. The Resources page near the end also goes into worm-prevention strategy at initial startup, although with SP2 already in your CD, you're at a distinct advantage there.

It's just a home PC so I'll never need VPN etc. It's just for gaming, web surfing, and movie watching. I'm not sure what you mean by patch support though, I thought Windows Update worked for everyone?

 

[mechBgon]

Microsoft's present lifecycle stuff shows WinXP Home receiving updates at Windows Update through the end of 2006, while WinXP Profesional (being from the business-OS branch of the family) gets two additional years beyond that. I suppose they may extend support for WinXP Home when the cutoff date arrives, like they did for Win98.

 

[slinky22]

Lets say I upgraded to a better PSU, the new Antec Neopower for example. Would I be able to OC the A64 3000+ Newcastle with stock HS/Fan? I would also keep with the stock fans in the case.

 

[mechBgon]

For starters, you don't have to go all the way to the Neopower if you don't want, although down the road it would be nice for building a new rig 2-3 years from now. But the TruePower 430 or SL450 would be a couple other options, or the 460W Enermax unit or similar Fortron unit.

As for OC'ing with the stock heatsink, you might get an answer here but if not, ask over in CPU/Overclocking I have a 3000+ but I don't OC so I'm not sure about the heatsink question. I'd expect you'd get a reasonable amount of your "terminal overclock" using the retail cooler, it looks to be reasonably good. Just my educated guess, though

 

[TwoBills]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
the 460W Enermax unit or similar Fortron unit.

 

[zemel]

mechBgon's photoguide is excellent !!!

used it to brush up for prep for new setup

thanks !

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: zemel
mechBgon's photoguide is excellent !!!

used it to brush up for prep for new setup

thanks !

You're welcome I need to do something about the Resources page though, it's sort of a mess Maybe this week inspiration will strike.